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Originally Posted by CF84
Musicians are treated like trash. Even after one of my former bands won CBC Searchlight as Canada's top new band out of 5000 acts, our guarantee was only $300 per show (for the entire band/crew/manager). Our average drive time was 6 hours per day while hauling a huge trailer of gear. Because of our low earnings, we had to ask fans for a place to stay each night, and if we couldn't find a place we would spend some of the money that hadn't already gone towards gas on a room. This doesn't sound like a great set-up, but we were in a far better position than most bands we met on the road.
For bands there is no AHL to the NHL. You either make it or you just make memories and music instead. The saddest part is musicians are so used to being undervalued and unappreciated that some other talented individual will jump at taking a low paying gig like the Flames gig if you don't take it yourself. Because of this, nothing will change and no one needs to pay musicians what they are worth.
It's easier to take advantage of someone who loves what they do.
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this got a like from "rockstar", so it's most definitely legit