{"id":125,"date":"2009-05-14T05:13:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T09:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2012-03-26T17:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T21:09:46","slug":"skunks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/14\/skunks\/","title":{"rendered":"SKUNKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Another negative in the music biz:<\/strong><\/span> party planners. \u00a0(Not to be confused with <\/em>event<\/a> planners<\/a>, who are typically business-like, big-time and helpful.) \u00a0These party-planner ladies poke into my freylekhs<\/em> (hora) time, giving me hand signals like quarterback Frank Ryan, as they scream: “The soup is getting cold! Stop the music!”<\/p>\n

I ran into a party planner in D.C. who was flashing so many fingers, I thought she was trying to land an airplane.<\/p>\n

I try to ignore these women.\u00a0 I know how long “Hava Nagila” should last, and screw the kitchen staff and their perishable salads they want to “plate.”\u00a0 Basically, listen to the person with the checkbook.\u00a0 If the client wants a 20-minute hora, she’ll get 20, even if the party planner says 15.\u00a0 One time the dad wanted 45 minutes; the mom wanted 30; and the party planner called an audible at 15.\u00a0 Naturally I followed the dad.\u00a0 He was writing the check, and he loved the set.<\/p>\n

Party planners, in real estate terms,<\/strong><\/span> are “tenants from hell.” \u00a0Do the math: \u00a0The party planner = the tenant who paints her walls turquoise and brings in four cats and then lobbies for a skunk. “But it’s denatured,” the tenant says.<\/p>\n

Go buy your own apartment building and fill it up like the Cleveland Zoo.\u00a0 Not everybody wants to see a skunk walking down the hallway.<\/p>\n

Rewind: \u00a0Party planners are frequently hard-working, talented people. They dress chicly in black and know something about everything, from lighting to matzo balls. \u00a0Musicians think the party revolves around the band. \u00a0Actually, the party revolves around the newlyweds or bar\/bat mitzvah.\u00a0 Note to wedding musicians: You are not on stage at Nautica.\u00a0 You are in a service industry. You can be replaced by a DJ in a second.\u00a0 In fact you’re fired.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Tomorrow:
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WHAT SIDEMEN?<\/span> . . .When the gig is bad, the client comes to the leader, not the sidemen.\u00a0\u00a0 Sidemen are invisible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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