This is unfortunate for all the people who are going to it, who are being heavily promoted to on Facebook - however I am 100% sure that I have made the correct decision.
The organisers have had SO long with which to confirm the booking with me - and they have been told all the terms and today's deadline right from the start, so this really could have been avoided had they been professional and organised.
All that was required to confirm the booking was:
- Signed contract scanned and emailed
- Deposit sent
The honest truth is (and you get nothing else but that in this Blog!), I have had bad experiences with this organisation 'Merave' since the start of this palarva. I have found them rude more than once and they have avoided committing to this booking right from the start. They should never have been promoting the event without confirming the artists. And I told them that they could not promote it with me on the flyer until I had confirmation.
Note that I said 'artistS' there.... I know that the above artists have also had the same experience with Merave. I emailed all of them (apart from ATB) a couple of weeks ago to see if I was the only one awaiting contract, to find we were all in the same boat. A couple of days later they'd all cancelled. The only reason I didn't do it sooner was because I had extended the final deadline to confirm this to 27th October, and I have integrity and stick to my word.
I now see that they have taken all the artists names off of the Facebook event which is good news. I was worried they would continue to con the people of Bahrain, which might have affected all of our positive reputations.
In future all bookings are going through my Manager Lisa (email her on lisa.b@annakiss.co.uk) unless I have worked personally with the promoter before. This will free me up more time to concentrate on what I love most: the MUSIC!!
Just before I sign off, I'll leave you with the text that I received from the organiser yesterday:
"Anna, just be cool, we working really hard here for this event, ticket, money i can promise, but really i don't have time to scan and send you the contract, as everyone working on the venue so please just pickup your phone, thanks"
LOL! priorities.... and promises..?! he's someone I've never even met before, why am I going to go to Bahrain on a promise? LOL!
(the reason I wasn't picking up the phone was because it was Sunday I was at a family gathering)
So there we go, another exciting installment in the life of an international female DJ.... living and learning from these life experiences, being grateful always - because I believe I have had a lucky escape this time!
Besos
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