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Originally Posted by Patric_Bernard  So you guys are telling me that if you didn't get paid you wouldn't play at all? If I had a chance to play a gig with people there who wanted to see me, and I wasn't being paid... I'd give them a damn good show. Who cares if you not getting paid one gig here, or one gig there. Music is for the joy in playing. People who play music for the sole purpose of making money are sell outs. |
Every time you play for free you devalue the job.
I was asked to play a show and every time I showed up I would get 30.00
I didn't take the job and told the lady why. I found out that a bunch of my friends did take the job. I told them that they should be ashamed of them selves. They are wrecking the market. They said that they love to play and would do it again for free.
Here you go. Exactly what you are talking about. I don't need the money and I love to play but, somewhere, there is a line and I guess for me it was 30.00
Everybody has their price and yours is free. Mine is 31.00 maybe for others here the price is 150.00 or 200.00
The price probably goes with how much you get hired and how good you are.