Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 31 Aug 2007 5:19 am |
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Skip Edwards mentioned in a post about the California country scene or lack of about "multiple bands one set" not 5 stes a night like we used to do .
This has happened in Melbourne Australia as well . Instead of booking a band for a night , the owner or agent books 3, 4 or more acts and each one does one set . Now there are a lot of acts that start up , learn 7-10 songs and start working { for next to nothing :- 4 .}
10/20 years ago you needed a repetoire of 30/40 songs to get through a nights playing . I don't like this trend at all and I think it encourages 3rd rate acts and 3rd rate venues to flourish making it harder and harder to earn a quid .
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 Aug 2007 7:55 am
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The bottom line is the pay, IMHO. Sure, I'll play only one set, but don't expect much of a discount from what I'd charge for 4 or 5 sets. 
Most of the "work" is setting up and tearing down. Of course, for the typical "hat singer", it's pretty easy to just pull the ol' flat-top out of the case, and then throw it back in and split to do another one set gig somewhere's else.  |
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