Today one of my client's called me to discuss what to feed the musicians that are playing at his wedding. For evening events, I normally recommend that musicians are given a hot meal because it is a long evening for them. However, the venue wanted to charge £35 a head for a pasta meal and soft drinks. Understandably the client wasn't happy at this additional charge.
I was able to get in touch with the venue and discovered they offer a 'suppliers'' meal which consists of a baguette, fruit, cake and soft drinks for considerably less. I agreed with the client that this was a suitable option and I have warned the musicians to eat a substantial meal during the day.
We do recommend that clients feed the musicians; not because it is a jolly for them, but because a 3 hour play session is actually more like 5 hours, and it is unlikely they can buy food there - or the sight of them eating ready prepared food doesn't look good! I heard of one musician (not one of mine) routinely bringing tinned sardines and he would prepare a sardine pasta salad, which produced an awful smell. This would have been avoided if he had been fed!
However, we wish to avoid the situation of clients spending a considerable amount of money on feeding musicians. Here are my tips:
I was able to get in touch with the venue and discovered they offer a 'suppliers'' meal which consists of a baguette, fruit, cake and soft drinks for considerably less. I agreed with the client that this was a suitable option and I have warned the musicians to eat a substantial meal during the day.
We do recommend that clients feed the musicians; not because it is a jolly for them, but because a 3 hour play session is actually more like 5 hours, and it is unlikely they can buy food there - or the sight of them eating ready prepared food doesn't look good! I heard of one musician (not one of mine) routinely bringing tinned sardines and he would prepare a sardine pasta salad, which produced an awful smell. This would have been avoided if he had been fed!
However, we wish to avoid the situation of clients spending a considerable amount of money on feeding musicians. Here are my tips:
- If the venue allows it, get someone in the party to put together an assortment of ready prepared sandwiches from M&S, with fruit, cake and soft drinks.
- If this isn't allowed, discuss with the venue if they have a 'suppliers'' meal available.
- If they don't; ask how much it would be to produce a simple vegetable pasta bake for the musicians.
- As a rule of thumb, afternoon playing, you serve sandwiches, for evenings, a hot meal.
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