Diki, I actually appreciate your response. If you came in and offered to do my job for less than I was making, I would not regret the loss, since I assume our abilities are somewhat comparable.

I guess my frustration has to do with the dishonesty and price cutting that also bothers me in the corporate world.

As an ex Hippie, my ideals are, well...idealistic when it comes to the creative process. In the music businesss as well as in business in general, the best qualified, best producers don't always win.
Snakes abound, unfortunately. The only salvation is, good work, trust and appreciation matter in enough cases to make things OK.

I actually go in unannounced to clubs or prospective client locations and check to see how management treats their employees. I check business ethics issues. If I don't like what I see, I'm out of there. I walked away from a $10,000.00 a month marketing retainer contract with a private college a few years ago. The president is an ordained minister who has been fired by his own church, twice (he was a home office administrator).

He is the sneakiest little back-stabber I ever met, and I don't want anything to do with him. The damage he does by sucking up to a volunteer board and then treating his direct reports like dirt, including using threats to separate the employees from the board is terrible. He has ruined lots of careers.

That's just the way I handle both my company and my music business.


Russ



[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 04-17-2009).]