A musicians’ collective · Port Ellery · five Pools, all free
So we keep a list.
Ferry Room Players is five lists of Port Ellery musicians, kept by the people who book the Ferry Room and sell records at Neap Tide. Everyone on a list said yes to being on it. Joining is free, being asked is free, and leaving takes one click.
The cover · a Pool
Friday Subs
The inside · a question
Who can sub on bass Friday?
Only players who said yes to Friday Subs can come up.
“Bass player from Veracruz, eleven years in Port Ellery. Subs on short notice. Wants his written English to sound like his spoken English.”
Darío Méndezdario-bajo.bandcamp.exampleSigned in with OAuth
This Friday at the Ferry Room
The Ferry Room · Pier 3, Water Street · doors 7:30
Friday 2 October
Low Water Mark
Harbor folk with a pedal steel. Four songs about the same boat.
The Breakwater Four
Hard bop from the fish-market end of Front Street. A trumpet short this week.
Salt Road
Country songs played too fast. Earplugs at the bar, free.
$12 at the door, $8 before eight. All ages until ten.The door is split between the bands. Tickets and the bar keep the room open.
The Breakwater Four’s trumpet player is out. Lena asked Kofi Mensah, who plays trumpet in Horns and Strings, to join Friday Subs Mon 28 Sep, 08:15 UTC. He keeps no auto-accept rule, so the ask waits for him until Wed 30 Sep, 08:15 UTC.
This is most Fridays. A drummer’s kid gets sick, a bass player’s van won’t start, a horn player takes a wedding. Lena has filled a Friday bill at five in the afternoon more times than she can count, and Friday Subs is how she does it now.
A band that loses a player tells Lena. Lena asks the Pool. The player who comes in gets paid by the band, usually out of the door. Nobody pays the Pool, and the Pool pays nobody.
The Pools
Each Pool is a list with a name on the cover, a keeper, and a charter that says what it’s for. Your profile stays on your own page. One page can sit in several Pools and leave any of them.
Public · everyone opts in
Players who will fill in on short notice for bills at the Ferry Room. Paid by the band or the door, never by this Pool. Say yes ahead of time with an auto-accept rule, or answer each ask as it comes.
Kept byLena BrightwaterSigned in with OAuth
Public · everyone opts in
People who want to start a band, join one, or finally play the songs they have been writing. Say what you play and what you like. Ozzie at Neap Tide keeps it.
Kept byOswaldo “Ozzie” ReyesSigned in with OAuth
Public · everyone opts in
Horn and string players for local records and shows. Rates are between you and the band. The Pool only makes the introduction.
Kept byOswaldo “Ozzie” ReyesSigned in with OAuthLena BrightwaterSigned in with OAuth
Public · everyone opts in
Trade rough demos and honest notes. One for one. Links to your own page, never uploads here.
Kept byOswaldo “Ozzie” ReyesSigned in with OAuth
Public · everyone opts in
Volunteers who work the door, the merch table and the monitor mix, in exchange for the show. Training on the first Monday.
Kept byWes AdeyemiSigned in with OAuthLena BrightwaterSigned in with OAuth
How a sub call works
Lena sends you an ask to join Friday Subs. It says who keeps the Pool, what it’s for, who can see it, and how you leave. You say yes or no, and a no is remembered: she can’t ask again unless you let her. Asks in Friday Subs wait 48 hours, then quietly expire. §5.2
Some players keep an auto-accept rule, like “drums and sub, from curators signed in with OAuth, public Pools only.” The rule says yes for them, they get a notice every time, and they can undo it. It’s off unless you write one, and you can keep five at most. §5.5
The band tells Lena who they’re missing and when.
In plain words: “who can sub on bass Friday?” Only players who said yes to Friday Subs can come up.
Through the Pool, signed in with OAuth. Most players take messages from pool-mates only. §7.1 §7.2
To the gig, this time. The band pays them. The Pool never does.
What it costs
Where the money comes from. Tickets and the bar keep the Ferry Room open. Neap Tide sells records. Bands pay their players, often from their share of the door. The Pools cost us an afternoon a week and earn nothing.
We don’t sell the lists, we don’t rank anyone, and we don’t take a cut of a gig. If a band asks what a sub costs, the answer is between the band and the player.
Write to us at players@ferryroom.example, or come to the counter at Neap Tide. Ozzie will tell you which Pool you want, and possibly which record.
Who keeps the Pools
Every keeper’s verification is printed beside their name. You can see who’s asking before you answer. §4.5
Books the Ferry Room. Has filled a Friday bill at five in the afternoon more times than she can count.
Keeps Friday Subs. Co-keeps Horns and Strings and Door and Sound Crew.
lena-books-the-ferry.carrd.example
Runs Neap Tide Records. Has introduced more bands than any app, mostly by saying “you two should talk” at the counter.
Keeps Start a Band, Horns and Strings for Records and Songwriters’ Demo Swap.
neaptide-ozzie.notion.example
Front-of-house sound for the Ferry Room. Fixes toasters at Fix-It Friday when there is no show.
Keeps Door and Sound Crew.
wes-mixes.example