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I earn my living from playing only!
|    | 14 | 12.84% | |
I play in bands but i have a day job!
|    | 73 | 66.97% | |
I am a bedroom player, and its fine by me!
|    | 16 | 14.68% | |
All i want is a bavon sandwich....
|    | 6 | 5.50% |
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03-07-2010, 06:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | | Are you a Pro?
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Hi everyone
So, dont know if this has been done before, but im wondering what kind of players compose this lovely forum...
How many of you actually earn a living with their fingers, how many are bedroom players!?!
Im not doing that to make the bedroom players feel bad about it or the Professionals feel good about it, just genuinely curious!
I know that this isnt the right place to post a thread like this, but i also know from experience that it wouldnt touch as many people if it was posted anywhere else and i really hope we can get a lot of people to join in...
Cheers
PS: I earn a living playing in function bands...
Last edited by carlos840 : 03-07-2010 at 06:17 AM.
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03-07-2010, 06:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | I play out often, but usually don't get paid for it.
How does that count?  |
03-07-2010, 06:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | | Well that counts as i play in bands but i have a day job i guess! |
03-07-2010, 06:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sarasota, Florida | | | Can I vote for 'pro' and 'sandwich' at the same time? |
03-07-2010, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Armbruster  Can I vote for 'pro' and 'sandwich' at the same time? | Nop, sandwich is only for the Anarchists out there!
And its meant to be Bacon, not Bavon!!! |
03-07-2010, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: valparaiso, in. | | | I'm retired, and my band is my only source of "new" income. |
03-07-2010, 06:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sarasota, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by carlos840 Nop, sandwich is only for the Anarchists out there!
And its meant to be Bacon, not Bavon!!! | Damn. I love me a good Bavon sandwich. Especially after playing some Nusic at a show. |
03-07-2010, 06:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: toronto, canada | | | ...
I play with bands on the side, either paid or not but I have a day job. I wonder if that is considered semi pro? |
03-07-2010, 06:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sarasota, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by korchm I play with bands on the side, either paid or not but I have a day job. I wonder if that is considered semi pro? |  |
03-07-2010, 06:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NOVA | | | How about for the in between category, for those in between projects/bands. I'm in the middle of forming a new band, but used to play out ever week.
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03-07-2010, 06:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: toronto, canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Armbruster |
lol i kinda saw that coming. |
03-07-2010, 07:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Motor City | | | Im a weekend Pro...but a weekday Diemaker... |
03-07-2010, 07:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | Day job/night pro
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03-07-2010, 07:24 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: long island new york | | | Yep i have a day job! Rarely get paid for gigs. My wife has no job and sits on the couch and watches gameshows. Life is good struggling for that dollar. |
03-07-2010, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida | | Weekend warrior here. I always get payed to play, so I guess that would be semi-pro?
Hate my day job so I'm also a late life college student at night. So I guess that means I'm semi-educated as well? 
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03-07-2010, 07:52 AM
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03-07-2010, 07:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Columbia, Tn | | | the equipment doesn't leave the house if I haven't already
received something in writing and at least travel expenses
to the gig... that does depend on how far away it is...
studio gigs in muscle shoals area or nashvegas, gimmie
gas money at least.. it's not cheap even driving this old
vw van back and forth... ya know? I should've stuck with
being a vocalist.. it's not even easy carrying me around.. I
do weigh a small ton!! lol..
my studio is my day job.. and my night job...
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03-07-2010, 12:50 PM
| | | | well... we're on the path toward professionalism.
does that count? :P |
03-07-2010, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brussels | | | teaching... and not playing gigs atm... where does that stand? :-p |
03-07-2010, 07:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Indy, IN | | | Not sure where I fit...I have a good paying day job, which I complain about, but I'll try to keep it until I get fired AND I get paid really well to play bass 4 nights a week! What does that make me?
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