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Originally Posted by Truckjohn
That actually works very well - you just have to be careful about how you do it.. You don't treat low paying (or free) stuff as a regular gig - you treat it as a sales marketing tool... Sell your business for others....
You just have to think about it correctly... EVERY gig is a PAID gig.... There is no such thing as "Free".... Either they pay or YOU pay - but it's not free.... And if they pay - you represent them in an effort to further their intereste.... If you pay - you represent you and you work to further your interests....
As such - answer is that you ALWAYS bring your A game - no matter what... Because you just never know what will come out of it.... And since YOU are paying to be out there - make it worth what YOU paid!!!
For example - a couple who goes to church with us owns a cake/cookies bakery. They started bringing unsold left overs to church..... But they were dumping the stale stuff or the horrible combinations that wouldn't sell at the store (spinach cup cakes with salty frosting? Disgusting....)... And then trying to use that as a write off on their business.... Well guess what.... ABSOLUTELY NOBODY in the whole church will use them for any cakes or catering because 100.00% of everything we have tasted from them is either stale or disgusting.. Literally - worst idea ever!!!!!
And so if you do decide to do this...
Think seriously about the clientele....
Think seriously about the sort of folks who are there - what sort of music do they like (probably 70's rock or country).
Make sure you have plenty of sales and marketing stuff with you - cards and flyers... And talk yourself up....
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Best answer yet. Exactly.