To be early is to be on-time;
To be on-time is to be late;
To be late will never do.
From the organiser’s/your employer’s perspective, you are contracted to perform between A – B. You are not being paid to warm-up, set-up, sound check, find your music and generally get organised – ensure that you are ready when you said you would be.
From a band’s perspective, always be on-time to rehearsals, meetings, and gigs. No-one wants to work with a person, irrespective of how good they may actually be, who is always late, unprepared and has not “done their homework”. Not only does this attitude lack professionality, it also lacks common courtesy and respect for other professionals/band members, and most importantly yourself as a professional musician.
There are numerous reasons why a professional is never late, however they all boil down to a couple of core reasons:
To be on-time is to be late;
To be late will never do.
From the organiser’s/your employer’s perspective, you are contracted to perform between A – B. You are not being paid to warm-up, set-up, sound check, find your music and generally get organised – ensure that you are ready when you said you would be.
From a band’s perspective, always be on-time to rehearsals, meetings, and gigs. No-one wants to work with a person, irrespective of how good they may actually be, who is always late, unprepared and has not “done their homework”. Not only does this attitude lack professionality, it also lacks common courtesy and respect for other professionals/band members, and most importantly yourself as a professional musician.
There are numerous reasons why a professional is never late, however they all boil down to a couple of core reasons:
- You are being paid to perform a task; and
- Your brand either individually or as part of a team(band) lives and dies by the respect which you can generate for it.
No comments:
Post a Comment