On face book yesterday a representative of a pipe band responded that they dont know and dont care about the prices charged in the venue that they will play at on March 17.

This is wrong and counter productive. Helping a venue rip off your audience is not good. The only way to get prices down is to insist that venues charge reasonable prices. Or simply go somewhere else.

The best way to arrange things is for the prices to be bargains when you are playing. You will find that more people can afford to come and will stay longer.

There may even be created a demand for another night performance. But not if you let venue managers crank up the prices. It is easy to find out what they pay for what they are selling.

Same with festivals. They charge outrageous entrance fees and food and drink are higher than elsewhere therefore locking out a good number of audience who can not afford and limiting the ability of those who do manage to afford to come to purchase cds etc. from performers.

If all musicians look into excess profit taking we will find a growth in attendance and a proliferation of venues.

Conrad