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Post by mrholmes on Dec 9, 2015 8:38:42 GMT -6
Funny, the more experience I have, the more I listen to what my gut instinct tells me.
With ease I can separate the trouble makers vs. serious clients.
The broke ones vs. the ones with money.
The wannabes vs real musicians.
The students who want to do hard work, and those who want to toy around.
The babbler when it comes to business vs. serious offers.
I had to learn this in the last 20 years.
Do not trust your brain it leads you very often to the wrong decisions.
Its the same as with creating music always follow the feeling.
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Post by svart on Dec 9, 2015 10:26:20 GMT -6
It's easy to spot those who don't have money.. They say certain trigger words and phrases..
They try to make you think they are doing YOU a favor by coming to your studio.. Or they try to get you to do some work for free as a "trial" and then use what you've done as the basis to go to another "free" session at another studio, until they get their stuff done..
"I have a deal for you.."
"Figured I'd let you.."
"Wanted to know if you'd be interested.."
"Experience for you.."
"Want to see if you are the right person.."
"What do you mean 4 hours charge? I only actually played for 15 minutes!"
"Oh, you don't take trades?...."
"But my brother's friend has a cousin who will do it for free, why do you charge so much?"
Next are the folks who don't know what they are doing, or have a grand opinion of themselves..
"We'll just try some things first.."
"It usually sounds better, I think your ____ is broken..."
"I usually sound better, I think your ____ isn't good.."
"We had stuff written but want to try a different direction.."
"I don't know what's wrong, I did practice, for like a whole hour!"
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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 9, 2015 11:12:39 GMT -6
Or, "Lets do some things on spec and then I can forget I know you when I get a record deal..."
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Post by svart on Dec 9, 2015 12:01:33 GMT -6
The other one I get a lot is:
"How do you _________..?
"So what are you doing when you do that?"
"What are you doing right there?"
"When would you...?"
"So do you have a list of gear that you want?"
And then some time later, you see they just opened a studio with similar gear to the list that you mentioned..
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Post by mrholmes on Dec 9, 2015 13:26:37 GMT -6
Trigger words maybe, but also how they act can tell you that something is wrong.
Body language. I always try to focus the eyes, some of them cant hold eye contact, they stare at the ground while talking.
Same is true for people you have to work with, one arrogant brick can ruin the whole atmosphere.
I will always follow my instinct and I will say no to jobs if something feels wrong.
Form my experience if you ignore your instinct something happens.
Client shortly cancel the deal, or you do not get your pay check etc.
I am done with it, my luck is that the studio is just a part of my business.
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