Tomi Jazz
based on 2 Reviews
Genres:
Typical earnings for each musician
$60based on input from 1 review
Paid via…
- Lump sum?: Yes (1 vote)
- Cover?: Yes (1 vote)
- Donations?: Yes (1 vote) No (1 vote)
- No pay at all?: No (1 vote)
- Free food?: No (1 vote)
- Free drinks?: Yes (2 votes)
- Paid to play?: No (1 vote)
Business practices
- Non-profit?: No (1 vote)
- Musician-run?: No (1 vote)
- Rental fee?: No (1 vote)
- Books local acts?: Yes (1 vote)
- Books out-of-town acts?: Yes (1 vote)
- Promotes the acts it hires?: No (1 vote)
Backline
- Piano?: Yes (1 vote)
- Piano in tune?: No (1 vote)
- Keyboard?: No (1 vote)
- Drumset?: Yes (1 vote)
- Keyboard amp?: No (1 vote)
- Guitar amp?: Yes (1 vote)
- Bass amp?: Yes (1 vote)
- PA system?: Yes (1 vote)
- Sound person?: No (1 vote)
Reviews from musicians
09-25-2014
It took months of emails to get a booking. The correspondence leading up to their decision was very pleasant. They said they require that all bandleaders fill out a W-2, and they asked me to email them my SSN. I refused, so the booking never happened.
A few months later, I played at Tomi with someone else's band. The staff were great. The place is really, really small, and incredibly dark. Not a bad place for standards or tunes you have memorized, but very difficult for a gig with intricate charts.
03-25-2013
Have only played in non-leader capacity. Positives: There is a PA and upright (never in tune and disklavier, which is not a piano for any kind of performance, but still). Some walk-in crowd. There is some guaranteed pay. The atmosphere is, IMO, nice and speakeasy like. Audiences have been appreciate at times. Will give residencies, which is cool. Let you pass around a tip jar too.
Negatives: The pay structure, even if you bring in a lot of people, is unrewarding. I've played there for a packed house and the leader took away less than nec. to cover the band expenses. Unbelieveable. The staff there can be nice but i had a couple of experiences where the staff was rude or indifferent. Don't know how easy booking is there.