[Blacklabcollective] Money from shows

Sun Mar 29 15:03:49 PDT 2015

I am down for lowering the cut we take. That is a bummer for a lot of
people that wants to do shows at our space.

2015-03-29 15:01 GMT-07:00 Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com>:

> 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> 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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