[Harp-L] Paying the Piper

["Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>]

I am looking for input as to how other groups compensate the professional
musicians that staff regularly scheduled jams.  I was under the impression
that the customary arrangement was to have a tip jar or pass the hat to help
them pay for their time and expenses.  My Baptist background leads me to
prefer passing the hat since it allows me to dish out a little group guilt
and usually increase the sometimes disappointing results.  Does it make any
difference that some of these musicians jam at other places of their own
choosing without compensation?

Bill Kumpe
Route 66 Harmonica Club
Tulsa, OK