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UK-based band DIÁSPORA is looking for a deputy bassist in London, for engagements around London, south-east and the UK. For more information on DIÁSPORA, please visit www.diasporamusic.co.uk, or click the DIÁSPORA tab on the top right of this website.
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential:
In addition, please ensure that you fulfil the requirements of working with DIASPORA COLLECTIVE detailed at: http://www.diasporacollective.co.uk/jobs.html
In return, we can offer you:
EMAIL [email protected], stating:
TERMS & CONDITIONS*
Please note that this is not a full-time employment, and there is no full-time employment contract. Engagements are contracted individually on a freelance basis via email. Engagement frequency, lengths and fees are dependent on incoming bookings. DIÁSPORA offers 7 different band sizes from 11 to 5. Fees depend on:
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential:
- Good sight-reading abilities, especially with structural geography
- Knowledge and understanding of jazz harmony
- Trained in jazz yet versatile in a wide range of contemporary popular music styles
- Ability to replicate Latin tumbao bass figurations from a chord sequence
- Can provide own gear
- Ability to help out with transport desirable, but not essential
- Ability to improvise desirable, but not essential
In addition, please ensure that you fulfil the requirements of working with DIASPORA COLLECTIVE detailed at: http://www.diasporacollective.co.uk/jobs.html
In return, we can offer you:
- Structured fees, with public engagements starting at £60 and private £70 per musician, and promotional rates starting at £40 per musician*
- The opportunity to play original material with one of the UK’s up-and-coming bands
- A friendly bunch of people to work with
- A good platform for exposure
- Great opportunities for networking
- Great opportunities to challenge and develop your technical and performing abilities
EMAIL [email protected], stating:
- a little bit about yourself
- a little bit about your musical background
- any web links, samples of your work and / or dates of future performances
- details of present work and living situation; current projects, and plans for the future
TERMS & CONDITIONS*
Please note that this is not a full-time employment, and there is no full-time employment contract. Engagements are contracted individually on a freelance basis via email. Engagement frequency, lengths and fees are dependent on incoming bookings. DIÁSPORA offers 7 different band sizes from 11 to 5. Fees depend on:
- the nature of the event (commercial, charitable or promotional)
- distance in miles from London / SW1A
- length; fees are for anything up to 135 minutes (2.25 hours) performance time. If the performance time including break(s) is longer, then DIASPORA COLLECTIVE will charge extra for this.
- other requirements such as accommodation, subsistence, technical provision and special requests, please see DIASPORA COLLECTIVE full terms and conditions for more details.