MadWerewolfBoy
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Hey guys, I think there's a huge misunderstanding. I think what johnjazz is saying is that bands should not even play for free, they should be instead, paid to play. Yes that should be the case for professional musicians.
I wasn't born yet during the post disco 80's era, but I managed to chat up with a veteran musician uncle here at a prata shop one night and he was complaining about regional bands coming over during the 80s and spoiling the market by agreeing to play at lower rates compared to local bands. It sounded like it really broke many cari makan musicians' rice bowls.
What johnjazz is saying, i think, is that we shouldn't undercut whatever the current rate in the market is any lower. Bands should concentrate on polishing up their standard and perform at higher rates.
Maybe he doesn't get what this movement is all about? It's not about under cutting more bands, or agreeing to play for free at nightspots. It's more of a platform to for new and young bands to get together perform without paying organisers, to raise awareness that paying to play doesn't make economic sense.
Nowadays new bands are so used to "paying to play". These are the bands that are actually unknowingly spoiling the market, because they are making the performing market so saturated but yet, they are not receving and money for their time and efforts, instead, losing money doing that. These kind of pay to play gigs also tend to be of lower quality to that of professional bands and it affects the perception of what others think of local bands.
The main idea here is to first raise awareness that paying to play is outrageous. Will artists pay to showcase their works and not receive anything in return? Siao ah, only people who print money at home will do that.
I wasn't born yet during the post disco 80's era, but I managed to chat up with a veteran musician uncle here at a prata shop one night and he was complaining about regional bands coming over during the 80s and spoiling the market by agreeing to play at lower rates compared to local bands. It sounded like it really broke many cari makan musicians' rice bowls.
What johnjazz is saying, i think, is that we shouldn't undercut whatever the current rate in the market is any lower. Bands should concentrate on polishing up their standard and perform at higher rates.
Maybe he doesn't get what this movement is all about? It's not about under cutting more bands, or agreeing to play for free at nightspots. It's more of a platform to for new and young bands to get together perform without paying organisers, to raise awareness that paying to play doesn't make economic sense.
Nowadays new bands are so used to "paying to play". These are the bands that are actually unknowingly spoiling the market, because they are making the performing market so saturated but yet, they are not receving and money for their time and efforts, instead, losing money doing that. These kind of pay to play gigs also tend to be of lower quality to that of professional bands and it affects the perception of what others think of local bands.
The main idea here is to first raise awareness that paying to play is outrageous. Will artists pay to showcase their works and not receive anything in return? Siao ah, only people who print money at home will do that.
