[Frank Stearns]

flatfish+++ writes:

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As for High Schools etc, offer to record their Xmas show or something
for free, or discounted in return for them letting you use the
facilities.

If only! Schools in this area have gotten out of hand. Just did a 3 hour session
with choir and orchestra in an admittedly very good high school concert hall. By the
time we'd gotten done with a few hours on either side for set and strike, the bill
was north of US$900 just for the room (non-Union house). Add another $200 to get a
piano tuner in on a Sunday (tuning not provided with the room rental).

Hell, that's way more than I made for tracking!

Similar rooms here are commanding figures close to that. One of the main performance
houses in town (union) gets $3500/day plus a piece of the door. (Will be there in
June.)

Another, smaller hall gets $1200/day. In 2012 a group booked that hall (and me) for
five days. I'll be tracking the dress rehearsal, two performances, and two sessions
afterwords. So that's getting close to $6000, but at least they'll get two shows and
hopefully a CD out of the deal -- maybe even with some live cuts for excitement!

What's the old expression, modified for room rentals? You can have it cheap, with
good sound, at a convenient time. Pick *at most* only two items from that list. g

Frank
Mobile Audio
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