All the above are subject to number
of bookings within the year.
All charity bookings are done when
not being specially booked.
Full fee professional bookings
take precedence and bookings are
subject to alteration.
As these charity bookings are popular
bookings are on first come first served
basis
Don`t be disappointed Book in now
BE REALISTIC You cannot possibly
expect a top professional act for £25
Phone any Agent and you will find the
cost is between £100 and £10,000
Professionals do the job for a living
and in this day and age that equals about
£360 per week. Divided into a normal 6 day
week the cost would be about £58.33 not
counting travelling and wear and tear
admin, or anything, and that is for
every day. So each day not worked you
have to add on to the following day and this could easily equal £116.66 for every other
day or 3 bookings per week average.
So the £25 for a booking would be looking
rather sick!!
I expect you are fully aware that in this day and age, if you want to hire professional music, the costs can be far out of the reach of most small individual organisations especially if you only charge your 20 or so members £1 each, and the costs of the average hall hire is about £40
Amateurs charge just a few pounds as they
are not relying on music for their main
income.
Remember they cannot afford to buy or
maintain expensive professional equipment
or even have received training or have the
expertise or capability to operate it
Most put on a shoddy job because they work
with cheap home equipment
As they don`t have to rely on the work for
their livelihood they do not care whether
they come back or not.
Most professionals these days have thousands of pounds invested in professional equipment in my case I have over £27,000, that is why professionals sound far better than any amateur coupled with the fact that most professionals play nearly every day of the week.
Are you surprised about what I`ve said? This is quite normal, I myself charge between £120 and £420 to most Agencies and venues.
As I have said the music is offered to you FREE
What I do charge is a fee to cover travelling,
admin and wear and tear on my
equipment. I expect in return to have your
support and I don`t mean one show a year!
If I did only one show a year, I would need 365 venues, and make 900 phone calls, I could not afford the time as I am fully professional.
BE FAIR
For a club that meets every week 9 bookings
per year are quite normal, which works out at
one every six weeks, a club meeting every other
week about 5 booking, and a club meeting
every month 2 shows a year is
reasonable don`t you agree?
Especially as you are genuinely getting a fully
professional performer which would normally
cost you £120 for just £25!!
A massive saving of £95 or 75%
A Bargain or what!
Your first show is £25
then 5-9 bookings = £25
2 to 4 bookings = £30
Just ONE show is £40
or Pay as you go = £80
Saving £40 on the £120 normal fee!