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Unit 1 · Lesson 1.3 · Read the Room Before It Changes · about 20 minutes

An outdoor gig rain plan, before the weather changes

Rain, snow, a new manager: protect the calendar you can't control. Lesson 1.3, Read the Room Before It Changes, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 1.3 · about 20 minutes

Read the Room Before It Changes

Rain, snow, a new manager: protect the calendar you can't control.

Rain. Snow. A new manager. The gig you counted on, gone. Here's how to see it coming.

Skill: Read the Weather
Weather and calendar game, Lesson 1.3 Read the Room Before It Changes: the first call on a phone screen, thursday's Harbor House patio gig ($200) has rain in the forecast all night. Tess, the...
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
Your first call
Thursday's Harbor House patio gig ($200) has rain in the forecast all night. Tess, the manager: "Patio's a wash Thursday. When it rains, the bar room inside gets maybe six people. Want to bump you?"
  • A"I'll play the bar room. Rainy nights are when people want music."
  • B"Let's move it. How's Thursday the 29th?"
  • C"Forecasts change. Let's decide Thursday at noon."

Every option is something a working player really does. Which one would you pick? The game shows you what each one costs or earns.

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