[Dixielandjazz] Playing For Free.

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

snip They also thought they were doing you a
> favor by letting you play at all......But we all wanted to be rock 
> stars...


Yeah and we keep waiting for Branson to call.  Do you think more cowbell 
would help?

The variation of this is hire a pretty good piano bass and drum player and 
invite sit in's.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob McCallum" <rakmccallum at hotmail.com>
To: <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Playing For Free.


> Someone recently told me that this problem is exceptionally bad in 
> Nashville.
>
> When I was in my early 20s, I used to play electric bass in an "originals" 
> alternative rock band.  Often the bars would bring in 3 bands a night, 
> charge $5 cover to all the bands' friends that would come to see them 
> play, and the 3 bands would split the cover.  So, the bar makes money off 
> of all the friends of the band drinking all night.  If it turned out to be 
> a slow night (i.e., your friends didn't show), the bar owners would just 
> stop taking a cover and not tell you.   (because some agent might come in 
> and hear you and you'll be a star).  Yeah--when was the last time a talent 
> scout went to a dive rock bar in Detroit? : ).
>
> >
> All the best,
> Rob McCallum
>
>
>>From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>>To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Playing For Free.
>>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:46:45 -0400
>>
>>While many OKOM bands play for nothing, it seems as if some other bands
>>actually pay for the "privilege of playing".
>>
>>Lately what we find here in some of the popular "kids" nightclubs is
>>Rock/Hip Hop/Rap Bands paying to play. Owners of these joints have figured
>>out that just about all amateur musicians will either play for nothing or
>>pay to play in a venue where they can be seen/heard. Some of these bands
>>compete with each other by raising their payment to the clubs.
>>
>>We old folks may not have have passed the torch of musical appreciation, 
>>but
>>we sure as hell passed the torch of how to give music away. How very sad.
>>
>>Club  Owner's reaction? "What, are you an idiot? Do you actually expect to
>>be paid to play music?"
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Steve
>>
>>
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