The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57669   Message #910647
Posted By: jimmyt
15-Mar-03 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: UK How much should bands charge?
Subject: RE: UK How much should bands charge?
Reggie, I think the whole key is that we are playing an entire evening of music that number 1, there is a large audience that really really wants to hear again, and number 2, NOBODY is playing it! We play this genre because we really like it, not because of its commercial niche. We found that out accidently. After our very first performance, I bet 100 people came up to me and said they hadn't heard anything like this since the 60s (except for the occasional "nostalgia group on tour." PM me if you would like to discuss it, but it is wonderful to play right in to the sweet spot of your audience. Probably lots of folks will say, well, that crap is shallow, its folk lite, it was never relly folk, etc. Fact is, call me shallow, I like the music, but I love entertaining, and this "crap" , folks, is entertaining.