a big yep to this subject! pay2play is a big bag of merd!Why can't pubs buy thier own decent PA and hire a sound engineer part time to do live bands? instead of hiring
engineers with thier expensive equipment?
all bands should do a kind of strike (snigger) untill we get this sorted out!
seriously that wont work tho would it?
maybe everyone should do acoustic sets ha ha!
me and my band have been away from the live gig scenes for a couple of years now,but are getting back into it now. and flipping hell"how much!" "what weve got to pay all to play infront of a crowd,a crowd that usualy wouldnt be here,buying drinks by the dozen!spending alot of cash that the pup wouldnt normaly get if there wasnae a band playing!!?" yea you catch my drift. a pice of rubbish!we played a good few gigs in glasgow,back in the day we were moses and we got paid,and didnt have to pay to play,that was a couple of years ago,but now you have to pay2play there as well!theres never going to be a big music scene in scotland like manchester,liverpool if bands cany afford to perform infront of people live!
OK yea we do expect that maybe we should pay a VERY SMALL amount for a PA but not an arm and a leg!
Music should be exciting and enjoyable,both for the crowd and the band,iv seen a few miserable expressions on bands faces on stage and i wonder if its because in the back of their head they are thinking playing this song is costing us a tenner!!the next one will make it £20!!
how are we going to resolve this?
your guess is as good as mine!!
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