As a musician I hate when people ask for me to play gigs for “exposure.” Doesn’t happen often but it has happened

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Grumbilious on June 11st, 2019 at 04:43 UTC »

“Must be able to draw a significant crowd. We’ll give you drink tickets.”

MagicManChuck on June 11st, 2019 at 04:53 UTC »

i am a professional Magician and i used to have places try to do this to me all the time, i was like what exposure, to 30 drunk people who wont remember if they liked seeing me and who will probably use my business card as a coaster.

skordge on June 11st, 2019 at 06:21 UTC »

I know of a jazz cafe/bar in Havana that basically has this deal: they invite a musician and tell him to call a couple of his friend musicians and they can jam absolutely whatever they want, and the bar gives them free food and drinks for the evening in exchange.

I attended twice, and the gigs were super-chill, and you could see the folks on stage just having fun and enjoying themselves.