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“After the gig I complained and all our future bookings at that pub were cancelled”

Unfortunately from my point of view it’s the ‘charity’ events that are the worst culprits.

My band agreed to play a gig for a local charity who do a very good job of helping people in our town. The charity … (read more).

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Posted in Stories. | Tagged charity, gig, live, pub, work not play

“It’s not the sort of thing you’d do as a hobby”

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AN UNLIKELY STORY

In a parallel dimension, somewhere in east London…

My mate John’s a builder. He loves it. I mean, I like DIY, but he does it for a living. Imagine that! Doing what you love for a living!… (read more).

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Posted in Stories. | Tagged composers, composing, writers, writing

“Our manager was told to apologise to the promoter or risk losing the gig”

A couple of weeks ago, my band was invited to play a support gig for a former chart-topping act from the 1980s. The act in question is still going strong (though with inevitable line-up changes) and it was clearly a … (read more).

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