Re: [Harp-L] how much are you getting paid at your gigs?

["robert mcgraw" <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> My intention is not to continually disagree with Larry but I thing he's 
> slightly of the mark here...  There is money in every town and you have to 
> figure out how to get it.  Phoenix is a terrible town for music yet at one 
> point I was booked four nights per week and getting a minimum of $100 per 
> man per three hour gig with the exception of sundays where we got $75 for a 
> two hour gig.
---Hmm...gotta sort of agree with Larry here, Chris. Depends on where you 
live. I live in the coalfields of West Virginia, perpetually in economic 
doldrums, and  what you would call a rural area. True, there IS money in 
here, and I have figured out how to get it: play country and/or Southern 
Rock. I mean no disrespect to those musics but that's not what i do. The 
market for what we play is very slight...we manage a couple of gigs a month, 
and I average making maybe $75 a gig, but I often play for less.
  Sometimes we get the usual high dollar jobs: wedding receptions, private 
parties, festivals, and I have made as much as $350 for a three hour gig, 
but that's the exception. I play because I love to and because I need to; if 
I were in a city I would hope I'm competent enough to make more money than I 
do playing here.
  But I don't live in a city. Phoenix, by the way, may well be a lousy town 
for music by your standards, but I assure you that by  West Virginia 
standards it's a frigging meca!!!
WVa Bob
P.S. By the way, I recently bought a Sennheiser mic from Chris...hands down 
the best mic for "acoustic" harp I've ever played thru.

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