Fran, I got paid the same for 1-hour solo gigs during the past decade, and every one of them was 10 to 20 minutes from the house, middle of the day, weekdays. Love it!

The solo club performers around Baltimore, Washington, Virginia Beach, Richmond, etc... all get on average of $100 for 3 to 4 hours on week nights and $150 for 3 to 4 hours on Friday and Saturday. Most of the places here do not have music on Sunday. This is the same rate of pay those clubs and restaurants paid 30 years ago.

I guess you can get more in Jersey because the cost of living has always been much higher than it is south of the Mason/Dixon Line.

Gary