How was everything resolved with that weird gig just before Christmas?

​We have not heard anything from the client, agency or Musicians' Union. Nothing. Not a peep. Hopefully, we will not! At least not from the client.

What should we have done? In case that ever happens again? Pam reckoned we should have asked all of the musicians to stay until 21:30, even if I had to order in food and drink (since, after all, they had agreed to feed us; they were effectively breaking that part of the deal). But she continually reassured me that it is OK, just a minor detail. The fact that I was there was enough, and we managed to persuade RQ & HH to return.

​What happened afterwards? I asked the night security guy to e-mail me with the time that we departed the premises. Like the day lady (Eva). He refused, saying that "he did not have access to the building's e-mail system". Convenient, since it was him who informed the client about musicians leaving. Anyway, I took a selfie with him and e-mailed it to the Musicians' Union. Apparently, that was illegal. I was not acting in a rational mindset. The security guy noticed and became aggressive with me. HH & RQ tried to calm him down. I left the building to order an Uber. Eventually, I was forced to step back inside the building. When we resolved the situation and came back outside, HH filmed a video of me & RQ outside the building, panning the camera shot to the sign "10 Old Bailey" and the times on our phones, as evidence.

LA was shocked by the whole incident. It felt like the security guy was in on the conspiracy.

The phone call with MM (client) was the point at which the relationship deteriorated. Pam might have been better-placed to make such a call. Or, at least, I should have asked MM what he wished to talk about before picking up the phone, so that I was prepared. Rather than being lured to the phone in the dark.

The phone call happened after PW (agent) re-sent MM (client) the T&C and 'sorted him out'. Subsequently, PW urged me to call MM, which I did, without investigating beforehand the reasons why he wanted to talk on the phone. The whole point of his phone call manifested as a way of getting me on my own, intimidating me without the safety net of the e-mail and the Cc. PW is not to blame. She probably felt as intimidated / oppressed by MM as we were.

​Communicating in writing (e-mailing him back and forth with the agent on Cc) throughout the evening was definitely a sensible idea. ✅

I was right about that. I recommend doing that, if ever LA or her bands are in a similar position (which I hope she would not be). Although, it is an unusual situation to be e-mailing the on-the-day contact during an event. It is crazy that the whole interaction was carried out remotely from Colombia.

​LA thinks that this guy might have planned the whole thing in advance.

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