Organisers have suggested above that performers are happy if they get their rate. But bear in mind that we've been trained to expect not much. That doesn't mean we're happy about it. Resigned, maybe. We're often told what clubs feel they can afford, so we set our prices to suit. But what the club can afford is based on what they've trained their audience to pay, which may be as little a £2. I know some excellent, well-attended membership-type clubs, in less well off areas, where people happily pay £6-8, week in, week out. So it can be done - but maybe it's too late for those low door price places, because a hike would kill them off. Another funny thing: The more people have paid on the door, the more responsive they are - and that's pretty much a constant - probably because they want a return on their investment and so put more of themselves into the evening. And the more fun they have, the more CDs they buy. (I sell more CDs at expensive clubs than at cheap ones).