JSngry

Sell your collection. It's all the rage these days!

No dealings other than as a retail customer. Their vinyl prices seem high, though, and in my experience, that does not translate to a linearly equivalent buy price. Truthfully, I've told LTB to "sell to Japan, no cherrypicking allowed" when I go, if that's still a viable market.

Or if you have a favorite philanthropic concern, you can sell the collection to some Japanese collector who is able & willing to shell out mad buckage for the lot, and then donate the proceedings thusly.

In memoriam:

If selling does not appeal, consider donating to a library, musical school, or community arts center if you can find one that actually wants the collection. It's a tax break for you, and a chance to put the music into "greater circulation".

You're welcome, Paul. I've been there, believe me, and making business personal (and vice-versa), although something you need to do from time to time, is usually counterproductive. This is a business in which there are all kinds of flakes, geeks, freaks, and thiefs, and at any given moment, any number of them can be either your best friend or your worst nightmare. So you gotta maintain that objectivity to make it work for you from circumstance to circumstance. "Ethics" & "flexibility" are in no way mutually exclusive, dig? As far as that "star" goes, here's the bottom line - he's a...whatever. You're not. Right now, he's got the juice to cut you out of this gig. You don't. Ask yourself this - would you like to be whatever it is that he is, and would you like to put your juice, when you have it, to the end of keeping other cats down? Probably not. So stay clear of him, because from what I can gather, all he is is a "good player" with a career of clearly defined parameters. Those people are literally a dime a dozen, like Kleenex, and like Kleenex, they are ultimately disposable. One of the big reasons they cop these attitudes is because they know at some level that they are disposable, and this is their "shield" against that. Well hey, they can run, but they can't hide... In short, you got talent, he got talent, hell, I got talent, all god's chillun' got talent, so let's not anybody act act a fool about it, ok? First ones who do are the ones who don't get that simple truth, and who wants to be on that boat? Sso, there is nothing to gain from this guy except reinforcement of what you don't want to become personally, although it might not hurt to find out who his agent is. If it tuns out that he handles himself, hey, 'nuff said. Now, once you've completely cooled off & chilled out about this immediate situation, get back to work on getting those asshole "organizers" to somehow give you some kind of gig somewhere. And if/when they do, be their best buddy for the duration of the gig cycle. Because, hey, that is the business, and they do owe you.

Good thing you weren't on an AM road, they're even noisier.

Yeah, wow... whoa. Thank god no life was lost.

Talked to them yesterday. I attempted to try to get something out of the deal...especially because we turned down a festival gig that we WOULDN'T have gotten booted from to play this one, and all I got was, "wouldn't it be a waste of money to pay someone that isn't playing?" To which my response was "Well, then put us on the stage!" So, they wouldn't budge. I want to be a prick about it in return, but I don't know how to do so without making myself look like a whiny little bitch-man. Here's what I've learned: 1) from here on out, I'm sending out contracts for non-club gigs. 1a) said contract will have some sort of clause that states that if it ain't my fault and we don't play, we get paid anyway. 2) I need a manager/agent pronto. Between writing reviews, being the radio guy, playing, and now writing the occasional set of liner notes, I don't have time for this bullshit. Not a bad idea to get a non-refundable deposit up front. 50% is not at all unreasonable. If this type circuit is something y'all want to seriously pursue, it might also not be a bad idea to think about Union membership. If it's just going to be an occasional thing, then no, don't bother. But otherwise... Now, here's the tricky part. Sounds like you've lost this gig. No getting anything out of it. But that's this gig. Do they have any others at any upcoming point, either as an organization or as individuals? Or might they be able to hook you up with somebody who does? If you've already told them to fuck off, then this is probably no longer an option, but if you haven't... And it may be that they really are clueless wankers with no sense of business ethics and that you do have to tell them to fuck off. But if/when you do, remember - keep it about the business. If for no other reason than karma, keep the "energy" focused on business, not personality - theirs or yours. Remember - your life has not been ruined, your charachter has not been assassinated, your family has not been destroyed, you simply have not have been delivered goods as promised. Business. You handle yours, they don't. Easier said than done, to put it mildly but even if you lose this one, it's establishing good psycho-spiritual "work habits" that will serve you well in the future.

I saw this thread & thought it was going to be about Kent cigarettes.

Hard for me to imagaine anything more un-natural than that Poitier/Katz side...

Fine line between establishing yourself as a serious entity (i.e. - one who respects one's self enough will not allow one's self to be fucked over) & getting a reputation as a pissy whiner. A fine line indeed, but one worth walking. If you have confirmation emails, I think you got some leverage to get something out of the deal. Settling for nothing when you've been promised something is pretty much putting a big FUCK ME, I'M A LOSER sign on and not taking it off... Negotiate. Be nice, but negotiate until you get something out of them. They are obligated.

Since I like to recognize the tune, At Large has long been a favorite of mine.

Yep. Did you know that the Porcaro brother's dad played drums (and quite nicely) on some of Gerry Mulligan's Age Of Steam album?

Neither couch nor music stand. At least not then.

I used to have this one back in high school. I did not know what the cover actually was! And yes, Claxton it is:

Word. That's why I finally had to quit, what with the wife and all.

Yeah man, that's why I got into looking for used LPs in the first place - hot chicks everywhere you look. I'm tellin' ya'.

Holy shit! All this time I thought that that photo was taken "in action" at the Vanguard. Another illusion shattered...

Does this somehow meant that Pete Best would be Phillip Wilson?

Alvin Simon Theodore

Miss Shegan Della Ware Mary Land

Miss Fine Miss Ann Miss Thing

Omar Clay Judy Clay Billy Vera

Solo piano sets by Andrew Hill & Cecil Taylor...