Old Man Stream
Little update here. I have officially "launched" the website now, meaning I sent emails to my friends and told them I had a website. Perhaps you are one of them peeps! I did however, forget to mention in my "Gigs" section, that Soulstream did not play Bar None last night and I had a bunch of people calling and asking about getting on the guest list and seeing the band. So, sorry to all who went down expecting the band.
The club has been doing special events once every couple months on OUR nights, which is kinda nice to have the night off, but it occurs to me how inconsistancy can be a bad thing. I think people have come to expect that we'll be there every week, which we usually are....for 9 years. The was some rumour that Soulstream and the new owners were having a little tiff at one point and there was mention of us quitting/getting fired; it might be easy to think we were no longer there should someone come down, not see us there, and with those rumours floating, put two and two together on their own....
The new ownership celebrated their first anniversary this week and with the exception of a bumpy start, we've all been getting along. Hell, Jeff Donnelly himself was dancing right up front the other night. I think they now understand that we're all about being fair. Fair to them and of course, fair to us. We aren't out to screw anybody, nor are we out to get screwed.
Mondays and Tuesday at Bar None are special. Anyone who's been there knows it. It IS a money making night. If the club is losing money on these nights, it ain't cause the party isn't happening.
We don't have and maybe we'll never have the same relationship that we had with the old owners/managers (Ryan, although a conservative with no concept of PA, is a great guy and good friend), but things are good at the old Bar None and the mighty Stream still flows.
The club has been doing special events once every couple months on OUR nights, which is kinda nice to have the night off, but it occurs to me how inconsistancy can be a bad thing. I think people have come to expect that we'll be there every week, which we usually are....for 9 years. The was some rumour that Soulstream and the new owners were having a little tiff at one point and there was mention of us quitting/getting fired; it might be easy to think we were no longer there should someone come down, not see us there, and with those rumours floating, put two and two together on their own....
The new ownership celebrated their first anniversary this week and with the exception of a bumpy start, we've all been getting along. Hell, Jeff Donnelly himself was dancing right up front the other night. I think they now understand that we're all about being fair. Fair to them and of course, fair to us. We aren't out to screw anybody, nor are we out to get screwed.
Mondays and Tuesday at Bar None are special. Anyone who's been there knows it. It IS a money making night. If the club is losing money on these nights, it ain't cause the party isn't happening.
We don't have and maybe we'll never have the same relationship that we had with the old owners/managers (Ryan, although a conservative with no concept of PA, is a great guy and good friend), but things are good at the old Bar None and the mighty Stream still flows.
posted by Hammer at 10:52 AM
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