Rabs Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 :P :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Been There, Done That. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Been There, Done That. I haven't gigged in almost 20 years... but so have I :) (I think most of us have on here ;)) (even though I don't think we ever had gear worth that much :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Doing it tonight... Setting off in an hour... :blink: V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ah, but only too true. For what it's worth, it's also a reason my more expensive guitars don't very often leave the house and why I have not made a big stretch to find a "better quality" version of my exceptionally capable AE Epi PR5e that's $400 with a hard case and sales tax that gets most used "out." Second most? Well, a Gretsch archtop lately... Then again, I'm a grouchy old man. If I may steal a line from country singer George Strait... "I was a young troubadour when I rode in on a song... I'll be an old troubadour when I'm gone." Nothin' said about guitars. Even if you don't like "country music," and I'm only a 20 percent "fan" at best, the words to this almost certainly will get to you down the road a cupla decades even if they don't now. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Fifty bucks is pretty decent these days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Musician= failed Econ 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_s Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Done that before, all except driving silly miles to a gig.....or driving an old banger :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Fifty bucks is pretty decent these days!! I'd have LOL'd if it weren't so true... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Fifty bucks is pretty decent these days!! If the bar tab is comped, most definitely ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Clearly you are not familiar with latin bands that play latin weddings and quiceaneras. These guys make decent cash. Seriously, most Ango/Black-Americans are not into contracting a band for their parties, most they will do is pay a DJ, but latin folks, I know because I have been to many of their parties, love the sound of live music with a keyboardist and bassist and the whole 9...they even bring lights and stuff. Their breadnbutter is not some club, its some birthday or some anniversary or whatever. Why are Anglos so...non-live music at their private events? Always relying on bars and clubs and stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Izzy... They're kinda thinkin' "cheap," I think. It wasn't that way when I was playing out a lot through the '60s and '70s in rural areas of the Northern Plains. On the other hand, I think also some of it arose as more "Anglo" bands got into music that didn't cross generations very well, whether "rock" or "country." It's as if "overall crossover pop" was lost. So they quit paying bands that couldn't make the whole party happy. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Izzy,, you are correct.. the diff between wedding gig and a bar gig (at least around here) when you're talking cash... it's like comparing grapes and acorns... Seriously I've been doing this longer than I dare to count years... (35 easy..) and in that time have done plenty of both,,, it is what it is.. I will add that,, the clubs are more fun,,... till you get sick of it... then the weddings.. Meh,, not so bad after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlo Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Been There, Done That. I don't gig anymore but been there done that. Although sometimes I do miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Was there, did that, large portion of my life. I miss it sometimes terribly, but I wouldn't start up again. I prefer my own pace, my own time, my own "studio" which I can't even believe I have built. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 that is painfully true. And while there are much better paying gigs from time to time like weddings, or bikeweeks, more times than not it's just your basic good ol' boy honky tonks . get the right bunch of guys, get a following, and you can get more $$ out of the club owner. meanwhile i load my 2 les pauls, prs, marshall & orange into a 20 year old ford pick up with 252,000 miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Yeah so how did that happen anyway... Internet, free music, DJ's, recession maybe? Question is will it ever get better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 :P :) My other favorite one from back when I worked at a shop is....... "how many guitarists does it take to change a light bulb???" Only one, but there needs to be a dozen more standing around saying that they could have done it better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R.M.30! Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Oh I think one is painting with a broad brush, so to speak, when they pigeon-hole musicians into miniscule boxes. Anyway very square, close-minded indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Oh I think one is painting with a broad brush, so to speak, when they pigeon-hole musicians into miniscule boxes. Anyway very square, close-minded indeed! Its only meant to be a bit of fun... It is a generalisation, but one most of us have experienced (not the changing light bulb joke)..... Mr Grumpy :P :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Yes, certainly no offense intended............I worked in a guitar shop during the late 80's "shred" scene and there were some really out of control egos..........we just always got a chuckle out of the lightbulb joke........pretty sure I'm not the only one as the entire movie "Spinal Tap" makes fun of the same situations. And in reference to the original post........I can remember back in those days having many many guitars and amp stacks and struggling to pay the rent.....so I'm more poking fun at my own misspent youth than insulting anyone........I won't say it is true of ALL guitarists, but I certainly knew many over the years who it applied to!!!! NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 The most our band got for a bar gig was $600. But we made 1-2k for each wedding, Bar Mitzvah, political event, etc., we got. Studio work pays well too if you can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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