13 May
2008
13 May
'08
4:39 p.m.
in Chicago we pay local musicians $50 each, $200 max per band. Local Caller
gets $50. If there is an out of town musician that sits in with a local
band, not advertised, they get $60. If they were listed on the schedule
they get the out of town rate, which is $80/musician, $320 max/band, $80 out
of town caller. Plus we give $30 for travel expenses. Any gate over
band/caller expenses stays with us. On average we operate at a loss, with
difference made up by grants and contributions.
We haven't seen any predictable difference in attendance between different
callers, or bands, local or out of town.
jeffrey
-----Original Message-----
From: organizers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:organizers-
bounces(a)sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Dave Cain
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:30 AM
To: A list for dance organizers
Subject: [Organizers] Payout formula when there are 4 muscians?
Hi All,
My husband is on this list, while I'm on the caller list... so I am
using his sign-in to post this message.
Our dance committee is revisiting our payout formula and I'm
wondering how other dance organizers work their payouts when the band
isn't the typical trio. (For us, a trio is the standard.) When the
band is a four - person (or larger) group, do you adjust your
guarantee and payout formula? Do you do anything different when the
band is a two-person band?
Currently, we split everything after expenses evenly across all
performers (band and caller), when the band is comprised of two or
three members. If the band is a four-person band, we pay our
guarantee, and then we split the overage 75% to the band, and 25% to
the caller. Our thought in doing this was not to "penalize" the
caller for working with a band greater than our standard of trios.
I am looking for feedback on our existing payout formula and for an
understanding of how other groups operate. I plan to bring any
feedback generated from this list to our next dance committee meeting.
Thanks!
Nancy Turner
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