Larry
"Uncle Larry"
So last night I get asked to sub on Saturday. I was unbooked so I accepted.
Today I get a text from my (only) band... that there was a cancellation in our best room for Saturday and can we do the gig. This is only the first time this has happened in this room since I started playing there in 2011. Dilemma. I really, really dislike when I make a commitment then have to go back on my word. It just feels so wrong. But it was the lesser of the 2 evils, and I have a much larger responsibility to my main band. Don my bandleader would have had a cow if I turned him down to play the other gig with a "rival" band. He's always insecure about losing our best room (unfounded IMO but not in his mind) It's kind of like "family" commitments trump everything else. And it's not like I can say, "hey just so you know I took a gig for Saturday and I had to cancel it so we could do this last minute gig". That's a waste of breath.
It was a tough choice, but I had to cancel the sub gig. I feel terrible, because I am.
Today I get a text from my (only) band... that there was a cancellation in our best room for Saturday and can we do the gig. This is only the first time this has happened in this room since I started playing there in 2011. Dilemma. I really, really dislike when I make a commitment then have to go back on my word. It just feels so wrong. But it was the lesser of the 2 evils, and I have a much larger responsibility to my main band. Don my bandleader would have had a cow if I turned him down to play the other gig with a "rival" band. He's always insecure about losing our best room (unfounded IMO but not in his mind) It's kind of like "family" commitments trump everything else. And it's not like I can say, "hey just so you know I took a gig for Saturday and I had to cancel it so we could do this last minute gig". That's a waste of breath.
It was a tough choice, but I had to cancel the sub gig. I feel terrible, because I am.