Re: Band wanted
Originally Posted by
fiacovaz
Here in Des Moines, we go to the music stores and put a calling card on the message boards. Seems to work quite well. Then, you can look through Craig's List for notices in your area. And, if you haven't, you can join the local Musicians' Union and get on the referral list. Here, we get anywhere for $40 - $75 per gig (3hrs.).
Don't mean to throw a wet blanket on the AFM, Frank, but I was a member of the Granite City local for four years. I spent $100 a year for the privilege of getting two--and only two--referrals. And, of all things, I couldn't take one referral because I had a schedule conflict--not from Walmart, but my RADIO job!
On the other gig, I sat in on hand drums for a band fronted by the business manager of the Granite City local--replacing the regular (set) drummer, who was his son. I discovered later after the gig--much later--that he had signed the green sheet for his son, not me. So I got screwed out of $100 (which was the going rate in 2001 for a four-hour gig).
I also learned that our local was composed of older men (older than you and I, Frank!) who spent their meetings complaining about how disc jockeys were ruining live music--and doing very little about it! Maybe your AFM local is much better--and I'm sure it is--but I would tell CycleDude to investigate the AFM local in his neck of the woods before joining.
And, CD, DON'T join the AFM until you get a couple of gigs under your belt.
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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