Just Because...: Red Tape....

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Red Tape....

You ever wonder if you are just working day to day to pass the time, never really following your true calling. I feel at this "crossroads" of sorts today, torn between entertainment and practicality. My passion for music sometimes trumps my passion for law. Don't get me wrong, I know how blessed I am and I enjoy dabbling in my first love (PR) when the time is available. Then I remember how much I detest Red Tape... like tonight..

I had finally gotten approval from my publisher to schedule an interview with two great musical artists and received nothing but RED TAPE from a venue that doesn't seem to have their crap together. I did the pitch, sent it in, followed up repeatedly to be told "Oh, Mr. Manager is out today", "Mr. Manager didn't submit his press list". "Mr. Manager will get back to you". Right - when does he call. At 5:30 THIS EVENING, (mind you - the event is tonight and at 3:00 the list was still not confirmed). He informs me that finally everything was approved, but photo passes only and no tickets to cover the show (read: promoter wanted the media to come out of pocket for tickets. Tickets were $97.00 a person for a small arena. HELLO - what are they - Madison Square Garden - I think not).

The best part - Mr. Promoter would select who was to be interviewed. I specifically went through the proper local channels out of respect and courtesy to be told, "Well, I know XYZ Magazine wants to interview so and so and so and so, but you might only get joe blow over here". HELLO - Joe Blow.. I don't think so. He has no relevance to the story at hand and I'm not going to feed his overblown jheri-curled juiced ego. (Mind you - Joe Blow/Jheri Curl Juice is also the "promoter" who hasn't had a hit in eons!)

SO, what does this gal do - whip out her cell and schedule the interview with one of the artists directly for next week, as well as call a couple leads on the other artist that we wanted. Forget the courtesy - if I was their publicist, I would be LIVID that some arena or promoter is micro-managing their press.

As for the show - those passes are sitting there and I refuse to go. It was the same show I saw up in NYC with my gal D. & Meowmix some time ago. If I want to see it again, I'll go back to NYC and see the show with a few others that rarely perform.

Forget Jheri-curl juice. His greed cost him the worst thing - positive press. Then again, he'll probably tell all the fans, "Want my autograph - $20.00". Nice guy, huh?

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