with over 650 live gigs listed - Mag 4 Live Music

FREE EVERY MONTH Scrumpy ‘n’ Western issue 8 vol.5
THE ROCK GARDENS 01934 627179
22 - 26 ORCHARD STREET, WESTON-SUPER-MARE
WESTON’S LARGEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE
Nov 1st - ‘Steve Mitchell Band’ + ‘Lizzy Pendragon’ + Guest
Nov 7th - ‘Linda Gail Lewis’ + ‘Some Like It Hot’ £12 Adv £14 door
Nov 8th - ‘Whole Lotta Led’ £8 advance £10 door
Nov 15th - ‘Two Choices’ (Top Brighton band) + Letters to Leaders
Nov 17th - Carnival Night after party - any clubs need a meeting
or changing place just phone
Nov 20th - ‘Working Class Heroes’ + More -
Top UK pop punk band £3 adv £5 on door
Tickets available from the venue or www.seetickets.com
www.therockgardens.com
BANDS WANTED FOR LIVE MUSIC 6 NIGHTS A WEEK
SOME BANDS -
Are you getting just greedy
Now everyone has to make a living now a
days, at the minute this seems to be harder
and harder in the current climate and industry
that we are all in but surely some
people out there have some sense You
can pick up good national touring bands
that are worth far more than they ask!! It’s
their passion, its not what they do to remember
the good old days,they crash in
the van until you say its ok we can sort out
accommodation because they’ve travelled
200 miles to play tonight. Yet you have local
covers or original bands that want to
charge you 300 to 600 pounds just to play
a gig that they have travelled 6 miles to play!
Who will only pull in a few 30 people who
would pay to see their mates play in the
first place Do bands not work out the
maths in these situations, to put on a live
gig, add door staff costs, add bar staff +
sound guy + maintaining pa costs, plus all
the advertising that venues do for your gig.
Once you add all this up and then when
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you add on your fee. Would you really pay
that much out if you were hosting the gig
On your fan base Bands need to stop
putting their prices up or else they are
going to price themselves out of it completely.
I think some venues have become
soft with their approach and if people were
to adopt a concept that other venues do,
bands get paid per the crowd that they
bring in. If a band doesn’t bring in anyone
then they don’t get any money,based on a
leaflet system where they get £1 per every
flyer that comes in, no minimum numbers
to get payment. As it stands at the minute
with bands increasing their price because
they aren’t getting as many gigs (due to
this recession) they are feeding the circle
of not getting gigs because their price is too
high to warrant the gig in the first place.
Name and address supplied
Editors note - This year we have had many
comments from venues like the above letter.
Plus lots of musicians tell us that gigs are getting
harder to get, the general picture out there
is not looking good, your letters are welcome.