Gig question

sheppie · 07-06-2017, 09:38 AM

Hi all.
I am new to forum. I have a jazz trio that I switch out musicians on. We get a fair bit of work. I don't expect anyone to be my one and only (in this day and age), but I continue over to years to give this bass guitar guy work, and when he gets work he uses others (instead of me) for his gigs. I like this person and don't want to play tit for tat...but doesn't seem right.

Your thoughts?

**Frownland** · 07-06-2017, 09:59 AM

Improve your playing so that he wants to hire you.

sheppie · 07-06-2017, 10:05 AM

I get about the same amount of work. But those he hires have a 'name'....

**Frownland** · 07-06-2017, 10:10 AM

Provide him with a copy of your birth certificate to verify that you, too, have a name.

Plankton · 07-06-2017, 10:34 AM

Dude seems like a dick. I'd move on.

sheppie · 07-06-2017, 11:25 AM

Thanks for that. I kind of feel that way. But didn't want to seem petty.

grindy · 07-06-2017, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

Provide him with a copy of your birth certificate to verify that you, too, have a name.

I bet his name is Arch Sheppie

The Batlord · 07-06-2017, 12:09 PM

I bet he's a Muslim.

07-06-2017, 09:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
sheppie Groupie Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 3	Gig question Hi all. I am new to forum. I have a jazz trio that I switch out musicians on. We get a fair bit of work. I don't expect anyone to be my one and only (in this day and age), but I continue over to years to give this bass guitar guy work, and when he gets work he uses others (instead of me) for his gigs. I like this person and don't want to play tit for tat...but doesn't seem right. Your thoughts?

07-06-2017, 09:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Improve your playing so that he wants to hire you. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-06-2017, 10:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Provide him with a copy of your birth certificate to verify that you, too, have a name. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-06-2017, 10:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Dude seems like a dick. I'd move on. __________________ See location...

07-06-2017, 10:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
sheppie Groupie Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 3	I get about the same amount of work. But those he hires have a 'name'....

07-06-2017, 11:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
sheppie Groupie Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 3	Thanks for that. I kind of feel that way. But didn't want to seem petty.