craigslist ... this guy wants to pay to play

[kesslari]

Wow, got some gullible folks here. Either that or one very crazy dude on CL.
I suspect humor/sarcasm in the CL post.

 

[Booty Shaman]

you would be surprised how many borrow that much for a music degree. whether or not they pay that much for one is a different matter.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

So yep ... this is a real Craigslist add in Denver CO

Enjoy and have fun

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Pro Bass Player seeks Pay-to-Play gigs

I don't know about all you dudes/dudettes, but I'm ready to change the music industry. I mean REALLY change it. I mean it to a world where a quarter of a million dollar music education counts as much as another arts degree. Unlike the other chumps on craigslist, I'm willing to do what it take. So this experienced bass player is ExClUsIvElY looking for Pay-to-Play gigs. I'm really trying hard to get on the venues' good side. I'm willing to put up $200 PER SET to make sure the venue turns a profit and I expect any future band mates to do the same. If you currently have for-profit gigs lined up, I'd ask that you check if the venue would rather we turn the tables on them BEFORE contacting me. I'll only receive compensation for gigs if it's an out of state engagement and so long as the total compensation is less than my gas for one way. Upright and Electric bass in many styles! So if your band is looking to put its money where its mouth is, hit me up.

Stupid is as stupid does....that's pretty stooopid!

And of course, a great way to pay off your 1/4 million $ school loans...oh, wait, you mean you aren't making any money, only paying it out???? S-t-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-pid!!

 

[electracoyote]

Gag post, perhaps more sarcastic than humorous.

Probably someone who has had his fill of being asked to bend over and take it.

Like most places, the originals circuits in Denver can be brutal.

 

[Buster Brown]

I live about an hour from Denver and yes, I saw that ad. Again, living an hour from Denver - that's all that need be said. Strange city. Strange city, indeed.

 

[Spidey2112]

Is this something similar to paying for music equipment, then playing it, later.., if so, I do that all the time.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

step 1: pay the bar money to play there
step 2: ??
step 3: profit

Step 2 is like that old math joke " Insert miracle here"

 

[Ric5]

I live about an hour from Denver and yes, I saw that ad. Again, living an hour from Denver - that's all that need be said. Strange city. Strange city, indeed.

I have lived all over the country ... currently Colorado ... Denver doesn't hold a candle to the weirdness of other big cities ...

BUT WE TRY

 

[Ric5]

step 1: pay the bar money to play there
step 2: ??
step 3: profit

That's like the formula Karl Marx used to explain Communism

 

[Ric5]

The money in playing bars pretty much already sucks ... and this dude wants to pay to be there ... He must really suck

 

[Wicked G]

Ok, so I understand that this is the humor section and uuuhhhmmm ahhh if this is funny, I don't get it?
Now if this is a real CL post from Denver, then uuuhhhmmm ahhh yeah I still don't get it?

 

[Buster Brown]

I have lived all over the country ... currently Colorado ... Denver doesn't hold a candle to the weirdness of other big cities ...

BUT WE TRY

My problem is that I'm OLD. Inasmuch as I hate to say this.....THOSE DAMNED YOUNG 'UNS!!!!

 

[dbase]

The terms ... playing for Money or playing for Exposure. If I don't get paid, I'll expose myself, then I'll get paid

 

[bluesblaster]

I wonder if this is the way the Red Hot Chili Peppers got started ? pay us or we'll drop trou

 

[pablomago]

There was an add recently on Craigslist in Colorado from a "promoter" who said he had gigs lined up and bands had to bid on them to get the gig. Maybe this had something to do with that.

 

[Gaolee]

Wow, got some gullible folks here. Either that or one very crazy dude on CL.
I suspect humor/sarcasm in the CL post.

Absolutely. It puts me in the mind of the manufacturer who cut prices until they lost money on every unit. But they made it up with volume. (That's a joke for the economic humor challenged.)

 

[Gaolee]

The terms ... playing for Money or playing for Exposure. If I don't get paid, I'll expose myself, then I'll get paid

Or pay to stop. There's already a thread about that, except it's about being a lousy bass player. Same idea, though. It could work, y'know.

 

[two fingers]

If it was serious, it's just sad.
If it was an attempt at humor, he didn't quite pull it off.

 

[1st Bass]

It is rather convoluted thinking, but perhaps the idea is similar to the companies that pay to bombard you with advertisements on TB, or other fora...or even on monetized blogs on the internet. You didn't come here for the advertisements, but they pay the forum/blog owner for the privilege of "getting in your face" to whatever degree.

Perhaps his idea is that if he pays for the privilege of demonstrating his prowess to a semi-captive audience, then he will later get paid gigs from those victims. In my opinion, it will not turn out well, either way.

 

[Tulsa Teddy]

I could see how this might work if in exchange for paying the venue to play, you got all profits from the bar, or 100% of the door or something like that. Guaranteed money for the venue and after that it's up to the band to draw enough people to make it worth while. But of course, the ad failed to even hint at something like that.