Forum: General Discussion

Having gone from 6 gigs a week to three it now gives me a chance to visit other venues local to me here in the UK. The isle of wright festival was excellent as with gigs in Southampton. Visiting a few clubs i note that the crowds are way down even on weekends. Dispite the fact that our politictions have been playing down the fact that a recession was just a myth over the past three years and are now having to admit but put blame it on other factors ie: Iraq, Afgan war, also the bush administration in the USA, always someone else to blame. I have seen on the gound the decline in of the many of our venues. This evening i had an inquirey for a booking for a Saturday night of which the asking price for a 4 hour disco was £120.00, they said it was to much and knocked it down to £90.00 as trade was poor. I see my business as not only to provide entertainment but to turn venues around however where do you draw the line. I was asked if i could do supply the advertising and would i bring my followers with me. To me £90.00 is money in my pocket for a night i could be sitting on my backside less tax transport etc... so i guess £60.00 in the pocket. Speaking tonight to friends who are club Djs, they are prepared to do 180 mile round trip for £120.00 doing a six hour gig. I know good DJs / Entertainers are worth their salt but are we a dying breed and worth alot more or is it the case the cheaper the better?