Play for free ...

[Dave Martin]

We use to say "We will honor any request. We do however, reserve the right to substitute a like and or similar sounding song in our opinion."

[allenhopkins]

We use to say "We will honor any request. We do however, reserve the right to substitute a like and or similar sounding song in our opinion."

I usually say, "If you have a request, write it on a $20 bill, and pass it up to the band (or to me, if I'm a solo). We (I) will take these requests in serial number order, which is the only fair way. We honor all requests -- at least, we honor the $20 bill..."

Don't get many requests -- though last night, at a seniors' gig, someone did ask for Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Really. I treated it as a non-serious request, though.

[DHopkins]

"I'm sorry, we don't know that song but we know some with a lot of the same notes. We'll try a couple of those."

[RustyMadd]

Well what did we learn? The world is a fickle place filled with differing opinions, bereft of wisdom and cooperation. What can you say but, "he/she shot themselves in the foot." The unfortunate part is that the bullet ricocheted and wounded or killed everyone else in the room. I'd wish y'all blessings, except someone would probably get offended.

[RustyMadd]

It's the "economy"? Sorry sir but that is just huey! We are the economy, we make and break the rules of economics all the time. It is our collective ethics that determine how the economy functions and how monies are distributed. That is a fact and no amount of popular disagreement nor opinion will ever change that.

There are venues where it is always appropriate to play for free, and there are the rest of the remaining venues.

If it is the economy, why are investors making so much money? It's the same economy. Agh! What's the use. Cheers

[pops1]

We say "yes we take requests, no we won't quit"

[allenhopkins]

We say "yes we take requests, no we won't quit"

Or, "We got lots of requests during the break, but we're gonna play the second set anyway."

[Tom C]

We used to take requests but didn't know any of the tunes... "Get the heck off the stage", "Take mando lessons", "Sing In Key"