| Re: Organising a gig? Avoid this band!
Everyone wants to make money.
Some people want to make money at the expense of everything else, some just feel their product has a value and you know what, a lot of the time it doesen't, but there are some jewels in the rough.
I believe paying up front for tickets in the bad aold days with Kelvin's Cathouse gigs was ridiculous but when it comes to taking a cut of each ticket sold I don't see a problem with it.
It costs normally around the £200 to hire a venue/engineer and then there are backline/advertising costs as well, sometimes even having to pay a touring band to headline the gig.
When you take it all into account, £2 or £3 per ticket sold to the promoter is fair, I believe splitting everything 50/50 from the tickets sold by the band to the tickets sols on the door is a fair way to operate. That way, the band will never lose money and usually make enough to cover all their expenses on the night.
Whatever way you look at it, P2P will always be here in some form, we need to work out a way to make it fair for both parties so everyone gets paid for their work and is happy. | 
