Firstly I hope no one will flame me down for giving suggestions like this, (Especially organisers). I’ve seen the recent discussion about gig organisers, scams and making your own gig. But I realised I’ve seen them(these discussions) in my early years when I was younger too .(Don’t ask for my age very sensitive subject)ha-ha. In my early days, I had no idea how to do these things and how much it costs. But as timed past people like shym raj(takes),angry(sound salvation),visa(armchaircritc) and many other elders and frens have thought me and my band many things..Such as equipment rental and such. I thot i boil down the rough math for u on making a gig possible.
Now lets make a simple comparison between your OWN gig and a gig with some other organiser.
A gig with some organiser.
You need to pay,lets say 10 dollars(average price) and sell 20 tickets that adds up to = 200 dollars.
Now 200 dollars a band is alot of money!! Thats almost like 40 dollars from each band member to play for a gig where you MIGHT not be happy.
Now imagine this.Surely you have friends who have bands. Can u gather 5 bands like this? Not very hard you noe.Just go to myspace and msg them thats how i got to know shym raj, wei wen(for this cycle) and many other artist not to mention you have probably been to a gig make some friends with bands you like.I’ve nvr EVER been given a cold shoulder from any band i’ve approached infact we end up having a good convo.
Now 5 bands imagine if the 5 bands each person in the band pitches 50 bugs that adds up to
$50x5 membersx5 bands =....wait i take calculator...ok $1250 dollars
Equipment rental ,amps ,a drum kit plus monitors will cost you lets say 600 to 700 dollars at max.meaning you have a remainder of 750 dollars with this money u can surely find a good place to hold a gig.Many places even let u use the place for free,like if im not wrong *scape lets u use their lab for free on some day i read about it somewhere here in soft.And there are many other places here in Singapore.Just check with the Singapore arts council.You’re doing a non profit arts event(yes you head banging up there on a stage is a art...not everyone can do it).
Now heres the IMPORTANT part.You don’t wanna fork out $1250 and not get it back. Lets jus say u charge a measly 6 dollars compared to 12 or 10...all u need is 208.333333333 people to come that boils down to jus 41.8 ppl for band....which is actually very sensible.
Now there are alot of variable things, you can charge less for tickets if your not SO interested in profit,you can approach youth organisations to help.According to my knowledge (taken from a manager of a community club,the community centres do have funds to help the youth.Contact http://www.paym.org.sg/ for more info. So you see i might not have a alot of info but heres smthing to start with i hope other softies will add in.
Cause its time we did something rather then sit in our chairs and grumble
A special thank you to people like shaym raj and the many others who are striving for the young.
Now lets make a simple comparison between your OWN gig and a gig with some other organiser.
A gig with some organiser.
You need to pay,lets say 10 dollars(average price) and sell 20 tickets that adds up to = 200 dollars.
Now 200 dollars a band is alot of money!! Thats almost like 40 dollars from each band member to play for a gig where you MIGHT not be happy.
Now imagine this.Surely you have friends who have bands. Can u gather 5 bands like this? Not very hard you noe.Just go to myspace and msg them thats how i got to know shym raj, wei wen(for this cycle) and many other artist not to mention you have probably been to a gig make some friends with bands you like.I’ve nvr EVER been given a cold shoulder from any band i’ve approached infact we end up having a good convo.
Now 5 bands imagine if the 5 bands each person in the band pitches 50 bugs that adds up to
$50x5 membersx5 bands =....wait i take calculator...ok $1250 dollars
Equipment rental ,amps ,a drum kit plus monitors will cost you lets say 600 to 700 dollars at max.meaning you have a remainder of 750 dollars with this money u can surely find a good place to hold a gig.Many places even let u use the place for free,like if im not wrong *scape lets u use their lab for free on some day i read about it somewhere here in soft.And there are many other places here in Singapore.Just check with the Singapore arts council.You’re doing a non profit arts event(yes you head banging up there on a stage is a art...not everyone can do it).
Now heres the IMPORTANT part.You don’t wanna fork out $1250 and not get it back. Lets jus say u charge a measly 6 dollars compared to 12 or 10...all u need is 208.333333333 people to come that boils down to jus 41.8 ppl for band....which is actually very sensible.
Now there are alot of variable things, you can charge less for tickets if your not SO interested in profit,you can approach youth organisations to help.According to my knowledge (taken from a manager of a community club,the community centres do have funds to help the youth.Contact http://www.paym.org.sg/ for more info. So you see i might not have a alot of info but heres smthing to start with i hope other softies will add in.
Cause its time we did something rather then sit in our chairs and grumble
A special thank you to people like shaym raj and the many others who are striving for the young.
