Congratulations and good luck to R., a friend and reader of CCSM, who recently landed a piano gig on a ship running eastern Caribbean cruises for the winter. As I told him, I couldn’t be more excited if I were going myself. R. has been working hard toward getting this gig and I’m very proud of him.
R. got the gig directly through the cruise line, as opposed to auditioning thru a talent agency like Proship, Oceanbound or Landau. He has also been given two months notice before leaving, which is more than most talent agencies are usually able to give (I was given 2 days notice before I was first sent out). That also means he’ll be skipping the 8-12% commission to the talent agency, which I’m sure he’s feeling good about.
R.’s is a real success story and I’m glad to be able to make this announcement. He’s been working on this for months. I’m sure that’ll he’ll be back here with some insightful questions and thoughts before he goes and I look forward to that as well.
Congratulations!
David J. Hahn
David J. Hahn is a Broadway conductor and keyboard player. He co-founded MusicianWages.com with Cameron Mizell in 2008. Visit his new project, Songwriter.fm and sign up for his songwriting newsletter.
