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Wish I lived on the south coast where bands are payed properly
Interestingly we managed to get a few more quid from a couple of the venues we play at - by way of background we set our fee at 200 quid when we started a few years ago and got nowhere fast on the pay 'increase' front until we got to know the landlord / lady despite knowing full well they were paying some bands a lot more for, in cover band terms, the same songs.
And at one of our favorite venues we get a bit more as the landlady is usually smashed out of her head and leads the dancing!!
Collision rock band
Exactly this. Plus it works out cheaper than golf as a hobby (until you get into the world of GAS). I've worked it out over the last few years and with buying a guitar or two I'm claiming it as cost neutral.
Aside specifically from dance music genres, the average pub DJ's don't actually add anything to the music they play they just select the songs and swich between them so it can't be argued to be creative or 'musical' for that kind of DJ'ing.
If they had to pay royalties for playing the recordings it might be a bit fairer to bands or people who can play covers or original stuff. Also it would help the electronic musicians who DJ and play their own material or people on their labels.
That's fine by us, we're happy to make sure that the people who wrote the songs we're using to get people dancing get paid.
It was £600+ in the 90s!
For functions, £1200-1500
Gigging solo acoustic now and earning £120 for a pub gig and playing NYE in a pub for £450. For the NYE gig, I had no idea what to ask for so pretty much plucked a number out of thin air. Wouldn't have been doing anything special so a nice end of year bonus for me.
We would charge £25 minimum, even when travelling. Seemed pretty good to me.
But that was 50 years ago and I was only 14.
And you could get 5 gallons (~22 litres) of petrol for a quid!
And it’s 20miles away.
I’m still gonna play Paranoid though
Last gig - 4 pints and a bag of scratchings
One pub offered an evening meal in exchange for a gig .
You used to get one or two free drinks ,but even that has gone by the way .
Some events pay fairly well ,if you can break into the Cowes Week clique , you can pick up some reasonable money.