We've been making a living playing folk music in schools for over twenty years. Neither of us has had any other source of income for more than fifteen years. Before that we played coffee houses, house concerts, festivals, etc. but when we wanted to play music full time, we started doing it in schools because that's where the money is.

We've actually made a good living at it but what Genie said above goes double for schools. We spent a lot more time writing letters, making calls, rehearsing, travelling, researching than we ever did playing music. We started charging more for schools that were a pain in the neck (or any part of the anatomy for that matter) and then we started dropping them from the contact list. Now that we're sliding into retirement, we only play at our favorites - the ones we really enjoy and probably would have done for free.

Bev and Jerry