The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99110   Message #1970983
Posted By: The Sandman
17-Feb-07 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Performers fees (% or flat fee?)
Subject: RE: Performers fees (% or flat fee?)
the best arrangement in my opinion is a flat fee.
the more people there are in a club the more chance in theory, of selling cds.
however many years ago I played at lowestoft folk club therewere 25 people in the club ,but I sold 20 vinyl lps.
The next night I sold 3 lps,there were sixty people in the club.
I love folk clubs ,and love performing,but I got tired of travelling up and down motorways.
I come to England twice a year,and really enjoy the clubs that I do,and would like to thank all the organisers who make it possible for me to earn money playing the music I love.
I sympathise with the guest before me,Isuffered a broken marriage through the pressures of trying to work as a duo with my partner,and then later, when I was away from home a lot playing solo gigs,because I was never there, we drifted apart.
earning a living as a musician has always been hard,but I knew that when I started andlike Edith Piaf Iregret nothinga href="http://www.dickmiles.com">http://www.dickmiles.com