Don't play for free unless it is a "showcaase" event that you sponsor and that would be designed to get you out in front of people and heard.

If you play for free, that becomes your price. It is surprising how that word will get around to the owners of paid venues.

I don't like price-cutting to get the gig either. That has a habit of becoming the new price for all.

Learned all these things the hard way, I did.

Of course, playing for a charity or good cause is not playing for free. Your hard work is your donation to the specified charity.


--Mac