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Topic: Higher Pay For Double Duty? |
Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 10:04 am |
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| IMO "An even cut for the gig" is very,very rare.Nearly all of the time there is a leader/manager and there are sidemen.The leader manages the band;only he knows what the band is really being paid and only he knows what he's paying each sideman.In the country bands,it's considered inappropriate even to discuss pay--you probably wouldn't like what you learn anyway. |
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Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 10:21 am
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I guess I just don't see a "greek chorus" as ever being the answer to this hypothetical.
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 10:32 am
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I was in a band that had set pay for every gig whether total take was $500 or $5000, so it is true there was rarely an even cut. But we knew what top pay was, and we knew what starting pay was. So it may be a hypothetical question in some or even most cases, but definitely not all. I have also been in many bands where an even cut was the rule, and tips went into a band fund for marketing and PA equipment upgrading.
There has been a bit of repetition in this discussion, so I’ll do my part and bow out. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 11:46 am
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I'll answer the question. It's nonsense to suggest that a keyboard player should get doubling money.
He's not playing two instruments - he's playing one instrument that's designed to do two (or more) things at once.
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 3:18 pm
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I just re-read this whole thread over a splendid cup of tea. Everyone’s viewpoint is good, topics do drift, that’s part of it.
I think what the Op is asking is: if the piano is to play the bass parts on the piano technically he is saving a man’s wages (À la no bass player cut ) so should he get some of that? Depends, but most likely the gig can’t afford to pay an extra man, someone has to go ala a bass player, i’ve seen many and worked with a couple of piano Duo’s and they’re just wasn’t a budget for anybody else.
The way I read the thread from the beginning is somebody is looking for a piano player to do two-piece work, He doesn’t want just a right-hand Tinkler, he wants somebody who’s got a good left hand to fulfil the Accompaniment.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 14 Apr 2020 12:38 am
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Yes, that's all it is, but it's led to some good discussion 
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