Mercenary vs Hypnotist

Heres a recent email back and forth I had with Doug the Hypnotist. Doug the Hypnotist books room under his agency "Comedy Express" featuring exotic locations like Lakeland Florida, North and South DAKOTA and 2 nights somewhere in Minnessotta, I know WOW! and when I first started I got the pleasure to get an emergency booking, thats when a feature cancels and they scramble for a last minute replacement and boom im in. So I performed at this bar called Winner Circle in Lakeland Fla. which by far had the best wings ive ever EVER had and made friends with the owner and his son and so on and so forth. 2 1/2 years later I get an email from TJ hitting me up if I would like to do a show at their new location, I took the gig not only for the pay but they are great people, i always have a good time and like I said the wings are AMAZING. Then I receive an Email from The Hypnotist and below is the little banter that pretty much will not allow me to perform any time soon in North and South DAKOTA and 2 nights somewhere in Minnessotta, and whatever fucking midwest pool hall room he has.

Hey Pedro,

I see that you are working our venue in  . Wanted to know how you were booked into a room that we put you into originally without going through us., FLLakeland

Please e-mail and let me know what is going on,

Doug

TJ  (the owner of the bar) contacted me, asked me and I took it.
 

Hey Pedro,

You know that all bookings are to go back through the agency who sent you to a client in the first place. That is an industry wide standard. Please let me know what you intend to do in order to resolve this situation.

Thanks,

Doug

I dont understand what situation I have to resolve with you Doug? please be more specific because this email came thru like an idle threat? Do we have a contract? I havent worked for you in almost 2 1/2 years, so please give me any suggestions as of how you expect this to be resolved?

Thanks,

Pedro

Hey Pedro,

As you are fully aware, being in this business as long as you have, it is standard industry and proper protocol to use the agent who booked you initially for any repeat, subsequent, direct or indirect work as a result of any gig booked by that agent. This is an industry standard! No question!!!

I'm not sure what you were told by Winners Circle, but I can guarantee that they had no idea who you were until I booked you in their old location. You know it, I know it, and they know it. So any booking for them must go through us. 

I do need to know your future intentions with this client so that I can make a practical business decision on whether or not to continue working you.  

Please feel free to e-mail or call and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have.

This would be a more entertaining conversation if you actually work me Doug, but since you dont I see this just like a hissy fit over not being able to make money off me, NO QUESTION!!! (hahaaa, really 3 exclamation points?). The point that I worked for you 2 1/2 years ago doesnt establish any form of obligation to you or your "agency". I became friends with the Alcocks back then and it just happened that they offered me a gig I took it. I had no idea you still had a room in florida since  i have no heard from you until just now. Therefore, Im sure you can tell what my intentions will be in the future since thats how much your agency has helped me.

In all honesty im just entertaining these emails because theres really nothing on TV right now.

Hope you enjoyed it, ill keep updates on this if anything else develops.