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Re: making a living

Back to the $0.02 beans, I bought lots of used and remaindered gear. 6 Valley 440s @ $125. A studio owning friend of mine was trying to start a jingle business. I'd introduce him to musician friends interested in writing and recording jingles for him. Right off the bat he would say, "do you want to work for me?" Right now I have people doing jingles for $250,(a completee lie). My friends would ask, "how much do YOU sell them for?" No takers obviously. Back to the Valley 440s. When I told him about them, he expressed interest, (there were many more available). He said he'd call me back. He called back saying, I'll take all I can get, (he found out they are about $900 new). I told him they were no longer available. I just get weird when someone is so obvious about exploiting others. Sad to say, there are all too many of them out there.
Rig

From: Todd Elliott <toddbert@gmail.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: making a living

I'd love to get paid in beer. Or at all. Having a gig where I'm not nearly thrown out would be nice, too. Well, that only happened the one time in the three gigs I played last year, but I digress.

In short, give me beer.

T

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Charlie M <pilotcp@gmail.com> wrote:
as someone who still gets paid in a percentage in beer sales, deception for the club's overhead isn't that far off...


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:52 PM, David Gans <david@trufun.com> wrote:


Sorry.  "Deduction," not "deception."  But hey...



On Jan 31, 2013, at 12:39 PM, David Gans <david@trufun.com> wrote:

> I occasionally get to open a show at Slim's or the Great American Music Hall, usually for $250 or so.  But a "headline" or co-bill at the Starry Plough or Don Quixote's is a door deal, with a deception for the club's overhead, etc., and they like to keep the ticket prices down to get more people in the door to buy beer - and of course, they don't offer the entertainers a share of the bar take.

David Gans - david@trufun.com or david@gdhour.com
Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730
Blog:  http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/
Web site: http://www.dgans.com/
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans
Music: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dgans








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