The "There Will Never be a Venue that Charges ME to Play" Club

[ChrisB2]

Originally Posted by mellowinman

I'm a little disappointed at how organized everyone is about assigning themselves numbers. I'm wishing two people would try to assign themselves the same number, so we could all argue about it

I'm in.

[two fingers]

I'm with you OP! I'm not sure I need to be in a club, but you will NEVER EVER EVER catch ME PAYING to perform. EVER. It was stupid when the mess started and it's stupid now. Bands that let club owners get away with that crap are just feeding their own egos by playing in front of people. You have to be pretty desperate to pay to play in my view.

[tomnomnom91]

#13 for me. Paying to play is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

[mellowinman]

Originally Posted by ChrisB2

I'm in.

POST OF THE DAY!!!

[plankspanker13]

Originally Posted by tomnomnom91

#13 for me. Paying to play is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

Too late; I already claimed that number, in post #44.

Looks like mellowinman got his wish.

[nightwulf]

PAY to play? You've GOT to be effing KIDDING me....(although our local music festival, bumbershoot, IIRC, charges you to send them a tape (or cd) to listen to so they can decide who to put onstage...which is why I'll never play there...) (it also used to be a free thing...now they charge...
I'l take #666

[tomnomnom91]

Originally Posted by plankspanker13

Too late; I already claimed that number, in post #44.

Looks like mellowinman got his wish.

That was the idea

#14 it is then!

[mattbass6945]

now i want 14.........couldn't help it.

[hudpucker]

Sorry, but IMO "pay-to-play" is for suckers or n00bs.

[NWB]

Oh snot, I just paid for a G&L that I took home and played. Maybe I don't qualify.

Oh, what the heck, I'll take #42, The Larch.

[MarkMgibson]

I have no idea how these clubs work, but I'm in - can I have No. 69?

[Woofer]

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

I'll take sweet 16.

[slobake]

I'm in, is number 44 taken?

[charliefreak]

Once I had a mechanic show up... I had the parts, he changed my oil, my starter, and gave me a tune-up; Then he gave me $100/hr that he was there.

LMAO!

#17 for me!

[LiquidMidnight]

If any thread deserves to be stickied in the BM forum, it's this one!

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by BritPicker

You have to pay for the love of it, if your just in it for the money then what kind of musician are you? If they need the money and give you a chance then you have to be grateful. I gladly pay up to $100 to play a gig, everybody loves it and what price do you put on it anyway. If Jimmy Hendrix was alive he'd say the same thing. All the good bass players think this. Its not about how much you get but how much everyone loves it and lets face it its thereapy for me how many chances do you get to do that. venues find it hard to make a living if musicians werent paying for the privalege not aright to play then they wouldnt be there would they? In my city theres so many bands who love to play so why not encourage it rather than saying I'm not going to play so no one else should. Music should be free not a commmodity like soap or bread because its just not the same. Peace brothers.

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by nightwulf

....(although our local music festival, bumbershoot, IIRC, charges you to send them a tape (or cd) to listen to so they can decide who to put onstage)

Lame!

I also never liked the idea of an application fee for college. Yeah, let me pay you to determine whether or not I'm worthy enough for you to let me in and pay you tuition.

Of course, I've paid the app fee everytime, since just about every school requires it. Luckily, I've gone to affordable state universities all of my life, so the fees were pretty nominal (i.e., $30), but some of the more exclusive schools have some pretty high application fees. I'm sure if serves the function of keeping the admissions people from getting overwhelmed from people spaming applications material since there's a financial cost to applying, but from an applicant's point of view, I still find the practice entirely lame.

[/soapbox]

Edit: Same goes for landlords and real estate companies that require application fees to rent, although I can swallow that pill just a little bit easier if they using to pay for a background check.

[Munjibunga]

How many times do I need to say it? I'm sure I've said it in enough threads that I don't need to repeat it here.

[Munjibunga]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

Pretty danged sure not.

[Russell L]

Originally Posted by BritPicker

I don't think so! Its just a hobby!

It ain't just a hobby to me. It's who I am.