Re: [Harp-L] re: appropriate compensation

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 22, 2005, at 9:11 AM, rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I go to a gig with about $1500.00 worth of gear and I use cheap used 
> keys, and
> an ancient dinosaur of an amp. I love playing live, but I need gig 
> money just
> to keep my gear going.

 That falls under 'expenses'

>  My band played 3 weekends this month.

 Ahaaaa! the proverbial 36 gigs per year

>  I'm spending the
> money on a new speaker cabinet.
>
> Do I play free gigs? Sure. For benefits, for friends at parties. The 
> set list is
> a lot looser, we jam more, play more original tunes. A bar wants me to 
> bring a
> truck load of gear, play for four hours, all recognizable tunes 
> guaranteed to
> increase beer consumption, then I need somewhere between 
> $80-$100.00.If the
> crowd is sparse and the owner takes a bath, we talk after the gig. No 
> problem.
> Stuff happens.

 It's a two way street. You don't want to take advantage of the owner, 
but, then again, they shouldn't take advantage of you either.
> I love playing music but it's a long four hours and I work hard the 
> whole time.
> The four hours doesn't include practice time, load up time, travel 
> time, set up
> time, rehearsal time, etc.

 Load up, set up, travel, comes under expenses. Practice & Rehersal 
come under "PAID TIME". There's an old axiom I like to use. No one is 
paying me to play...they're paying for all the practice time. When you 
add THAT up, it puts into prospective #1 How good you should be by now, 
#2 How much you should be paid by now.
 smokey-joe & Kiss my Brass
> Rainbow Jimmy
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