Like funerals, rituals are for those left behind too.
Don't forget if you get a call back for some gig, mark it up at least 40-50%.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov