rogue_drummer
Gold Member
I felt compelled to report this as an FYI more than anything else.
One of the bands I am in played a gig last Saturday at bar near the local university. All in all, it's a good place to go with your buddies or to take a date to for pool, darts, dancing, etc.
We played for 3 hours and the deal with the bar owner was 10% of the bar receipts. No cover. We took the approach to take the percentage and play there more, than be buttholes and demand more. Usually that approach doesn't work.
The last time we played there we scored a nice chunk of cash, so we were happy to play there again.
What we forgot to check was the other venues in the area. One bar venue right across the street had a faily well-known regional act playing and there was a local arts fest going on in downtown.
At the end of the night, the bar receipts were not what we expected and we even questioned it among ourselves since the take was so low. We came to the conclusion it was just an "off night"; no biggie. We'll play there again and score more.
Yesterday, Monday, the bar owner called me to apologize. He said his bartender was skimming off the top and pocketing what she thought she desreved. He even questioned the low payout but couldn't prove anything at 2 am in the morning. It wasn't until he looked at the register tape Sunday that he figured she was skimming. He fired her.
The owner was very sincere and apologized and begged us to come back. I told him no problem, stuff like that happends and we'll play there again since we like it and it's a faily good venue to try out new material. It's very fogiving of mistakes.
Anyway, just thought I'd report that as another thing to watch out for. Bartenders skimming. Lousy wench!!
One of the bands I am in played a gig last Saturday at bar near the local university. All in all, it's a good place to go with your buddies or to take a date to for pool, darts, dancing, etc.
We played for 3 hours and the deal with the bar owner was 10% of the bar receipts. No cover. We took the approach to take the percentage and play there more, than be buttholes and demand more. Usually that approach doesn't work.
The last time we played there we scored a nice chunk of cash, so we were happy to play there again.
What we forgot to check was the other venues in the area. One bar venue right across the street had a faily well-known regional act playing and there was a local arts fest going on in downtown.
At the end of the night, the bar receipts were not what we expected and we even questioned it among ourselves since the take was so low. We came to the conclusion it was just an "off night"; no biggie. We'll play there again and score more.
Yesterday, Monday, the bar owner called me to apologize. He said his bartender was skimming off the top and pocketing what she thought she desreved. He even questioned the low payout but couldn't prove anything at 2 am in the morning. It wasn't until he looked at the register tape Sunday that he figured she was skimming. He fired her.
The owner was very sincere and apologized and begged us to come back. I told him no problem, stuff like that happends and we'll play there again since we like it and it's a faily good venue to try out new material. It's very fogiving of mistakes.
Anyway, just thought I'd report that as another thing to watch out for. Bartenders skimming. Lousy wench!!