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Re: How many gigs do you play?

Hi,
I also play in a coverband in Denmark, and we have app. 30 gigs a year.
Sometimes it's 4 weekends in a row and usually just either Friday or
Saturday. And then there can be some time between gigs. Well, we play at
weddings, birthdays and companyparties. I would like to know; how much money
do you get for a gig? We can get uptil 3.000 USD for a gig - 4 hours long
incl. breaks. We play 3 sets.

Paul


"Rudolf Ziegaus" <Rudolf.Ziegaus@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:zlzzhs8mezyy.13kaw9zhz23wj$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Hello,
>
> I am playing in a Cover-Rock-Band and we're trying to do one gig per
> month,
> which is not always easy since one of our guitarists is working as
> technician for a rather successful cabaret artist and is away on most
> evenings. So finding a common date is quite problematic. Sometimes we're
> not playing for two or three months on the other hand from end of November
> until beginning of January we had five gigs.
>
> Now it seems we're getting more and more successful which is fine, so in
> the future it seems to me we're doing more and more gigs. This is kind of
> disturbing me, since it gets more and more straining at least for me.
>
> When we're gigging we do so for about 4 to 5 hours (including breaks). But
> traveling to the gig, setting up our equipment, soundcheck, the waiting
> for
> the gig to start, playing, driving back our equipment to our rehearsal
> room
> and then finally going home takes a awful lot of time. Usually it takes us
> at least 12 hours or more for four hours of playing. When I'm home at
> 04:00
> am I am dead tired all next day and need the day to recover from the gig.
>
> Now beginning of March we'll have our first gig the 3rd March and the next
> is the 9th March. That'll be two weekends blown for gigs...
>
> I am thinking about leaving the band since in he long run I won't be
> willing to continue this. I have a lot of other interests I'd like to
> pursue too, my son is only with me the weekends - so when I am two
> weekends
> away I won't see him for three weeks or so. No problem if this happens
> only
> once but if this is getting to increase I will be getting a problem.
>
> OTOH, I like gigging - that's what we're practising for...
>
> What's your opinion on this? How many gigs do you play per month? Of
> course, if you're working as a pro and earn your living with the situation
> is quite different and not comparable.
>
> Rudi

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