[Dixielandjazz] Musicians Pay

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Now you know why we keep Steve around - Good ideas are worth their weight in 
gold.  I play a lot of one hour gigs so I think I will quote them the two 
hour price and see what happens.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Heist" <steveheist at earthlink.net>
To: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>; 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Musicians Pay


> Steve Barbone wrote:
>> One thing I do is quote ALL gigs at 2 hours. Then charge more if the
> client
>> wants to go to 3 or 4. Works like a charm. Elliot Kennan of The Spirit of
> 29
>> Jazz Band, now in San Francisco area, taught me that when he lived here
> for
>> a while in the early 90 and we gigged together. I was quoting 4 hours as 
>> a
>> standard gig and quite surprised how easy it was to make the switch and
>> increase everyone's earnings.
>
> VERY smart idea - once they're partying they DON'T want to stop - I found
> out quickly up here in Quebec, they want you to start around 6:00 or so 
> and
> wind up wanting you to play till 1!!!  Your idea - (I'll start using it)
> would increase my earnings substantially!  Thanks....
> All the Best,
> Steve Heist
> Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Canada
> (450) 424-7268
>
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