From start to finish It was a mess. The promoter flew me (from TEXAS) and the other DJ Simon Daymon from Aorta (from UK) on Wed Night. We stayed at his house because he wanted us all to get a feel for eachother. We were told that we would be fed 3 meals a day, and that we would have a way to get around in Utah. that was a lie. We ONLY were given 5 meals the whole time we were there. that was cash out of pocket. Simon and i had to paint speaker boxes that werent finished and i offered to paint 8 foot crosses on the drop sheets(that was no issue... i like doing stuff like that!). Keep in mind he flew us in on Wed and the gig was on Sun. He left us at his house several times for hours at a time leaving us there with nothing to do and no way to get anywhere... so Si and I rented a car with our OWN money. one family from the church was nice eneough to take us up into the mountians one day while we were there(that was one of the best parts of the trip). He (the promoter) also had a stack of almost 1000 flyers still sitting at his house just days before the show... asking us to hit the streets and hand them all out over the days before the party.... the way i figured... all of the flyers should have been out at least 2 weeks before the show. thats just one example of how good at promoting he is! anyway.. long story short. come time for the show we go to the venue and this guy has no idea what he is doing.... at all. most of the work setting up was done by Simon, My lady, and Me. Oh there was this awesome guy there named Shane... he did ALOT for us... didnt mena to leave him out (truly a great guy!). The church that sponcored this even was little to no help. Their pastor was a condisending {mmm...tasty} to me and my gal. he had this whole thing he wanted to do to tell people about Christ prior to the party starting.... but when only 17 people other than the people from their church showed up (because it was promoted so well) he decided it wasnt eneough people and he wasnt going to speak... he would rather pout in the corner of the venue. correct me if im wrong but shoulent he have done that even if only 1 person would have shown up??? I question his motive. it doestn stop there mid way thru simons House set they kill the sound and patched in this horrible techno track with one of the pastors sermons overlayed on it... i saw people leave the party when this happened. this wasnt the last... then the promoter askes if he can spin for 15 min before my set. me being nice i say sure... (bad idea) in the span of 3 songs all but about 7 peopel left... the people who set the whole thing up... yes that includes me. so i spun to an empty room! whoooo hooooo!!! to top it off the promoter shorted me and the other dj on our promised pay... by $40 each. The only good thing about that night was right before the disaster of the event... i poped the question and she sayed YES! so it was a beautiful NYE! So what om trying to say is... NEVER EVER DO A GIG WITH OR FOR GETiT2GETHA PRODUCTIONS!!! there is sooooooooo much more i could disclose, but i think i made my point!

wow. That's a harrowing adventure!

WOW! I am SOOOO Glad he miscommunicated things with me and accused me of not being down with the vision for this event and cut me out of the line-up! If you remember, I was the original headliner for this event and somewhere along the lines, he jumped top a crazy conclusion that I was not interested in doing this event for no reason other than the fact that I wasn't on the phone with him every other day HELPING HIM PLAN the event!.

Thank you Jesus!

I can't trash him for how things eventually went down, but I can say that from the beginning I could sense that things weren't on the up and up. Every email from him had a different plan or was asking me to contact other DJ's that I was friends with to have them on board. I didn't do that for him but I did tell him to come here and do some research about who is near him and would be available. Sorry he was lead to you solshur.

He just seemed to expect far too much from the DJs. I tried to explain to him that everybody serves thier purpose. The DJ's spin the records and the promoter plans the event and makes things happen. He seemed to think that everybody was responsible for everything. The fact that he made you guys paint and promote the event days before the event and that he ditched you guys for hours and failed to see that you were totally taken care of is completely unacceptable. We may be the body of Christ, but the fact is you were booked as the talent, not the set-up crew. It's like asking the eyeballs to pick up a fork and eat. It's stupid. I really tried to get this through his head months before the event. I even felt bad thinking that I was possibly wrong for trying to tell him how to plan an event. I know now that I was absolutely right and that he refused to listen to my advice.

Bad promotions + bad planning + bad management always = bad results + bad feelings.

Hey bro - not sure what stage youre at in your music career but - after 10-15 years everyone has a whole slew of stories like this.  Every band out there has a big list of crazy crap like this.. from truck breakdowns, to being underpaid, to playing in peoples basements, sleeping on floors.  I guess a lot of the time you expect it, and Im really sorry that you were let down and surprised by it.  But - now you have a great story to tell at least.

I know it sucks, sorry again.  At least you can find some good in it.

If you think youre in a position to do this, at some point it is a smart thing to do to put contracts in place.  Just a thought.  If youre going to fly all over the place and expect payment, etc, putting paper in place will at least ensure you get what was agreed upon and eliminate bad surprises.

Best,

- - Dan

Hey, on a side note, if you do a Valentine's Day event, I would love to drive down and hang out. I can sleep on your floor, eat very little and help you set-up the event. hey, I'll even spin for you if you like. Bottom line is, I would love to come down and hang out.

I think I need to relinquish my Tangent Man title to Mr. Richards.

I live in Kansas, near Topeka. According to Mapquest, that is a pleasent 10 hour drive. I've driven that much to go to Cornerstone and I love road trips. I have friends in OK that I could stop off and say hi to.

Um... take yer wife too.