Don't you just love showing up and no one thought to tell you there was a theme or special requests you would need to be prepared for ? I have all the basic Ethinc tunes on hand but French ? Did one like that but they let me know two days beforehand so I dug some stuff up. That lasted about 20 minutes then they wanted the regular stuff.
The other good one is when you show up and again no one thought of a place for you to set up. I actually had a couple of jobs where there was no place near to get electricity. One was a Sunday afternoon at a large banquet hall and they had me in the middle of two rooms against a folding wall. No plug ! Banquet manager answer to me was "thats your problem" Luckily the local harware store was open so I got a 100" extension cord. The other was a restaurant and they stuck me in a corner by the front door and had to unplug the cash register since they were closed for this private party. And they look at you like your an inconvenience to them.
Gotta love the challengers in this business.
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Bill in SC --- Roland BK9 (2) Roland BK7M, Roland PK5 Pedals, Roland FP90, Roland CM30 (2), JBL Eon Ones (2) JBL 610 Monitor, Behringer Sub, EV mics, Apple iPad (2) Behringer DJ mixer