Karaoke Forums

Yeah couple that with the whole leveraging people against one another. People get paid crap because they allow it. I'm having a bit of a time getting gigs for my partner because I won't go below $150 for weeknights and $200 for Friday or Saturday. There's a couple of guys in town running $100/$125. He's not making enough and has to run shows 7 nights a week to get paid what he could if he adhered to a better fee structure. He could work 4 nights and make the same money if he were smart about it.

Additionally I've had people come to me for parties only after I overpriced myself out of the market. The other guy "can't be good if he charges so little" so I make sure I charge a hefty penny and stand firm. 50% of the time I get the gig and I make twice as much as the guys I've lost them to. I figure I break even for less work which is a huge win for me

I would say it all depends on how much you like doing that show. I would do it for $60 a night and beer providing that the management bought the music library. I would throw in the computer just because I use junk computers and I have a lot of them but other than that it just seems like a lot of work for a little money.

_________________
Okay, who took my pants?