[Blacklabcollective] show update + I fucked up + long email

[Anju Singh]

I think you made a good decision! When bar does well I think the door has
more flexibility!

On Friday, 19 August 2016, tara myketiak <taramyketiak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, so here's my account of tonight's man meat + 3 local bands show...
> Off the bat it was a bit of a shit show...lindsay was gonna do the show
> but then got the opportunity to go out of town so i took it on, but she
> realized it was gonna be a money sinkhole (3/4 local bands, not a huge
> attendence on fb) and suggested to the promoter, mitch, who i had never met
> before until tonight, that we should cancel because it wasn't going to make
> $. I wasn't a part of that conversation but I guess he really wanted to go
> through with it. Also a few hours before the show every volunteer bailed so
> it was a whole scrambly thing. Mitch wasn't super communicative or helpful
> in regards to that.
> That said, once the show was under way he was very on the ball about
> getting bands to start on time, and when the show went a tiny bit over, he
> checked in before the last band asking what our cut off was, so I'd
> definitely consider working with him again just for that.
> That said, after the 20 ppl that compromised the 4 bands playing, and the
> volunteers, etc, we probably only had 10 ppl who paid door. The total we
> made from door was 74$, but we did really good on bar (235$) because of
> some pretty drunk norms. After the show, even though we had said it wasn't
> gonna be a money maker, I made the executive decision to pay the touring
> band 50$ and only keep 24$ from the door. I realize that's problematic but
> I just didn't feel in good conscience to pay 37$ to the touring band. I
> realize that the 50/50 split is our policy, so if I stepped out of bounds I
> completely understand and am willing to pay the black lab 13 in lieu of
> what we should have earned. No judgement, if y'all feel thats fair i am
> totally fine to do that. Also, and in light of all the ongoing issues of a
> whitewashed punk scene and trying to promote diversity, this show ran
> really smoothly, everyone was really respectful, and it was the most women,
> and especially women of colour, i've ever seen on the black lab stage. It
> was definitely the most diverse show we have hosted in a while, and i just
> felt, on the fly, that the touring band deserved a decent cut. Again, I get
> that that's not our policy, I'm fine to pay it, and I hope I haven't
> undermined our collective agreement in any way. I'm glad these diverse,
> fun, (total not black lab crowd) shows happen at the end of the day, but I
> also think, as lindsay initially suggest to mitch, we should say no to
> shows that we know are going to make 0 dollars. We're lucky that we made a
> decent bank on bar, but its not fair to bands when we know they are only
> going to make 35$ dollars for one touring band, and also its a waste of
> time for all of us who are scrambling to get the organizational ends met. I
> get that most of that is on the promoter, but I think like lindsay
> suspected, if the promoter doesn't seem to get how much of a dud the show
> is going to be, we should put our foot down unless one of use is really
> into it or one of the bands. Otherwise its just a sinkhole in terms of time
> and $. Really sorry this is so long but Im just trying to give a picture of
> my experience. I would definitely consider working with mitch again if the
> show was more of a draw.
> tara
>
>

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Anju Singh
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