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I declined an offer to play

By Jose EB5AGV
February 1 in The Keyboard Corner

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Posted February 5

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Posted February 5

40 minutes ago, Bobadohshe said:

The money is bad though! I just can't afford to do those kinds of gigs at the moment. Maybe one day.

QFT. There's a very small subset of theater gigs that are really career-sustaining $$, and the high level of time commitment often means saying no to other gigs with better pay per hour in order to accommodate an inflexible multi-week run of a show.

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So today I have talked with the musical director. And she has told me a piano teacher would play most of it, except for Bohemian Rhapsody. I have told her that I am not yet up to par to play such a pi

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