re:Re: Resident gig downtown Austin needed for Tuesday nights! (lala l (Austin)
Reply to: comm-673356890@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-05-08, 5:48PM CDT
No need for anyone to get all huffy over this. All I am trying to explain is business reality. In other words, as a promoter, I will invest x number of dollars in you. I want a return on my investment. If there are 1,000 bands that are willing to pay for a cut of the bar (and there are in this town), then why should I pay you hundreds of dollars and not get any added revenue in return? If you are good and you've developed a following, you'll make some money. If you are better than most with a better than average following, you can command a price range.
The sad truth is that there are plenty of venues that are less than fair in their assessment of your 10% of the bar. That makes me angrier than it does you, probably. But there are plenty that are honest and fair. They make money, so do you.
As for being an alcohol salesman, that's actually pretty accurate. Do you think bars put bands in there for the hell of it? They do it as part of their marketing scheme. The music business is tough, but the operative word is business.
It should be a relationship where the venue operators understand that the bands need to make money and the bands understand that the venue operators need to make money to pay the bands money.
Things that are worth getting pissy about: venues that expect bands to pay for the opportunity to perform and bands that are willing to actually pay, venues that cheat the musicians, either by lying about profits for the night or by stiffing the bands altogether, & venues that post bad things about bands on their websites.
Venues that expect a return on their investment is not one of the things to get upset about. Develop your following and be able to tell the venue operator, "I'll bring you 150 people". Then you can make some money.
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