Behave yourself, or I’ll tell your mother you have talent! (per Saturday Evening Post) (Thanks, Holly!)
Kate K., Capitol Hill NE | Looking for a couple of jazz musicians to play a NYE house party in Cap Hill – free champagne & vibes. You don’t even have to be good at jazz, you just have to like to party.
If you take this non-paying gig, you are devaluing YOURSELF, YOUR TALENT, and YOUR TIME. If you take this, you are devaluing the VALUE of all musicians.
If she has the money to throw a party in Capitol Hill, and has a piano, and has a house big enough for a “house party”, then she has the money to pay you at least a small stipend of, say, $100. But talk about “de-value”…