[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1464797605' post='3062680']
last Friday with a blues band I play in
It's a regular Friday evening gig at a local British legion type club with three bar lounge areas. The gig takes place in the basement area which has a stage. The organiser gets a headliner band and other solo or smaller acts. I turned up at 9pm for a 9.30pm start, there are 4 people there, all fellow musicians. A couple of solo sets and then we do a 30 minute set 9.30 to 10pm, by which time there are about 15 people mainly fellow musicians. Come off at 10pm and then wait till 11.30pm to do our last set. Between 10 and 11.30 there are numerous other acts. Then we do our final set by which time there are about 10 people mostly fellow musicians.
We don't get paid.
Our audience is mainly fellow musicians who have seen us before
There is no chance of getting any paid work at the venue, they don't pay musicians
There is no chance that anyone seeing us will book us for paid work, they are mostly fellow musicians, if they hear of any gigs they will put themselves not yes in.
So what is the point?
Personally I get little reward from playing to other musicians.
I will be insisting we do not play here again.
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That would work for me!