[Blacklabcollective] Suggestion for Money we take from the door.

[Anju Singh]

Let's talk about it tomorrow for sure!

On Monday, February 16, 2015, Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, I actually kinda disagree with this. Putting on bigger crazier shows
> is a lot of work, and I think that 50% of the door is a reasonable amount
> to take. Especially because we still have a ton of work to do as far as
> soundproofing, construction, stuff like that that will be pretty expensive
> to undertake. I'm stoked we are getting to a point where we're making
> decent chunks of change at shows (and are hopefully gona have a bit more
> cushion in the ole bank account) but I don't think we should jump the gun
> and start paying the space less. I think if we get to a point where we are
> finished soundproofing and larger construction projects (e.g. finishing off
> the wall, fixing the back sinkhole), and we either have a decent surplus of
> $$ or start getting grants or something like that, then hell yes we should
> revisit the way that we take door money, absolutely. But while we still
> have a ton of work to be done that is gona cost us a lot of money and time
> and energy, I think we should stick with our current system. Just my two
> cents.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aanjusingh at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I think that it might be better for us to take a smaller amount of money
>> from shows, but we still have costs etc to consider, so I want to suggest
>> this model:
>>
>> take 50% of the door up to a maximum of $300 (or $200 or $250?)
>>
>> This means that big crazy shows can actually earn door money, and smaller
>> shows can share the profits equally (often smaller shows don't sell as much
>> bar either, so it has to be worth it for us still..)
>>
>> Let me know your thoughts.
>> --
>> Anju Singh
>>
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Anju Singh
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