[kj] OT: Corporate gigs

[GREG SLAWSON]

All I know is that possibly the 3 greatest, most authentic, unique, punk rock, hardcore, individual, in-your-face, anti-corporate female singers of

all time have left us over the past year--Ari Up (Slits), Poly Styrene, and Hazel Dickens from US West Virginia. I'm having a party at my place tonight in

honor of Hazel Dickens, who died last month at age 75 (and she has something in common w/the other two--she pretty much only recorded anything of note in the 80s--although that recent

Slits album was pretty good).
 


Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 19:38:49 -0700
From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs







I AM ALL FOR IT. As long as they can play unedited and uncensored THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. 
 
Since the days when the minstrels would play for t he Lord of the Manor and would get rightly fed and bathed as opposed to playing for that rabble outside who would barely put up the 10-14pence/pennies/cents admission, well.. go for it guys! I don't care if Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bashir Assad and Hassan Nasrallah split the bill for a Killing Joke gig in the rear courtyard of Saudi King Fah'd's memorial mausoleum celebrating the birthdays bash for (North Korean) Dear Leader Kim Jong-IL and Dominiq Strauss-Kahn, GO FOR IT! But for God's sake, film the goddamn thing, record it (call Cheap Trick if you need guidance) and then sell the shit out of it! I will buy!!1!

 

 




From: Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com>
To: Gathering Gathering <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 8:06:55 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs



Corporate/Private gigs are probably the most lucrative available to any working entertainer. I have a friend in a local swing band who can maybe clear $400 at a bar gig and $3000 at a wedding or corporate party. They have deeper pockets and are clueless about what things cost. Musicians need to eat. Discuss.
 
Also, back in the 90's I recall the CEO of some local Interwebs company who paid $500,000 (sans backline) to have The Eagles play for app. 200 people in the back yard of his mansion on Lake Minnetonka. The company later went broke.
 

 


Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:00:37 +0100
From: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs






Musician Caught in Shock 'Earning Money' Scandal!
 
;)


--- On Fri, 20/5/11, nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: nicholas fitzpatrick <gasw30 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Friday, 20 May, 2011, 14:53




Following the recent-ish news that the Pussy Cat Dolls played a private gig for Gaddafi's son, I was with someone who works for an events company the other day and she told me that Goldfrapp recently did a corporate gig for about 70 business people to mark the opening of some new tower block/plaza in London. It might come as no surprise that I don't care about the Pussy Cat Dolls, but Goldfrapp doing this sort of thing I feel is just naff. Isn't Alison Goldfrapp rich enough already? I actually almost like Goldfrapp. Maybe they're not a principled band but I thought they'd have more style than to do some corporate bash.

I was also told that Rod Stewart played at the Sultan of Brunei's son's 18th birthday, whenever that was. I'm not bothered about Rod... but Goldfrapp!! 

Why do rich people do this? It's like Dawn French advertising Tesco. Why? And Goldfrapp... what's with them...?


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