Breezy said, 'If music is your hobby and passion why be paid at all?'

Well, why not???? a lot of venues won't trust you to do a good job unless they can see you've a professional attitude. Charging a fair rate while not undercutting helps them to know others have trusted you to deliver the goods. It's a helluva job getting a venue to even try you out. anything that helps is fine by me....



Thanks all for stacks of info, which I'm sure others will find a good guide.

I agree it's very bad to undercut professional musicians.

I only play music, I have no other source of income and I also have band members to worry about, who are certainly not rich.

Scab, yuk, what a thought.....