[HANASHIR:6785] Re: help!

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

Shira,

They know what you do because you sent them a demo.  At this late date,
with the Yamim Noraim and Sukkot coming up, it would be difficult to come
up with a new shtick and unreasonable for the client to expect that you do
so.  Explain these things, and, if they're not willing to have you do what
you do, decline this gig.

Good luck,
Andy

At 09:16 AM 8/28/00 +0000, you wrote:
>Hey yall, its shira here with a big problem, I need your wordly advice.
>I was inspired to ask you by a recent email quoting Debbie Friedman
>about singing secular music at retreats.  Well, earlier this year I was
>asked to perform in New Orleans at the Federation for, I think, a
>private dinner.  The people who hired me have hired me before to
>songlead for a women's spirituality retreat in Mississippi.  It was an
>incredible event.  There I played nothing but Jewish music along the
>theme of spirituality, I played for services, etc...  I sent them a demo
>tape recently with only Jewish music, Carlebach and niggunim.  I have a
>band that I was planning to bring to New Orleans and we only play Jewish
>music.  Then after receiving my demo, she e-mailed me saying the theme
>for the night would be "I am women."  No problem right?  But then she
>said "we don't want very much Jewish music, just minimal Hebrew (almost
>everything i do is in Hebrew) and we want you to sing music written by
>Jewish women like Bette Midler and Barbara Streisand"!!!!
>I was wondering if anyone wouldn't mind giving me some suggestions on
>how to handle this professionally.  The gig is in october.  I don't want
>to sing Bette and Barbara's music, it is very far from my own.  The
>other memebers in my band also would have no idea what to do with it.
>Help!
>Love, Shira
>
>
>
>
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