[Blacklabcollective] Money from shows

[Anju Singh]

Also im fine if we keep it at 50%, im just expressing that it might be more
beneficial to us to make it more affordable, especially for shows with
touring bands.

On Sunday, March 29, 2015, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't want folks to get hung up on the BYOB thing... It was a side note
> it's not my main point so forget i said it and let's drop that point, my
> main suggestion is that we Lower the percentage we take since i think it
> will encourage better attended shows to book at our space.. And in turn we
> will actually do better at bar and even door.
>
> On Sunday, March 29, 2015, Leggo Sirens <sirensongs604 at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sirensongs604 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Yeah lets have a meeting! I like the doodle, can we make one for April
>> meeting? As far as that stuff goes, I think making no BYOB will discourage
>> folks from coming/ lead to folks sneaking in beer anyway/ more conflict/
>> more bottlenecking at the door while bag checking, etc.
>>
>> If it WAS no byob I think reducing the price of beer sales would be a
>> good idea (like if they are 1.37/can for us, then make em 3 bux so we are
>> making 100% profit instead of 175% or whatever it is now) and maybe that
>> would be an incentive for folks to abide
>>
>> As far as the door cut goes, I think on bigger nights with touring acts
>> or local only shows, taking 50% of door would work, but perhaps less
>> attended shows with touring bands we could try and afford to give the
>> touring bands as much as we can, and give the locals gas money, or nothing
>> if they are down.
>>
>> Most people are understanding that it is a DIY space, and we can't have
>> raves like Red Gate (who take a lot more than we do) to pay our rent. Folks
>> will understand and if promoters are crafty, chill, DIY enough they can
>> work around costs and still put on a great gig.
>>
>> But yeah, these are all just suggestions and ideas and I am obviously
>> open to discussion and whatever works for everyone.
>>
>>  doodle me!!
>>
>> Maybe at a meeting we could come up with a template for this that works
>> for everyone. Those are my thoughts.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm off mon-fri all month so pretty much whenever works for me. I think
>>> I've made my thoughts known as far as the money stuff goes. As it stands we
>>> are just scraping by and able to pay rent and I think until we have
>>> alternative sources of income we need the money from door. I don't like the
>>> idea of no BYOB, i get it in the context of noise fest liquor license but
>>> in general I feel like it'd make it feel like more of a bar and less of a
>>> diy space.... Anyways we can talk in person at the meeting! I have opinions
>>> tho
>>> On Mar 29, 2015 2:34 PM, "Lindsay Kasting" <l.kasting86 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HOW ABOUT TUESDAY APRIL 21!!!!~
>>>> 7PM!!!
>>>>
>>>> that's my pitch, anyways. :)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> something I forgot to add to the agenda is how we take money from
>>>>> shows.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've brought this up before but a lot of the really good shows with
>>>>> draw that we would want to host are difficult for promoters to do at our
>>>>> space with the money being 50% of the door.
>>>>>
>>>>> I highly recommend we reduce this to 25%-30% rather than 50% or have a
>>>>> flat fee. Since we take 100% of the bar, we can make our shows no byob
>>>>> (especially as we get more legit we will do this, I'll be doing this for
>>>>> noise fest as a test run).
>>>>>
>>>>> If we do this I suggest we post online and let people know about the
>>>>> change. We have people hesitant to book with us because it's a large cut.
>>>>> If a band with a bigger draw comes through, the promoter wants to pay them
>>>>> well. 50% is a lot for a struggling travelling band to give up.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know we need money but I think this model discourages bigger shows
>>>>> from happening at our space. This might work out financially better for
>>>>> us...
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Anju Singh
>>>>>
>>>>>
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> Anju Singh
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