Musicians, what do you play?

[Cinjin]

I know people who have gig for more than 20 years and have never been paid a penny for it.

sorry, that's just stupid. I get paid anywhere from $150 to $300 a night and average about 4/5 shows per month. Oh and I always get a bar tab included - so I'm not paying for any of my drinks out of my take anyway. In fact, with exception to tipping the staff, I refuse to pay one damn dime at a bar I'm playing at.


where in the hell do you live Frankie J????

Clearly the local musicians around there have set the standard "pay rate" themselves and it's their own damn fault. If musicians refused to play for just beers, the bars would be forced to either pay you people or turn on a radio.

Maybe you should go around mafia style and get these local musicians to "rethink" their acceptable compensation standard.