My guess is the organizers wanted the other act to shoulder too much for too little. Feel free to pass along the name(s) of some area production companies to them and let them handle it lock stock and barrel.
If they want to push it back on you.....get out...now! You will be on the hook for a ton of money to a production house and without contracts, hefty deposits...I will guarantee even the most well meaning benefits will leave you with a 16 ton anvil shoved up your butt.
I find benefits tend to be poorly organized, poorly run, and poorly paid. I will not be a part of any benefit that doesn't pay me well. The beer vendor is still being paid, the food vendors are being paid...why shouldn't the bands. Now if I choose to give my share after expenses including my own gas to get there and back, I will. I usually give the balance back. The band doesn't give it back, I give it back personally and insist on a receipt towards this not for profit cause. No receipt....no donation. Benefits for fellow players, or guys I know, I'm in. For Kid's camps, cancer awareness, etc, pay me! The Budweiser guy gets his, I get mine.
It's important to realize, that while your band is foaming at the mouth for the exposure, you are being used, plain and simple. It's up to you to make sure the using goes both ways. Being used is not a bad thing, not using those using you is a less than smart thing.
If they want to push it back on you.....get out...now! You will be on the hook for a ton of money to a production house and without contracts, hefty deposits...I will guarantee even the most well meaning benefits will leave you with a 16 ton anvil shoved up your butt.
I find benefits tend to be poorly organized, poorly run, and poorly paid. I will not be a part of any benefit that doesn't pay me well. The beer vendor is still being paid, the food vendors are being paid...why shouldn't the bands. Now if I choose to give my share after expenses including my own gas to get there and back, I will. I usually give the balance back. The band doesn't give it back, I give it back personally and insist on a receipt towards this not for profit cause. No receipt....no donation. Benefits for fellow players, or guys I know, I'm in. For Kid's camps, cancer awareness, etc, pay me! The Budweiser guy gets his, I get mine.
It's important to realize, that while your band is foaming at the mouth for the exposure, you are being used, plain and simple. It's up to you to make sure the using goes both ways. Being used is not a bad thing, not using those using you is a less than smart thing.
