Bands, Where Oh Where Does Your Door Money Go?
October 1, 2009
From the Nashville Scene:
Hey kids, ever play a show at a club? Then you know how the door money always goes to the sound guy before it goes to you. What if it wasn’t like that? Well, funny you should ask, because Portland, Oregon’s music scene says it doesn’t have to be. In an interesting article from a local alt-weekly, writer Amanda Ingram lays out the deets:
Many folks in Portland’s music community think that, just like coffee farmers’ wages, musicians should be able to demand a fair wage for their performances. But what do the club owners think?