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servantrek
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1 July 2008
I have a friend and sometime employer who is a big deal in the world of bluegrass music.He pays His musicians top money to play weekend festivals and covers expenses and airfare etc. He clears twice as much money as some of the people who do it full time.The secret is picking material the audience likes and making cds they will buy.

The guy wanting to form a band doesn't seem to realize it's not about what you likr.it's about what they (the audience) likes.

Billy
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drummer5359
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1 July 2008
Talent, chemistry and work ethic are all very important, of course luck plays a part as well. Being in the right place at the right time is sometimes all it takes.

In the mid 90s my brother and I stumbled into the oldies scene. We had no idea of the popularity. We had a talented idiot singing lead and we would be booked 2 or 3 times a week year round. In the summer with parties, carnivals, and car cruises we sometimes did a couple gigs a day on the weekends. (We would play a car cruise or church picnic in the day, and a bar at night.) It was just a case of the right people, right place, and right time.

Luck plays a BIG part.

That was the most successful band I ever played in financially. Even so, it was a good side job. We aren't talking about the kind of money that makes you leave your day job.

This guy is a dreamer.

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devoted2gretsch
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Ron, are your calculations what a single person would have to make, or the whole band?

I don't think making $1,000 a night for the band is unreasonable at all.

Updated on 7/2/2008 11:15:47 PM
The rest is completely unreasonable though.

Duncan





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ron_jacobson
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3 July 2008
1000 per night 365 nights per year.. Go and try to find a club that will pay a cover band 1000 per night on a Monday or Tuesday... that kind of money is just not there...
Around here there are only a few clubs that could even afford that kind of $$$ on a weekend...


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drummer5359
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I've found the same thing in Pittsburgh, Ft Lauderdale, and Baltimore Lee.

On the weekends $1000 happens, but not all the time. $800 was more common.

Monday through Thursday $350 to $400 was more common. That was okay for a 4 or 5 piece band that was doing it more for fun.

I did DJ work for a while which paid nice. I liked weddings because the money was good, you could have a more limited music catalog, and you dealt with a better class of drunks. I did that to pay for the PA equipment.

It also really helped me build my cd collection.


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devoted2gretsch
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Oh EVERY NIGHT... that's definitely insane. I guess I could have just calculated it myself.

The better gigs around here will pay $1,000, maybe $1,500-$1,600 for the popular shows that people around town really want to see.

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My calculations were based on the inital ad stating that each member would clear 40,000 the first year and then grossing that number up for taxes, then mutilping the gross income by 5 members in the band. I did not even factor in agent fees. Then dividing the grand total by 365 to get the per day required income.

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servantrek
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3 July 2008
musicians pay taxes?Devilish




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crash
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3 July 2008
It sounds to good.

But did he say clubs? or private gigs?

Here private gigs can go $3000 and you can get 4 or 5 a week.

Some of the guys playing with pop bands get $2000 a month for a 8 gig minumum, $250 for every gig over 8.

One guy I know was getting $7500 a month, this band charges $20,000 a gig, and has 20 or 25 gigs a month, in Dec. they have 35+ gigs and charge $30,000! In the summer he got a month off and the rest played only 5 or 10 gigs.

It's rich guys here, they love to have parties and spend!

Sting has play a wedding here as a few other big stars, it's fuuny what happen to Sting get this, one of the guest ask Sting to play a little more. Sting said no concrets over and the guy said I'll pay you, Sting said I just made $300,000 (yes that's right) and the guy said okay and in one hour Sting played another 45min set.

Fucking rich people!

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Always gets the gig!
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devoted2gretsch
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It's all about being in demand. My dad's playing with a McCartney tribute that's starting to pick up and get popular. They're not doing clubs at all, just concert halls. They're starting by charging $1,500 for the band if everything is provided, $2,500 if they bring PA and lights. It will probably go up since the small halls (300-400) are always selling out.

If you can make yourself in demand (that's the hard part I guess) I think a band could make $3,000 a night consistently.

That's still not 1,000 bucks per person, per night, though. And they can only play with that band 2-3 nights a week.

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