John,
Reading your post got so me ugly once again I think I'll pop a cork.
Yesterday I went to one of the local Restaurants that I had dropped off a CD & package to. They have one of those outdoor patio bars nicely covered. They have DJ on WED. and bands Thurs,Fri,Sat. Rock, blues, Regae etc. Sun, Mon, Tues they are dead. So this little snotty 23 years old comes out and says" I've got 1500 people that want to play here so I really don't have time to talk. Have you been here FRI & Sat to see if you can untertain out customers?" I said "no I haven't but I can tell by what you have that I wouldn't. I'm thinking that I could come in on Sun, Mon, or Tues and see if we can get some of the older crowd in hear." He says " you need to come here on Fri or Sat and have 2 or 3 beers and see if you can entertain our customers" I say " yea whatever" and walk out."
This kid was just arrogant about his position as entertainment Mgr and had no interest in attracting anyone into the place other then his young buddies & bimbos.

PS: BTW this is why I've been offering to play for tips. I know in all of these places that I wont satisfy the clientèle they have on there regular nights. I'm offering to come in on an off night and see if I can pull in a little different crowd. I've never been a restaurant/bar owner and don't have a clue but it seems reasonable to me. If you have entertainment 4 nights a week why wouldn't you give someone an opportunity to come in for nothing on another night?