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Luckily my agents do this for me. Thats why I pay them. Most paying gigs round these parts use booking agents exclusively. The venues find it way more convenient to just have someone else do it and not have lots of scruffy musicians calling them. On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Daryl Shawn wrote: > I'm dealing with exactly this question just now. The owner of a > modest coffeeshop, where I fully expected to play for tips, asked me > "What do you charge?" It seems so incredibly arbitrary what I would > choose to charge in that situation - as opposed to, say, a nice > restaurant where there's obviously a good amount of money coming in > and so I actually do ask for what I think I'm worth - that I was a > little baffled. I really wanted to play there, mainly as I have > friends in that city and want to present my stuff to them, and this > sort of coffeeshop nearly always means playing for tips. I didn't > want to offer to play for free in a situation where money is > apparently typical (thus dragging down the local market - I was > mindful of the discussion here!) - and didn't want to price myself > out of the gig, so I ended up asking for about half what I'd charge > a restaurant...and am still waiting to hear back from him. > > I'd love to know what other people do in a situation like this. You > want the gig, and would take anything, but want to hit some mythical > average you can only guess at. > > Daryl Shawn > www.swanwelder.com > www.chinapaintingmusic.com > >> Just curious friends, >> so when you deal with club owners or venues how do you >> determine then how much you should be paid,or how do >> you figure out the economics of the city,town or venue >> you are going to play beforehand?I know this is all >> based on negotiation but where do you start and stop? >> cheers >> Luis >> >> >