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Pay To Audition?

#281
MrBassman17 said:
Final update : this start up country band couldn't get a drummer or 2nd guitar, so, considering the commute time; frequency of rehearsals and, of course, the $10 to rent studio time, I decided to pull out! No feelings hurt; 'modern country' really isn't my thing!
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I've been trying to put a modern country thing together for a couple few years - impossible to find a lead player willing to play it :( . Too bad, you can make decent dollars and gig just about as much as you want around here with that. Classic rock/blooze bands are a dime a dozen, scraping for crappy gigs :( .
 
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#282
Uhhhhhh? Well I remember renting a room and packing in all the auditions we could while we had the room. Never even thought to ask anyone to help pay for it but maybe that is part of the audition in your case. With the number of dead beats you meet while playing in bands maybe the guy is a genius?
 
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It's a low amount and either they keep you or not, you will be in a studio that has amps and hardware, anything you need to play properly and this has a cost. If share is equal it's fair and it's musicians playing together. If you get a good time, and they do too, well, it starts there. That money goes to the studio for the service offered. Now, they could invite you and you would not pay a thing of course, and in the end, you make your own decision. I would pay for the service from the studio to help me play in the best conditions possible.

Some do consider you only start to pay once you are officially in the band. I see it in a different way. I see it like a kind of "investment" by sharing equally as if I was already a member of the band and start playing like it's the band I've chosen and see how it goes (and it goes both ways).

When I'm invited by friends, I bring something. Either food or drink, but I like to bring something to participate. Make them taste something I love and share the experience.

Now. If you consider you should not pay unless you are part of the band, well, don't and explain them why. When I do such auditions, I'm not paying the band, I'm paying the studio and will have a chat with the sound engineer to see if it's a place to add to my contacts for studios I might bring friends to.
 
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#287
MultiScaleMale said:
Gen X runs with birth years from early 60’s to the 80’s. When we’re tou born?
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I find it all so confusing since people reference the generations by social aspects yet its actually determined by your parents generation. I fit into a weird one because my mom had me at 16 so I am the child, of a child of the boomers.... so technically I could be a millennial.... but I was born in 81'... so no. lol
 
#288
MordBass said:
I find it all so confusing since people reference the generations by social aspects yet its actually determined by your parents generation. I fit into a weird one because my mom had me at 16 so I am the child, of a child of the boomers.... so technically I could be a millennial.... but I was born in 81'... so no. lol
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Do you eat avacado toast? That’s the real test.
 
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I was always under the impression from a variety of sources that the Baby Boom ended in 1964, but some have said as early as 1960. Which leaves me in quandary ....I feel too old to be a Gen X'er, but had almost nothing in common with post-WWII babies that went to Woodstock. I guess I'm a Gen-Boomer
 
#293
From: New Guidelines Redefine Birth Years for Millennials, Gen-X, and 'Post-Millennials'

You hear about Millennials, Generation X, and the Baby Boomers all the time, but it’s not always clear who’s a part of these groups. In fact, all of these terms are fairly unofficial social constructs outside of the Boomers—the U.S. Census [[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]] actually defines them as the generation of people born between 1946 and 1964. Now, the Pew Research Center is looking to give more structure to these generational nicknames with a new set of guidelines that establishes where each person belongs depending on their birth year. This is what they’ve come up with:

  • The Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945 (73-90 years old)
  • Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964 (54-72 years old)
  • Generation X: Born 1965-1980 (38-53 years old)
  • Millennials: Born 1981-1996 (22-37 years old)
  • Post-Millennials: Born 1997-Present (0-21 years old)
 
#294
bkbirge said:
From: New Guidelines Redefine Birth Years for Millennials, Gen-X, and 'Post-Millennials'

You hear about Millennials, Generation X, and the Baby Boomers all the time, but it’s not always clear who’s a part of these groups. In fact, all of these terms are fairly unofficial social constructs outside of the Boomers—the U.S. Census [[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]] actually defines them as the generation of people born between 1946 and 1964. Now, the Pew Research Center is looking to give more structure to these generational nicknames with a new set of guidelines that establishes where each person belongs depending on their birth year. This is what they’ve come up with:

  • The Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945 (73-90 years old)
  • Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964 (54-72 years old)
  • Generation X: Born 1965-1980 (38-53 years old)
  • Millennials: Born 1981-1996 (22-37 years old)
  • Post-Millennials: Born 1997-Present (0-21 years old)
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I've never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the box, but how can a "Millennial" be born before the new Millennium?


On, or after, surely.

Love those 80's cop shows - you know, those ones they made in the 70's.

How about that 90's Hip-Hop, from 1986?
 
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