We were discussing pub gigs at rehearsal last night , and how many pubs over the years have now got an extension on a fri & sat night when bands play , intead of finishing at 11 , its now midnight ,and in some cases 1 o'clock , but they still want you to start at 9 . it would be nice to say minimum £350 per gig at these places instead of the standard £200/250 before they acheived their extended hours , but you know that some of these venues have been strugglin financially themselves , so see it as an opportunity to make more over the bar at our expence
we dont want to see pubs closing down as there have been too many already, so
Do you knock these places on the head ? if you do this someone else would play there so you lose out
i understand its not about the money ,as we all enjoy playing , but on the other hand a fair days pay for a fair days work ( or evening as the case may be )
we all enjoy a bit of extra cash , but to me its got too cut throat now , and has taken some of the enjoyment out of playing
anyone else feel the same ?