I just got off the phone with a guy who gets $150 a show, plus airfare / hotel. He's got a situation for himself now, because he's afraid due to the rising airfare that no steady bookings will come in as before.
Even with that, if people are paying more for airfare, and they do book him - they might turn around and ask him to pay his own hotel stay. If that were the case, he would be out $30-50 automatically, just for hotel, plus the fact that he drives 30 mins. to the airport, and 30 back, so there's gas - and then he has to pay to park his car there overnight while he's gone for most shows. Couple that with the fact that sometimes people like to be able to eat....
So he'd fly out and go from making $150 a night, to coming home with about $50-70 bucks each time. You have to wonder when financially, mentally and physically [in today's world] it doesn't become worth it to take a 30 minute drive, a 2 hour+ flight, another drive, wrestle, another 2 hour+ flight, and then another 30 minute drive - just for $50.
09-02-2005, 06:44 PM
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