I'll try to add some realistic numbers to this conversation. To make this relevent, you need to know that I live on the West coast of America, close to Seattle. Last Septmeber, "Bride Judy" and I did a 1,700 mile road trip ... many concerts, some TV and radio stuff, etc. One of the predictable venues we "set up" were public librarys.

It became clear to us that there is a "standard fee", if you will, that the major public librarys expect to pay for a presentation ... $200.

Now,in this time economic collapse, I can't predict if this expected "fee" will continue.

On our trip, we also set up several "private gigs" and we held to that $200 per performance.

Next comes the obvious question ... "how long is a gig?" I held that a "gig" was a concert, two hours, with an intermission. Any CD's I sold were my "profits."

No where on our trip did we run into any dispute about these prices.

I hope that my comments adds to this conversation and puts some numbers into the conversation.

By the way ... to Jed Marum ... I was the guy that collected the money for you at the house concert that Stew Hendrickson hosted for you a couple of years ago. I well remeber our conversation about your "life on the road." I don't know how you do it ... maybe you're younger than me? CHEERS, bob(deckman)nelson