The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35180   Message #478510
Posted By: wysiwyg
07-Jun-01 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: Tips on Surviving As A Starving Musician
Subject: RE: Tips on Surviving As A Starving Musician
Spaghetti suppers and other church meals-- show up when the parking lot is almost empty and ask for the leftovers to take to "feed the hungry." Always WAY too much food left over and people too tired to deal with it. Mock up a business card to show if you feel like you won't be believed. I have taken many a carload to a shelter myself, after Red Cross banquets, etc., and would have fed folkies instead of I could. So watch all non-profit events. I'm serious. It gets thrown out.

Or come crash with us for a month while you work the phones to get bookings. Make a demo tape on our PortaStudio. Have some laffs, eat good, help with Sat. night service if you like. PM me if you want.

~Susan