we got paid! w00t!

**john turner** · #1 03-13-2003, 05:40 PM

well, we played last night at the star bar in atlanta - the sound was ok, i wasn't properly warmed up so i started getting cramps in my hands about halfway through and it was really messing with my playing - in fact we all were a bit off. probably the lamest of the past 4 gigs that we've had in the past 2 weeks.

still, though, fun night - dave siff, bassmonkeee and muggsy made it out to see us, as well as some of our non-talkbass friends

and, as always, it was great to play out.

and then, surprise, surprise, at the end of the night, the guy who runs the place comes out and hands our manager an envelope with some cash in there. w00t! what a treat, we got paid for playing our music.

granted, it wasn't enough to put a down payment on a custom gold plated ferrari or hire our own mexican houseboy, but it was dough that we didn't have when we started. what a freakin' treat.

i love being a musician.

Mr.QuakQuak · #2 03-13-2003, 06:16 PM

How much dough ? If it's enough we can start a Serene P-bass fund

**john turner** · #3 03-13-2003, 06:36 PM

actually, it's all going back into the band. yep, it's going to pay for one whole tire of our tourbus.

Tim Cole · #4 03-13-2003, 11:09 PM

[ignorantvoiceon]

Sorry to probably sound stupid, but do you guys not usually get paid in the bigger cities?

[ignorantvoiceoff]

dancehallclasher · #5 03-13-2003, 11:19 PM

ah, yes. when it's a pleasant surprise to get paid, you know you're in a college band or a prog band.

or both, god forbid.

**john turner** · #6 03-13-2003, 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by dancehallclasher
ah, yes. when it's a pleasant surprise to get paid, you know you're in a college band or a prog band.

or both, god forbid.

lol, not a college band. shoot, i made a _butt_ load of money in college bands back in the day. i remember walking out of a club where my cut of a 2 dollar a head cover was over 140 dollars. 2 bucks a head. i don't know how they fit 300 people in that club - the place was relatively tiny.

ah, those were the days.

**john turner** · #7 03-13-2003, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ANBassist
[ignorantvoiceon]

Sorry to probably sound stupid, but do you guys not usually get paid in the bigger cities?

[ignorantvoiceoff]

not a relatively unknown original band like us.

Tim Cole · #8 03-13-2003, 11:58 PM

Gotcha JT! My band decided instead of going the pay-to-play route like most original bands do, we reluctantly picked some covers to balance things out (and get paid).

**HeavyDuty** · #9 03-14-2003, 06:51 AM

Can I borrow $50?

**john turner** · #10 03-14-2003, 09:03 AM

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Originally posted by ANBassist
Gotcha JT! My band decided instead of going the pay-to-play route like most original bands do, we reluctantly picked some covers to balance things out (and get paid).

well, we never pay to play, but it's somewhat unusual for a club owner to pay us without us being sorta hawkish about it.

don't get me wrong, with a certain size draw it's expected to be paid, and the owners know it, but we were just surprised. we had about 15 folks there, which was cool, but it was a wednesday night and we had played 3 other places in the previous week and a half. getting an envelope with dough in it was unexpected, to say the least.

DNE · #11 03-14-2003, 11:11 AM

When/where are you playing next? I wanted to come to star bar but completely spaced it

**john turner** · #12 03-14-2003, 11:30 AM

we're playing at 9 lives in little 5 points thursday april 3. hope to see you then

**john turner** · #13 03-14-2003, 11:30 AM

welcome to talkbass, btw, dne.

DNE · #14 03-14-2003, 11:39 AM

thanks. just picked up a bass for the first time in january. love it but wish i had more time to practice! this site has already helped tremendously

Gard · #15 03-14-2003, 05:42 PM

...they gave you money to stop playing.

Admit it.

(Y'all kicked @$$ at The Somber Reptile Saturday d00d

)

Phat Ham · #16 03-14-2003, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dancehallclasher
ah, yes. when it's a pleasant surprise to get paid, you know you're in a college band or a prog band.

or both, god forbid.

I'm in a college band and I take home at least $100 a gig. UVa is a big frat school so they can all afford to pay 4 or 5 hundred bucks (or a couple grand for out of town acts) for a band at their parties.

**HeavyDuty** · #17 03-15-2003, 07:42 AM

OK, if I can't borrow $50, can I borrow $20?

#18 03-16-2003, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by john turner
... hire our own mexican houseboy...

You want to hire me??