Originally posted by captain Russ:
Money I use to live on is not the issue here. $50.00 an hour to play clubs is way below the fee I charge for nearly everything else. I get $150.00 per hour to write copy, $1800.00 a day for industrial photography and up to $250.00 an hour for research implementation and film or print design/production.
Thing is, playing takes as much or more ability than my other activities. It's just a shame that dumbass club owners and
snake" musician wanabees have ruined the business for others.
Thankfully, there are operators here and elsewhere who pay a fair fee and don't let price only dictate who they hire.
Russ
Russ we get paid for what we do whatever that is based on the POOL of people who THE BUYER considers can do the same thing EQUALLY well. Not what you or I believe about ourselves, If there were 10,000 Neil Impersonators in every city, I could not have earned what I did and made a lucrative run out of what many do,have, and continue to ridicule. Like Karaoke....All the way to the bank, I get it.
The more who do exactly what you do as well as you do in the client's view client, the less they have to pay. It's not a tough concept to grasp really. No one has ever asked me or my wife if we read music or can play or sing like Opera Stars. (although she got longterm show contracts where she HAD to read, but was paid well for the additional skill) If bar owners demanded reading skills prices would go up LOL....
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 04-17-2009).]
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