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Thread #149179 Message #3470531
Posted By: AllisonA(Animaterra)
23-Jan-13 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: US Musicians: How much $/wedding gig?
Subject: RE: US Musicians: How much $/wedding gig?
This is all great advice! Don, your point about travel is a good one. We're thinking of asking for $450 and settling for $400, but in the several email between the bride and me, no one has mentioned price yet- Hunt worked for years selling his artwork, and says, "Whoever mentions money first, loses." So I'm holding out for as long as I can, until and unless it looks as though the bride assumes we're doing it for free!
Be assured there will be a contract and a "payment in full one month before the event" or some such. As we have learned to our sorrow.