We have no leadership...no music director, no event director...only an always absent producer...what is she thinking?
Our motley crew of 10 performers range from camp fire singers to pros of the highest order.
When we found out there would be no director, only each lead singer directing their own song, Yella offered to be the music director...at no pay. She is eminently qualified.
She was turned down.
Hmm?
What and the hell was the producer thinking?
So we start to learn the music...I use this term loosely because there was no learning going on.
Now in music, normally you start with, lo and behold, MUSIC charts...chords and lyrics.
No one was getting many of the music charts. The ones we got were wrong and several were different insuring confusion.
As I was raising hell about this, the amateurs were making fun of me. Saying things like, "just play these chords, what's the problem." Of course, they said this while they were PLAYING the WRONG chords.
No one was arranging the songs, writing the harmonies, figuring out the beginning and end to the song, or for that matter, anything in between. No one was counting off the song to get it started. And on and on.
Most of the rehearsal songs devolved into chaos.
Then we showed up at the Tech rehearsal...of course, without the producer, and you already know, no director.
We are cobbing together a PA system of various parts that took us 2 hours to piece together.
And, we didn't have 40% of the performers actually AT THE REHEARSAL. For God's sake. What the F$%$@! was going on!!!!
I am so disgusted. And full of resentment. And having trouble getting to the bottom of it so I can get free of it.
The amazing thing is that about half of the concert will be fantastic because of the raw talent and professionalism of a few performers.
I will not, I will not, I will not do this again.
The next production will have to insure me that the proper and skilled leadership is in place and FULLY engaged.
Shit, I hate this!
2 comments:
those irresponsible lazy no-account unconscious bunch of sleezy pig fu**ers.... Forget the bastards, Tom, they are only there to make You and Yella look GOOD!! sometimes such contrast is needed. All the same, doesn't it feel GOOD to have a good Friend cuss their worthless asses for You? It always made me feel great when You would cuss my enemies for me!! Love, Darshan. ps, there is like a foot and a half of snow here, and it is coming down hard!
Thanks for going into agreement with me! That's what good friends are for.
It has left me emotionally hungover though. This too shall pass! We have a therapeutic day planned with a trip to the beach on Friday.
I hope I make it before I go homicidal. Rehearsal later today. More later...
P.S. I do miss the snow but not the cold. Must be kind of nice to get that much snow in Arkansas though.
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