[Dixielandjazz] Pricing your band for Charity Events?

[Jim O'Briant]

My band, the Zinfandel Stompers, is becoming widely enough known in our area
that we're getting more inquiries about performances. Some of these are for
charity events, and of course they are always "on a very limited budget" -
meaning that they want us to contribute our services for free, or play for
very little money.

 

I'd appreciate hearing from other band leaders on the DJML, either publicly
on the list or via private email, how you handle such inquiries, whether you
have special pricing for charity events, and what sort of pricing you give
them.

 

Thanks in advance for any information, as it will help me formulate my own
policy on this.

 

Jim O'Briant

Gilroy, CA

Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers