RE: [Harp-L] Hippest Musician's Towns

["john merx" <mxpoet@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, 
Richmond, D.C.

All good spots with lots of music and lots of listeners and lots of places 
to play. D.C. and Chicago both are real expensive to live in, but if you 
play Kingston Mines, Checkerboard, Buddy Guys, The Back Door Room, Blues, 
The Shack and any other number of joints in Chicago I know you can get by. 
D.C. isn't to dissimilar.

You can even play the Subways in most major cities on an off day and make 
50-200 bucks a day... I played once in front of the Water Tower in chicago 
on this Flute player's rig... he had a bucket for money and was taking a 
break so I played a couple tunes and let him keep the money... he must have 
doing pretty well... he had three friends watching his back and apparently 
depending on the income. I also knew a guitar player who played the subways 
5 days a week in the loop and he made at least 80/day. 400/week = 10/hour 
normal jobs, but tax free.

John


> From: "Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> If you're good enough you can make in nearly any major metropolitan.
> It's all about selling yourself.  I still have a day job but the
> other two members in my band live solely from the music income by
> playing 3-5 nights per week.
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> >
> >---- Original Message ----
> >From: peacoatguy@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Hippest Musician's Towns
> >Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:33:24 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >>
> >>Especially for touring musicians and amateur players that travel a
> >lot...
> >>
> >>  Where are the best places to be a working musician these days?
> >>
> >>  New Orleans is null and void and Austin, TX is assimilating NO
> >musicians.
> >>  L.A. and NYC are unlivable.
> >>
> >>  What towns are musician friendly with clubs to play,  other
> >musicans to work with, and a supportive community? Or, what places do
> > you see it about to come together in the future?
> >>
> >>
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