Spammish email (read on) from ensembles you contact

[Bob Kolada]

Since moving here I haven't really played that much and wanted to change that. So a few years ago I looked online for the local music groups that I thought I could reasonably play a role in and sent out very polite individual emails asking if they were interested in a low brass sub. For the most part I received no or somewhat snarky replies. One ensemble rehearses somewhat regularly a block from my house. Nice email sent out, rather standoffish reply (not the kind of group that would be bombarded with requests), nothing came of it. Oh well.

I did, however, start to receive regular emails about their performances since they now had my email. I had unsubscribed in the past but was still receiving their notifications of performances. Beyond the obvious "why would you want to play for a group you wouldn't otherwise see?" bit it started to become a bit tiresome especially as I had only contacted them the once.

So! I decided to very carefully once more unsubscribe from their email list and in the reason why box offered the following tidbit (quoted exactly except for the special part)-
"Wouldn't accept an honest request to audition for a SUB (musician) spot, yet bombard me with emails even after I unsubscribed. Go ---- yourself?"




How have you dealt with what is essentially spam from musical organizations (who have no interest in using you, as is their choice; but latch onto your email address as a possible moneybag)?

[bort]

Can't you just flag their messages as spam, and never even see them?

[Bob Kolada]

Ah, but then I'd still have to empty my spam folder every now and then (dislike having emails there and in the trash folders) and this was much more entertaining.

[toobagrowl]

Bob, I would have responded in pretty much the same way
Bloke's idea is pretty good too.