Re: [Harp-L] RE: $10 Cover

[Steve Marchena <slidelicks@xxxxxxx>]

Also missed the start of this thread. Maybe the issue is, they already paid to get into SPAH, and this event was on the schedule, without any notification of an extra charge? 

In that case, SPAH should pay (or refund) everyone's cover charge.

If that is not the case, the problem is that most people today expect all music to be FREE. Until that changes, we are screwed.

On Aug 16, 2012, at 12:42 PM, "mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Agree
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> Mike Wilbur 
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> On Aug 16, 2012, at 12:35 PM, "Steve Power" <stevepower@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I missed the original post from this thread but from what I can gather I guess there was some complaint about being charged a $10 cover for the Blues Blow Out?  "Hmm",seriously?
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>> For a start, I'd pay $10 to see Rob Roy Parnell with a band without any additional harp talent to sweeten the pot. Way more importantly, one of the big reasons live music is struggling on the bar/club level is bar owners refusal to pay a guarantee and the general publics reluctance to pay a cover.  When musicians themselves are reluctant to pay a cover that is very sad indeed.  In fact, I think there is a question that should be asked of ourselves. When was the last time you went out and supported live music on a local level yourself  i.e. paid a cover for a local band or even dropped money in their tip jar? And when I say "money" I mean more than a dollar or two. If we won't support each other how the hell can we expect anyone else too?
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