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There a lot of performers I have met who feel the world is against them and should recognize their true greatness and will try to get paid even if they are just at their local for the weekly open mic.
There are also plenty of people who have no respect at all for the hard work and dedication it takes to be able to sing and play like a lot of the contributors to mudcat can.
I know a very good local performer who will no longer play for free at charity do,s, after the one he did for free and discovered the organizer took very hefty chunk of the money raised for their own "expenses"
He insists on being payed then donates as he feels able.
Seems fair in the circumstances.
its a cold old world sometimes innit?