Fw: Cheapskate's opinion

["Bill Cummings" <billcumm@sprynet.com>]

>>Talking about prices...
>>
>>How much can a pro/semi-pro musician earn for a standard live gig, there
in
>US?
>>
>>I'd like to know....
>>
>>ciao
>>leo


My 6 piece modern-rock cover band goes out for local weekend clubdates at
$750. - $850., and usually has sound system and drinks provided by the 
club.
We've done private parties for $1800. - $2000, also, and I wish we could 
get
more of those ! The clubdate is fun though, and we usually get crowds in 
the
range of 600 people or so.

I was at a wedding recently and the 12 piece band was getting $8000.  The
drummer was the contractor, and paid everyone else as a sideman, probably
$400. a piece or so, and thereby put about $4000. in his own pocket. The
band was smokin and played everything from Jazz standards and big band 
stuff
right on thru R & B classics, Rock Classics, and newer dance oriented
material. I even got to sit in with them for RESPECT, with three female
singers and a three piece horn section.

There are people out there making money playing music, but to really make a
living at it, you have to run it like a business. Myself, I make my living
in Real Estate, so that I can play music for myself, and only take gigs 
that
I want to play.
Bill Cummings
drums@myself.com

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leonardo Cavallo <cavallo@dada.it>
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
>Date: Thursday, July 30, 1998 3:30 PM
>Subject: Re: Cheapskate's opinion
>
>
>>Talking about prices...
>>
>>How much can a pro/semi-pro musician earn for a standard live gig, there
in
>US?
>>
>>I'd like to know....
>>
>>ciao
>>leo
>>
>>
>>
>