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They don't get paid as much as the two on the end. Dave

Fully appreciate we have different circumstances Daryl but $150 really isn't a lot for the hrs you do for a gig including the travel time. Typically from when i leave the house till i get back home again its a 10-12hr day. Add to that strings, fuel and rehearsal costs etc it all bites into the gig money. Gig last night for me and back out for an evening gig today 4-7pm sh an early home time but only 6hrs sleep last night and its a 2hr drive each way for todays gig. Have a wonderful Xmas and all the very best for 2025 Daryl. Dave

Oddly enough i did think that after i posted it Dave

That's not a bad income with the tips included. All you need is more gigs and you're set for life there Daryl. Typically here with the punk band i'm lucky to get £70 a gig. Glam band is circa £150 upwards but that's more a show. We don't generally see tip buckets over here or in my experience but maybe we should try it to see what happens. Dave

In the Glam band we the singer who put the band together who arranges most gigs but always puts it up on a private FB page for discussion / approval etc. Other than that any questions go on our private page and we discuss on line as we all live quite far apart so meet ups can be tricky unless for gigs or rehearsals. Everyone has the band first attitude and we try to agree on what's best for the band. Our drummer has the most pro experience especially in Glam so we almost always go with his final say if any doubts. We did try an agent rather than a manager but it was a waste of money and more trouble than it was worth. We now do it all within the band. With the Punk covers band the drummer does most of the work getting gigs and putting posts on FB etc. Same drummer as Glam band so he also puts up all the gig posts on FB there too. Singer in punk band also gets us some of the gigs but this band is currently under review to see if its worth continuing in 2025. 3rd band is a start up and still at a very early stage with rehearsals restarting after the festive season. Singer does take the lead in this band too. He's also the singer in the Glam band. You may have noticed a lot of in-breeding in these bands. Dave

Sorry to see you leave Paolo but you can always come back at any time especially when you miss us all Take care and all the best with the back issue. Dave

I guess from a venue point of view its a risk they take that weather will hold up on the night of a gig. If the band made it then you can't hold them responsible for poor attendance. Dave

He blamed you for causing a blizzard ? Did you tell him you were actually Jack Frost in disguise. Did you still get paid ok as he was probably looking for reasons not to pay you. Dave

Barricades are required

Roy Harper was a fantastic songwriter. Heard one of his albums back in late 70's and it was so good. The song i remember most and was touched by the emotion of it was "When an old Cricketer Leaves the Crease". I'm not a cricket fan but this was such a fantastic song back in the day. Dave

Maybe you forgot to switch your echo pedal OFF Dave

Not sure why your post has appeared 3 times @Boodang with the last one posted at a later time. You on the sauce last night Dave

So you're that guy. Totally confused me as i followed you. Dave

My experience of BMW drivers (and i include both my brothers here) is they need to buy cars with working indicators or maybe they just need lessons on how to use them. Dave

And that's why i didn't

Few pics appeared from our Alloa gig. Dave

thats pretty poor double booking. Sorry to hear about the Xmas gig but surely at Xmas venues get a decent amount of foot-fall sales. Dave

BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam covers at The Auld Gambling Hoose in Alloa last night. An old Bingo hall that they are now trying to convert to a decent sized live music venue. Biggest problem last night was their heating system was down and they were using 2off propane space heaters at front of stage facing audience so the stage was freezing cold at the start. Changing room had no heating whatsoever and we didn't hang around too long in there but they are trying hard to make it work and all credit to them. Average audience size at the moment is 80-120 which is smallish in such a large venue but we reckon we had 100 ish in all sitting down front end so it looked ok from stage area. Load in was great from their private car park at rear straight thru to front of stage area and then a lift onto stage from there. We hired a PA for this one because of its size which was a good decision. Kick off 8pm to 10:30 limit due to their licence restrictions to be closed by 11pm. We ran on to 10:45pm due to encore requests. To be fair the female staff were top notch and offered us free drinks, coffee or tea and even offered to help load the cars at night. No pressure to get packed up for 11pm at all Few mistakes on the night which is unusual for us but the cold was having an adverse effect. Good night tho and everyone was shouting for more at the end. They definitely want us back and will contact us again in January to arrange dates. Usual rig of Sandberg VM4 into Shure Wireless, Mesa TT800 and Mesa SW210/115. Sound on stage was generally good altho 2nd set vocals in monitors seemed to get louder and i struggled to hear my on stage amp but struggled on. Guitarist said he noted same. ? Odd one. Anyways a stop at McDonalds on way out of Alloa was a def. Then a wee 1hr and 20min drive home for 1:30am ish. All in all a good night. Dave

Great to see you back Rob, sincerely missed on here. You had a lot of us very worried about you. Hope all is well. Dave

You brought your own Xmas tree. Now that is impressive. Dave

The flat sharing could be a difficult one for the guitarist. Is it worth a band meet to discuss the issue under a veil of how the band can progress for 2025.? Sorry i've started making suggestions now 🤩 Take care Dave

That's such a shame that this drummer is ruining what is a great night of fun with like minded musicians. Hope your health improves quickly and things work out. No point in suggesting things at this stage but keep us all posted how things develop. Fingers crossed for you @ahpook. Have a great Christmas and all the very best for 2025. Dave

My attitude is that you're either committed to being in a band or you aren't. If not then walk away and let the band replace you and get on with it. I'm quite lucky that in both bands we all have to drive to get to gigs so there's no drink involved. Dave

Awe Jings something else to be wrist slapped for Seriously tho i wasn't aware of that thread. ? Dave

I can appreciate that sometimes things go well off topic and that does annoy me at times so i just need to be more aware and careful of what i post. To be fair @mcdaddy was only suggesting that the whisky comments could be of value on the whisky thread so all good here. Dave