8Mile
Platinum Member
I help with booking gigs with a few bands I play with. Just as a reference point, the gigs I book are usually in bars or as part of the various concert-in-the-park series we have in the SE Michigan area.
I will quote a fee range when asked, but I always tell them I know they have a budget and that I'm confident we can come up with something that works for both of us.
As others have mentioned, you have to know your value as a band. Do you bring people in and keep them there so they spend money on food and drink? I played a gig last weekend for a local pub where we set up outdoors and we kept the patrons there until the last song of the last set. After the gig, the manager immediately offered us additional gigs over the coming months. We asked for a raise and got it.
I will quote a fee range when asked, but I always tell them I know they have a budget and that I'm confident we can come up with something that works for both of us.
As others have mentioned, you have to know your value as a band. Do you bring people in and keep them there so they spend money on food and drink? I played a gig last weekend for a local pub where we set up outdoors and we kept the patrons there until the last song of the last set. After the gig, the manager immediately offered us additional gigs over the coming months. We asked for a raise and got it.