It depends. Is it a bar? A company party? What do you usually get for gigs? How many people are expected?
We got offered $700 (CDN) bucks for a New Year's gig. Would you take it?
We'd likely use a 4 person band.
I am personally thinking they are nuts. That's like the best night of the year?!
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It depends. Is it a bar? A company party? What do you usually get for gigs? How many people are expected?
Patrick
A bar. I don't know what we get any more. Used to be we got $150-$200 a piece, but lately that's not been the case. Gigs don't pay like they used to. I don't know how many people are expected. Depends on how the advertise and market the event.
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New Years should be better than $700 divided by 4.
Do you have any other options? Maybe you can get them to throw in food and a bottle or two of Champagne if you have to take the gig. Otherwise, look for another gig. Maybe tell them you'll do it and then keep looking for something that pays better.
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Well they said they'll give us a 200 dollar bar tab. I don't need that - I'd rather get some more money so I can get that Marshall!
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Ive made several new years eve gigs ,for exemple let s say normaly you charge $700.00 or $800.00 for a bar gig, add $250.00 for that night and double your standard pay for bigger places..
They make big money on new years eve , so ..
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Double fee, add 10%, add bar tab. New Year's Eve sorted :
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And by double, I'm sure Mark means double your usual rate. I like the additional 10% and bar tab :Originally Posted by markb
$700 for a 4 piece is chicken feed any night of the year. It' s almost disrespectful for New Years Eve, so unless you want to do it just for the fun of it, I'm sure you can negotiate a better deal.
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Here where I live that would be right around the going price for one of our regular bars and they all seem to have bands on New Years Eve If it were one of the four larger bars it would be around 1200 - 1500
New Years Eve here is not really one of the best times to gig ... being a college town ( 3 colleges ) most of the students are gone then
That's excellent coin for my area. We normally pull $500 for a gig, and we're five piece.Originally Posted by Robert
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Assuming no travel is involved, I normally ask $100 per person per hour for parties, weddings, funerals, balloon launches, and suchlike, with a two-hour minimum. For holidays or other occasions where there are likely to be a lot of annoying drunks, I try to get at least $150 per person/hour. Otherwise it's not worth the trouble.
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Shoot my only reference is back in the 70's. We thought 100 dollas was good for New Years:
Hey you do know Proud Mary right? And Jeramia Was A Bullfrog? And.........You better get some good money if you have to play that stuff
Holiday occasions are usually "double dot" (for EVERYONE, including the customers!).
But what you describe Robert (gigs not paying well any more) is a worldwide phenomenon, I can assure you...
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Our gigs have been paying pretty good - in fact our first gig 3 yrs ago as a 4 pc was for $450 total. We're now a 3 pc and our base price (i.e. standard gig, little travel, our PA, 9PM-2AM) is $900. It goes up from there. For example, add $400 - $500 if we need to rent a larger PA/Lighting system, hire a sound tech etc.
On average, we're pulling $250-$300 a piece per gig. Then again, we'll play for beer and pizza for the right crowd and if we feel like it - benefits of self-management.
This summer we are doing a 8PM - 10PM opening spot for the Saturday night headliner at a music festival about 5 hrs from here. We're getting $1200 plus meals and accomodations :
We are supposedly on the roster of a local talent agency and we've set our price at $1600 cuz they take a 25% cut (YIKES! ) - hmmm... come to think of it they haven't booked us for anything yet
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FUNERALS????Originally Posted by Ro3b
Dude, that's gotta be a depressing gig.
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Irish funeral.Originally Posted by luvmyshiner
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Shiner you have got to go to a Gypsy Funeral sometime,talk about a party whew!SumiOriginally Posted by luvmyshiner
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What are some of the gages used to determine the pay for a gig.
First, how does one (a group/band) determine their value? It sounds as if the number of members really doesn't mean a whole lot to the person doing the paying.
Second, how does the person paying determine the value of a band (besides wanting to pay as little as possible).
Don't take into account geographical location, but what other things come into play when determining the value of your group and/or the value of what one would be willing to pay.
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