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Originally posted by jayare:
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Originally posted by ST:
I don't really want to be a producer. I want to play more live music for more people in a way that is self sustaining. If I have to be a producer to make that happen, okay. But I would rather be playing music.
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Hi ST...this is great stuff...I,too,have been thinking along these lines...I was always the guy in the back of the band..I just wanted to play...But now..I'M the only one...sometimes scary,sometimes fun...As to your quote above--
take out the words "be a producer" and substitute the words "take responsibility"

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Originally posted by Drumr:

*Dividing Up The Pay*.

I have most always been the owner of the band PA gear, as well as the van, paying for gas, repairs, and performing most of the set up duties. I have also been the booking agent, rehearsal scheduler, and practice space provider. These things I do not mind doing...it's what I love. We have always split the pay equally. I justified it most of the time by acknowledging that the others are more artistic, or professional than I, or have a more important job being the *front man*, and in so, leveling the playing field.

Lately though, I have begun to re-think things a little and find it diffucult to justify equal pay for persons in the band who don't contribute anything outside of what comes naturally to them on stage, in performance. Especially when what happens on stage could, with a little personal woodshedding, be improved upon.

Is even-split the best way?

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Originally posted by MikeZ-at-Bose:
Good morning,

This is an extension of the closing discussion we had at Little Switzerland 5/6/08. Im starting it it here...maybe it belongs somewhere else.

As I was saying yesterday, at first MySpace music pages can seem really primitive and to some unprofessional. But, I think they are incredibly effective at conveying the 'health' of a musician/band within their scene. It also is amazing at helping connect musicians to musicians, musicians to fans, and to fans to fans. You can roam for hours finding new and interesting music. And most of all, it lends a sense of community to a music scene, instead of each band looking like it own mini-corporation on their won wwww.(yourbandnamehere).com website. There's a place for band websites as well, but I think for local musicians MySpace has surged past in importance/relevance.

Band websites are very static and often dry - myspace is a living breathing thing. Its sort of like a Wiki for all the music in the world, where both music creators and music lovers can post anything they want and say anything they want. Anybody can post their projects in a common format, for free, fairly easily and quickly.

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Originally posted by jayare:
RE: ividing Up The Pay"

Automatic Transmissions killed Manual Transmissions

Video killed the Radio Star