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Well...hmmm....Touring on sea is a go?(Update)
9 years ago
TL;DR
-Got a email with a new cruise ship offer
-I leave in May
-Same amount of money involved
-3 month tour though :/
-Just slightly relieved
-I text my mentor who recommended me for the gig the news
-My mentor is happy and he says “I think if you didn’t DM the cruise line none of this would happened”
-MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING ON THE 30TH!
During all this time I'm contacting my mentors one of them said "You just gotta do what you gotta do and maybe move on" one says "Well what do you plan to do" and the other says "At this point you might as well sue" and another who's a lawyer says "You're fine,just keep your chill don't say anything on social networks and you'll be fine'
I was already on the right path of deactivating my Facebook for a few days because I woke up seething in anger and when that happens bad things happens...so I didn't want to say anything that might affect my future employment with the cruise line by spilling the beans/venting my frustrations like I did on here.
So on March 14th my phone vibrates with a email from my agent emails me saying
"It looks like I'm going to have an offer for you. Ill be able to give you dates and details tomorrow."
at this point all kinds of thoughts are going through my brain like "Oh shit...hopefully its the same amount of money and theres no bullshit attached to it"
The next day (The 15th) my phone rings again with another email from my agent with the offer
"SHIP: xxxxxxx
POSITION: Drums
MONTHLY SALARY: xxxx.xx
REHEARSALS START: 5/27/16
REHEARSALS END: 6/15/16
SIGN ON: 6/16/16
SIGN OFF: 9/4/16"
I sent a email replying with my acceptance. His reply is "Great. Same ship as before. I will have your official confirmation letter by the end of the week. This time you are 100% good to go."
FUCKING YES!
Then the NEXT Day I get a PDF file straight from Carnival
Saying "Dear Edward (thats my real name),
We would like to WELCOME you to the Entertainment Team at ___ Cruise Lines! We are excited to have you be a part of the FAMILY.
We would like to offer you the below position within our Music Department. If you wish to accept the position please confirm via email within 24 hours."
Heres the cool thing since the cruise line FUCKED UP (Details here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7425622/ ) I was technically already hired so everything was already done. So all I had to do is keep this PDF file for my records.
With all of that I contacted my mentor who recommended me to the Agency connected to the cruise line and he said “I’m so happy for you man, and to be honest I feel if you didn’t made the moves you made especially with contacting the Cruise line yourself, I don’t think you’ve gotten any results. With you doing what you did and the Cruise line sending the screen shots to the higher ups and you handling the messages so well, they might’ve thought ‘Oh he really wanted to be on this ship, we have to fix this’ who knows,man”
He’s right though and I felt the same way, because I wasn’t the only one who got screwed over but I voiced my concern and even though my agent advised against it I GAVE NO FUCKS….when you FUCK with my money I will do whatever I can to get results…just this time I handled it with the “Kill them with Kindness” and “I was really looking forward to this” route.
All in All I'm slightly relieved because I'll be making money again but I won't be making nearly as much as planned, and I still don’t know what the rehearsals will be like and also once I'm off the ship I might have to go back to working....retail *cringes*
So yeah everything is looking up so far...sure I'll be touring the seas of the west coast for 3 months instead of 6 but hey I'm making decent money finally.
ALSO about FWA....I don't think It'll be happening unless a miracle happens...I would LOVE to go but I don't think I would have the funds unless I get like a SHIT TON of birthday money or something. Yes my birthday is a Day before FWA (March 30th) I'll be turning 25!
I'll be a quarter century old! LAWD!!!!
Any who if you guys want to donate anything note me and I’ll shoot you my paypal infoooo!
-Got a email with a new cruise ship offer
-I leave in May
-Same amount of money involved
-3 month tour though :/
-Just slightly relieved
-I text my mentor who recommended me for the gig the news
-My mentor is happy and he says “I think if you didn’t DM the cruise line none of this would happened”
-MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING ON THE 30TH!
During all this time I'm contacting my mentors one of them said "You just gotta do what you gotta do and maybe move on" one says "Well what do you plan to do" and the other says "At this point you might as well sue" and another who's a lawyer says "You're fine,just keep your chill don't say anything on social networks and you'll be fine'
I was already on the right path of deactivating my Facebook for a few days because I woke up seething in anger and when that happens bad things happens...so I didn't want to say anything that might affect my future employment with the cruise line by spilling the beans/venting my frustrations like I did on here.
So on March 14th my phone vibrates with a email from my agent emails me saying
"It looks like I'm going to have an offer for you. Ill be able to give you dates and details tomorrow."
at this point all kinds of thoughts are going through my brain like "Oh shit...hopefully its the same amount of money and theres no bullshit attached to it"
The next day (The 15th) my phone rings again with another email from my agent with the offer
"SHIP: xxxxxxx
POSITION: Drums
MONTHLY SALARY: xxxx.xx
REHEARSALS START: 5/27/16
REHEARSALS END: 6/15/16
SIGN ON: 6/16/16
SIGN OFF: 9/4/16"
I sent a email replying with my acceptance. His reply is "Great. Same ship as before. I will have your official confirmation letter by the end of the week. This time you are 100% good to go."
FUCKING YES!
Then the NEXT Day I get a PDF file straight from Carnival
Saying "Dear Edward (thats my real name),
We would like to WELCOME you to the Entertainment Team at ___ Cruise Lines! We are excited to have you be a part of the FAMILY.
We would like to offer you the below position within our Music Department. If you wish to accept the position please confirm via email within 24 hours."
Heres the cool thing since the cruise line FUCKED UP (Details here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7425622/ ) I was technically already hired so everything was already done. So all I had to do is keep this PDF file for my records.
With all of that I contacted my mentor who recommended me to the Agency connected to the cruise line and he said “I’m so happy for you man, and to be honest I feel if you didn’t made the moves you made especially with contacting the Cruise line yourself, I don’t think you’ve gotten any results. With you doing what you did and the Cruise line sending the screen shots to the higher ups and you handling the messages so well, they might’ve thought ‘Oh he really wanted to be on this ship, we have to fix this’ who knows,man”
He’s right though and I felt the same way, because I wasn’t the only one who got screwed over but I voiced my concern and even though my agent advised against it I GAVE NO FUCKS….when you FUCK with my money I will do whatever I can to get results…just this time I handled it with the “Kill them with Kindness” and “I was really looking forward to this” route.
All in All I'm slightly relieved because I'll be making money again but I won't be making nearly as much as planned, and I still don’t know what the rehearsals will be like and also once I'm off the ship I might have to go back to working....retail *cringes*
So yeah everything is looking up so far...sure I'll be touring the seas of the west coast for 3 months instead of 6 but hey I'm making decent money finally.
ALSO about FWA....I don't think It'll be happening unless a miracle happens...I would LOVE to go but I don't think I would have the funds unless I get like a SHIT TON of birthday money or something. Yes my birthday is a Day before FWA (March 30th) I'll be turning 25!
I'll be a quarter century old! LAWD!!!!
Any who if you guys want to donate anything note me and I’ll shoot you my paypal infoooo!
Wishing you a great voyage! And wowing the crowds with your awesome chops.