The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154669 Message #3629998
Posted By: Vic Smith
03-Jun-14 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Musicians wanted - Chester -unpaid.
Subject: RE: Musicians wanted - Chester -unpaid.
The organizer hopes he can get free music. "Exposure" is rarely a good reason for asking a musician, a writer, an artist, to contribute to a commercial enterprise and get no payment in return.
In principle this is correct, but there are some exceptions. Is this History Day a free event with no (or little) funding? It would be good to see local traditional culture included in this and I would be up for playing for it if it were in my area.
We are playing and calling for a street party in our street and there is no income and so we will not be charging. (Mind you, we have a well-paid festival event earlier that day!)
We were approached recently by the admirable self-help disabilities group in our town to ask if we could provide a barn dance for their members who are, inevitably, or low or no income. I did not hesitate to say that we would do it without charging.