Gasp100
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Long story short, a booking person is about 5 weeks overdue for payment on a gig. He's a good guy and I know he is busy but after two attempts (via text which is the only way we ever communicate) I've received no reply. Here is where it gets tricky:
1. We have two more dates on the books with him at one of the location he books.
2. He handles booking for 2 important clubs for us - one is April-Sept only but a hopping place and we usually get 4-5 dates there. The other is THE college bar and can be a blast when it's rocking.
3. He know EVERYONE in town (all musos, soundguys, club owners, booking agents).
I would HATE to put future bookings in jeopardy but I'm concerned about the state of affairs. The money I'm waiting on was a full band show that changed to an acoustic duo (because of weather) so it's not enough to cripple my band fund, but still enough to cause ire. The next gig is full band and I pay my crew in cash, so it will be $450 out of my pocket. In short, after the next gig I'll be owed $1K which isn't chump change.
How would you handle this?
1. We have two more dates on the books with him at one of the location he books.
2. He handles booking for 2 important clubs for us - one is April-Sept only but a hopping place and we usually get 4-5 dates there. The other is THE college bar and can be a blast when it's rocking.
3. He know EVERYONE in town (all musos, soundguys, club owners, booking agents).
I would HATE to put future bookings in jeopardy but I'm concerned about the state of affairs. The money I'm waiting on was a full band show that changed to an acoustic duo (because of weather) so it's not enough to cripple my band fund, but still enough to cause ire. The next gig is full band and I pay my crew in cash, so it will be $450 out of my pocket. In short, after the next gig I'll be owed $1K which isn't chump change.
How would you handle this?