Points well taken on several fronts. It's easy to resent price cutters when you're not hungry. I'm not worried at all about my job at this establishment, because not many people in this area specialize in light jazz/
dinner music (this is KENTUCKY, after all),
and I have standing offers from the five major competitors in the market. The physical set-up at some of the competitive restaurants is better. I have to carry everything in every night. It may be a function of age, but these folks are loyal to me, and I have chosen not to play for direct competitors, even in the winter. That decision is made easier, because I do my corporate gigs at substantially more money during the off season.

The lack of business ethics is certainly not restricted to the music business. I think that whenever anyone shows a lack of doing things in a moral/ethical mannor, it's a sad indicator of the times in which we live.


Russ