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[Richard Brekne]

Jim... I do know all this.. have many years of tuning for Jazz festivals under my
belt so I understand your sentiments, and I thank you for attempting to easy my
fuming faculties... grin.. But I think quite clearly that had you been the one to
show up to this particular event, and experienced the sequence of events as they
occured, having known and worked with many of these same folks on many occasions
before, you too would have gotten just plain pissed off inside. I didnt let them
know I was angry, I treated the whole situation diplomatically and matter of
factly actually.. but inside I was fumming. Youd'a had ta been there I guess.

JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 9/30/2000 4:23:33 AM, Richard B. wrote:
>
> <<No... the line is drawn   Herea !! They want a mechanical tuning in the
> middle
> of all that noise, they want to look at you like you are somekinda snobby
> idiot,
> they want to basically treat you and what you do like some piece of trash>>
>
> Richard;
>  I don't do the traveling road show type venues anymore because of too many
> instances of this type thing but........there are also those groups which
> would bend over backward to make sure I had the agreed time to accomplish my
> work and were a pleasure to work with. There will be times when "the machines
> are too loud" and then there will be times like with the Beach Boys when
> someone will say "two keys are stickin and there is one broken string, just
> smooth up the tunin and come on in the back when you get finished we are
> having a birthday cake for our Board Director in about 45 minutes, besides
> it's just Rock and Roll" :-)
> Jim Bryant (FL)

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway