6. Don't be afraid to annoy people.
You're a producer now. You're expected to be a jerk.
Okay, maybe you don't have to be a complete jerk to get things done. But it's important to remember that you're the one putting up the money. You have every right to expect excellence from the people around you.
Case in point: the web site error I mentioned in Friday's post. It was a simple bug, something the arts center should have been fixed in 5 minutes.
But it wasn't. I had to email them and call them and email them and call them. Agian and again. In fact, it took about a month from the time I first contacted the arts center about the problem until they got around to fixing it.
Did they find me annoying?
Yes.
Do they want me to go away?
A big fat no. In fact, now they're begging me to come back and do another two shows this year.
So don't worry about annoying people. If you do a good job, people will want to work with you anyway.
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