Members GCDEF Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 One of our regular clubs offered us 4 nights in December at our usual rates. I appreciate his business, but we can make a ton of money playing parties then. Do you guys charge your regular clubs more around the holidays? Turn the gigs down? Raise your rates? What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Make a counter-offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members worthyjoe Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 I would probably go back to them and take 1 or 2 of the dates and explain why you don't want to take all of them. Maybe they will understand and kick in a little extra. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted August 31, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall Make a counter-offer. That's what the singer said, and I probably will. I've worked with this club for a long time. The email I got for december had 10 nights total in other months too, so I'm inclined to cut him some slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 If you want to keep the dates open for parties, then don't take the gigs. Asking for more money because you MIGHT get asked to do a party is extortion. Hey, I might get calls for some weddings in June, should I jack up my price then, too? Get real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted August 31, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by Meatball Fulton If you want to keep the dates open for parties, then don't take the gigs. Asking for more money because you MIGHT get asked to do a party is extortion. Hey, I might get calls for some weddings in June, should I jack up my price then, too? Get real! We will get asked for parties. We already have 2 booked in december for 3 times our normal club rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by GCDEF That's what the singer said, and I probably will. I've worked with this club for a long time. The email I got for december had 10 nights total in other months too, so I'm inclined to cut him some slack. I'd probanly accept two furthest away from Xmas and explain that you're already booked for the other two...thus staying on his good side for the other dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 If your prospects are really that good for getting some lucrative Christmas parties, take one club date during the first weekend of the month & keep the other dates open. If he asks why only one, tell him the truth. The fact is that you could play two private parties and make more $ than if you play all four dates at his club. Any business man who isn't a complete jerk will understand the math. It also leaves the door open for "What if I paid you THIS much?" BTW, Merry Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 I would take 1 or 2 dates and explain that the left is open for parties.... and that you make$$$ money in that period. He'll understand or counteroffer. I'm not sure the type of music or act you play... but we are truely in different markets. Four dates at the same club in NY is suicide. We try to spread the good ones out 4-6 weeks apart and the B lists 8-12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srsfallriver Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 Originally posted by Meatball Fulton If you want to keep the dates open for parties, then don't take the gigs. Asking for more money because you MIGHT get asked to do a party is extortion. Hey, I might get calls for some weddings in June, should I jack up my price then, too? Get real! That's not extortion, that's good business sense. Our rates go up in summer because there is a greater demand for wedding bands in the summer. We want to make the most $$$ that the market will bear. We would't sell ourselves short and neither should GCDEF; or anyone else for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcpro Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is one of the slowest of the year for live music clubs. Everyone thinks that because bars make such a killing on New Years Eve that the whole month of December is an up one, but if you've been in this business for awhile you'll realize that December as a whole is a wash for most rooms. Either turn the dates down from the club and play your private parties, or play the bar at your regular rate. Don't push the club for more money... you may not like the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted September 2, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 Originally posted by mrcpro The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is one of the slowest of the year for live music clubs. Everyone thinks that because bars make such a killing on New Years Eve that the whole month of December is an up one, but if you've been in this business for awhile you'll realize that December as a whole is a wash for most rooms. Either turn the dates down from the club and play your private parties, or play the bar at your regular rate. Don't push the club for more money... you may not like the results. I don't think I'm going to hit him up for more, especially as this is the club that gives us way more business than anyone else. Any parties we book we're likely to book pretty far in advance, enough that we can cancel if we have to. We're expecting another round of club bookings in a few weeks, so I'm going to see what happens there too before I do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcpro Posted September 2, 2005 Members Share Posted September 2, 2005 That's definitely what I'd do...especially if the room is important to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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