Creamfields Have Not Paid Me!!!

[MARK ANXIOUS]

BRILLIANT MATE!!!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!

I knew you'd do it. I think this is a lesson in being tough with the bigger more commercial organizations. there's a certain one that i play for who hadn't payed me quite a big cheque last year after 6 months of chasing. chrissi told them i wouldn't be turning up for their next gig 2 days before, and they panicked. cash was in the bank the next day.

another funny story was a huge commercial festival this year. about half way through the gig, word got round that none of the dj's were getting paid for a certain tent (they'd all tried) and so everyone stood together and threatened to stop the tent and the music. took a while but within about 2 hours, we had the cash backstage! RESULT!

kinda feels good when you stand up against the giants eh. good on ya h.

[davethedrummer]

yeah thanks mark
got it in the end.

it did really get me down for a bit
but i kept hassling even though they stopped replying
and it did work , if i hadn't done it i am SURE i wouldn't have got a bean.

i wanted to mention it here because there was a thread a while ago about DJ wages.
and there were a couple of posts telling us professional DJs to stop whining and get a "proper" job

and i have to say that thread/comments really did piss me off quite a lot.
so it was partly that , and also a useful lesson to anyone else who might find themselves in similar circumstances.

i have to say also that the accounts person from cream UK
did actually call me direct, and apologize for the situation
and they hoped it wouldn't ruin any workings we may have in the future.

so to me it does look like cream uk stepped up to the plate
and took the rap.
so i have to respect them for that.