Show me the Money!

[Rex Boyd]

After many years of passing the hat I am now very relieved that I don't do it very often. And when I do I now give a really short hat line like " if you liked the show please put some money in my hat". I don't make as much that way but I got so sick and tired of not making what I deserved no matter how good my show or hat line was. You all know what I mean when even though you made $100 or £100 or whatever but you probably had 500 people watching you.
Anyway you'll make more money if you don't look or act like you need it and you'll make even more money if you put a little effort into getting some gigs. I quite often do a street gig where I might have an audience of 30 or 40 people ( yes I'm that good at drawing a crowd ), but I'll still be paid more than I'll make in a day at an enormous festival.

The festival is more fun to work at though.

Rex

[Creesto]

Hey gang
To both Todd and Adam

Yeah, Easton can be sucky for you guys, I'm sure. I'm the guy who booked Adam and will probably book Todd in the future (muwahahahaha). The pitch is a bit tricky. The outdoor pitches do nicely, but more importantly, as our first, summer-long series of busker bookings (augh! Alliterative hell) comes to a close, the hats have risen dramatically. While the performers earlier on, like Adam, Flyin' Bob, Peter Gross, et. al, kinda suffered from lean hats, the public is finally getting the education it needs and is givng da props. So, we/i hope this will continue to the benefit of all: we pay a lower flat fee and you guys walk with the fattest of hats.

Cheers,

Chris

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Todd:
Hey man,

They had you in front of the fountain? Yuck! I know the spot. We had them set us up out side the enterance to the movie theatre, right there by Bath and Bodyworks. B&Bw window was our back wall/ back drop. It was nice because it gave us foucus, we could bounce sound off the walls, and it was a nice wind break for the fire eating. We insisted on that spot for the windbreak, but also, because we didnt want to be stuck out by the fountain. Ha, next time tell them the noise of the water distracts your fleas, or that they work better when they can smell Dewberry soap for B&Bw.

[Dead Wood Records]

I reckon a a token we should all be lucky that there are still peole who give us money even when sometimes we've all had large audiences who havn't given us what we think they should have.

I have often complained when I have seen the differences between one crowd or another on the very same pitch at prime times.

Thats just the awy it is folks and nothing will change it no matter how hard you try!

if you a big crowd puller then your hats are always on some level above say another performer with an equally good show but smaller crowds.

Some are aggressive at getting their money and full hats take for instance Forest (Sydney) he is great at scaring peole into not leaving or not tipping.

If your'e hard core then you can get it, if your'e really gentle ( Lee Andrea Barcelona ) you can see the contrasts, I pesonally believe that if your show is original or stands out amonsgs't the rest you will reap the rewards.

Although as I say again the public, your audiences are the ones who have the right to pay or not.

Sometimes it's better not to expect but wait for the surprise after you have put your heart into it.

Trevor Rooney

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[Adam Gertsacov]

Although I was disappointed with less than stellar hats, I liked the crowds and the Shadowbox people! I had some really good crowds. I just couldn't get them to pay!

Creesto, I don't think i saw you while I was there! I think you were working another pitch or something then. Or did you introduce yourself, and I just missed it...

I would have been better off if I had come up with a p.a.-- I don't normally travel with one, cuz I usually work the theatre circuit! Next time the p.a. comes with me!

I just finished some shows for an Olde Tymey baseball show in Roxbury NY which went stellarly. Two sold out shows!

[herbie treehead]

I don't expect anything from them
they dont expect me to be any good

then two types of people step forward and give me money

those who feel sorry for me

and those who are quite suprised at the novelty of seeing a 33 year old, plump, receeding man trying to be funny

[Noel]

They can pay you up to or less than nothing.
That's their right.

Hey, what can you do?

Not much.

Within the constraints of the law...