4. If The Bar Taking Isn't Good Then Say Goodbye
At a piano bar, the piano man is king. He is the reason you are there, because you want live piano music. Its the USP (Unique Selling Point for all you unacquainted with The Apprentice). If he's good, you end up staying. If he's bad, you make a rather loud show of the fact that you doubt his abilities not just as a piano player but also as a man and a lover, and leave the bar hurriedly. Henrique, the boss, stares daggers at the piano man as he rushes through Call Me Maybe to try to get to Summer of 69 to keep them there, but it's too late. The crowd have gone. Leaving only the piano man and a very angry looking Henrique. At the end of the night, the bar is £1000 below target and the piano man is never asked back. A sad fact of our economy means that bars need to make money to stay afloat. I know, I was shocked when I found out too. And in a piano bar, if the takings are bad, then the first port of call is the piano man. I have been told before that my playing is the sole reason that the bar has lost money that particular night. A kick in the balls, but a reminder that the buck stops with you. So not only if you are crap are the crowd upset, but the management are getting their knives out too.