My wife just got an increase in pay (totally unsolicited by us) last weekend for two of her weekly gigs.
There's still some good news left yet.
I was told by a local restaurant that I played twice at last year that I would be used "a heck-of-a-lot" more this year. I also told them that the price break I gave them only held those last two times I played there. i said the 150 dollar nights are going to have to be 200 dollars. He said great.