Comments on: What I Learned Working at Venues

By: How To Find Work as a Gigging Musician

How To Find Work as a Gigging Musician — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:37:09 +0000

[...] In both cases, you’ll probably have to deal with a talent buyer, manager, bartender, or some other employee at the venues. While in college, I worked at both types of venues–a bar that booked bands six nights a week, and a restaurant that hired background musicians on the weekends. I learned what to do, and what not to do, if you want to be booked at these venues, and wrote another article called What I Learned Working at Venues. [...]

By: Dan Mazur

Dan Mazur — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Great article Cameron. It’s mind blowing how many people call themselves “professional musicians”, yet act like imbeciles at their gigs. It’s these people that ruin the nice cushion of having a free tab. I totally understand when bars stop giving out tabs to musicians because I’ve seen guys just handing out “free” beers to their friends. That’s not why the bar wants musicians to bring people to the gig!

By: Albert K Reid

Albert K Reid — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:18:06 +0000

This was pretty cool!

By: Mark Steven

Mark Steven — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:04:57 +0000

Excellent article, very true. As a session, freelance musician I get to see how various bands and their entourages handle bar owners, staff and patrons, and the variation is amazing. Some are excellent at it, others are really bad – to the point of being embarrasing from my perspective as a “fill-in”.

Keep up the good work!
Mark.

By: lieben

lieben — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:48:43 +0000

Interessante Informationen.

By: Don’t Be A Menace « COPYCATS Media Blog

Don’t Be A Menace « COPYCATS Media Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:18:27 +0000

[...] What I Learned Working at Music Venues - This was written by Cameron over at musicianwages.com. He details about 5 different things that musicians should be mindful of when playing at a local club. [...]

By: Raleigh

Raleigh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:47:38 +0000

This is some fine advice for those of us who hope to have some gigs someday.

By: Cameron Mizell

Cameron Mizell — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:49:59 +0000

I think needing speed bumps to remind ourselves not to run over kids in parking lots is pretty lame too, yet people still don’t know how to think beyond themselves, share the road, and drive with common sense.

I wish this sort of advice came naturally to most people I dealt with while I worked these jobs, but believe it or not, there are bands at all levels don’t know how to behave. Here’s to hoping some of the younger guys establish courteous habits early on and learn that it can help them beyond the green room.

By: William

William — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:25:04 +0000

Sound advice, but nothing groundbreaking. I always find it sad that articles have to emphasize “don’t act like a douchebag.” When a band has to read an article on the Internet to remind them not to act like a jackass they’ve probably got bigger problems.

Thanks,

William

By: Arnold Faber

Arnold Faber — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:29:21 +0000

Sound advice… for novices AND VETERANS!

All the best,
Arnold Faber