If your show tomorrow night got cancelled, what would you do instead to be effective? Who would you reach? How would you make the most of it?
Is the thing you would do instead of the show something that is actually more beneficial than the show…even if the show hadn’t been cancelled?
Maybe you should cancel the show. Well, maybe you should keep your end of the deal because at this point you’re committed and the show is tomorrow and you don’t want to be a jerk.
Better said…maybe don’t book that show next time.
You need to gauge the value of putting on your show.
(The value of your show is hopefully always very high…but the value of putting on the show is something completely different)
Also worth noting…artists view shows as a big deal, so to cancel (or not book it) and replace it with something else, that ‘something else’ would also need to be a big deal, big value.
So whatever comes to mind that would or could sub in as a show-replacement…do more of that too.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com