espences paid £40
THE REASON FOR MY BLOG the flying dutchman stockport is that we have artists on saturday and sunday nights and they get the going rate we did have artists on friday but you got to ralise that its getting tougher out there and even the artists i no are getting cancelled this year at there gigs, so we had to cancel the friday nights gigs because we could not afford the rates some artists wanted which ment they got £150 i made £100 and its us who have to pay for staff heating etc i have a good pub and want people to come in and enjoy the night but money is getting tight for people the good times have gone and any new artist new to the scene will find it hard to get a gig and on the ladder even seasoned artists are struggling as we are so £40 for the gig is not that good but thats how it is out there and dont forget they start off for the buzz of a live audience and the love of the game . i had small bands saying its a great idea and use it as a practice night and single artists who want to get on the ladder and they may get bookings threw doing this gig so lets have it right im not after a freebie and not asking seasoned artists so no you dont have to get out of bed, but times are bad and venues getting smaller so think of that great comments mixture of both