Gig ripoff

[ResonantAscendancy]

You should book another gig with this guy, and just not show up.

"Oh sorry, I know we said we were going to play, but we didn't."

[pearlxzildjian]

Originally Posted by skeld-the-wicked

My band had a gig at a local club fri nite on short notice they said $ 250.00 They wanted to pay us $150.00 at the end . We said no we wanted what was promised.We ended up with $175.00. This is total BS. The person that booked us will be hearing from me on sat.Great way to do business!

just chill out

thats more money than I have ever made at one show....hell thats probably more money than the 48 shows I've played in my life! <<not really though. lol

My band was screwed out of so much money during its existence, but we didn't let it bother us that much.

[duhhh]

Originally Posted by bighairbigdrums

Up until around 1989/90 bands could make great money playing the clubs. But along came Nirvana and grunge. All of a sudden there were 10 000 000 bands of 16 year olds who could barely play thier insturments, that would go into a club that paid $1000 a night and would play for $100. All of a sudden bands had to try and compete with people willing to under cut them by 90%. No business can compete with that.

That's exactly when I quit playing the clubs, for that exact reason. We would play for the door at most of our gigs, one in particular was a serious money-maker for us (4-5k for the weekend) once a month. We had a great light show, super nice equipment, a great front man and a killer set-list. All of the sudden, none of that mattered anymore.

[bighairbigdrums]

Originally Posted by duhhh

That's exactly when I quit playing the clubs, for that exact reason. We would play for the door at most of our gigs, one in particular was a serious money-maker for us (4-5k for the weekend) once a month. We had a great light show, super nice equipment, a great front man and a killer set-list. All of the sudden, none of that mattered anymore.

And the problem is still going on, read the post above yours. These kids just dont get it.

[bighairbigdrums]

Originally Posted by gunar

Business' with standards can.

What does business standards have to do with anything?

[mr_dreadlocks]

Originally Posted by skeld-the-wicked

Mr Dredlocks your an Idiot!

Yes I most certainly am.