Mark2 -> RE: Playing to non aficionados (May 31 2007 23:36:26)
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No 1,000 US, and I've been paid considerably more than that, but no, I'm not nearly that good. In this kind of work it's not about being a great player. I have an agent and he works with high end corporate clients. Also, I've been around a long time-thirty years of guitar, 20 of flamenco. I've managed to do a handful of high profile gigs, which look good on a resume. I show up on time, dressed well. I own a small business which I may a good living from. I made sure the agent knows that, and I don't accept any gigs from him which don't pay very well. This serves the dual purpose of me making a lot of money for very little work, and prevents me from devaluing the market for full time players. I only play a gig 6-12 times a year for this agent. If I was trying to earn my entire living from playing, it would be much different. I'd have little leverage in that case. He booked a well known piano player(the guy has a few Grammys) for a solo one hour gig for 30k. The agent has contacts. I'm usually not the only musician, sometimes it's a trio, a quartet, a show with daHHHncers[:D] whatever. The agent knows that I can get it done. If I can't I say so and tell him who to call. The first time he hired me to do a flamenco show, it was on a yacht. There were eight other bands there. I asked if the girls needed to be pretty. He said "PLEASE"! I laughed to myself, thinking, I could have hired one truly amazing dancer for what I was going to pay the three, but that's not what they wanted. I hired three pretty girl dancers plus another guitarist and singer who have been playing flamenco for thirty plus years. They happen to look a lot like gitanos. The agent showed up, took one look at the girls and the "gitanos", and left. He was very pleased. At this point, I've never made more money per gig and never practiced less. I expressed my guilt to my wife and she said Enjoy it, you've earned it. So, that's what I do. quote:
ORIGINAL: koella Interesting story Mark. But.... 1000 E.?? Do you mean that ? Are you that good ?[&:]
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