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Originally Posted by HairyScaryMark  Very much opposed to pay to play. I however don't think it is unreasonable for bands to be expected to bring 40 people along to a gig. It's in the band's interest apart from anything. |
If you think it's reasonable for bands to bring 40 people along, what would you say was reasonable if they didn't take 40 along? But..expecting bands to take people to the gig just makes promoters lazy - there's a fair few gigs I can think of that have been so badly promoted and have ended up doing just fine because the support bands worked their ass off to promote it - meanwhile, some promoter's lined his pockets.
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Charging £10 for a bus sounded stupid at first glance and still mostly does. I then thought from and to where? Proabbly not that bad in the sceme of things.
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£10 for a bus isn't bad at all. I know from experience that coach companies will ask for about £500 for a trip to Glasgow and back, so they're only trying to cover their costs. It didn't hurt MMW when they did it, after all.
Good on the band for trying to do it - if they can pull it off, then they won't do themselves any harm at all
