<div dir="auto">I've never asked for a booking fee, or played a tour organized by someone who wanted one, but it definitely is a lot of work and if someone wanted to organize a tour for me I wouldn't mind them taking some money!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 13, 2017 6:17 PM, "Woody Lane via Callers" <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Donna,<br>
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I've booked quite a few tours with a number of bands, and I've never
charged a booking fee for the extra work. Like Jack said, as a
caller I am getting some things I really enjoy -- working with the
same band every night, getting to the venues I prefer, having some
meaningful control over the series. And regardless of the payment
arrangements of the respective dance organizers, after each gig we
pool our funds and split them equally (sometimes taking into account
some specialized individual expenses).<br>
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Woody<br>
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<div class="m_8235473084021645965moz-cite-prefix">On 2/13/2017 12:45 PM, Donna Hunt via
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Just wondering aloud since this is not something I've ever
seen discussed here. Do you (or a musician you're traveling
with) take a "booker fee" for planning a tour, or even a
single community dance when there is a lot of planning with
the event host and time spent booking musicians? How much of
a fee do you usually ask for from the event host or cut for
yourself from the total fee to the group?<br>
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