rate of pay around the country.

[Alan Bingham]

Originally posted by gotrich
I am not saying this because i am a newbie and want the advice. I really love this life style. I love karaoke, the feeling of singing well and people coming up and saying good job, people clapping because they want too!! I have to admit I am one of the low price guys. My first gig is May 8th I have 1500-2000 songs for my first gig and bougt 2000$ in equiptment, the 1500-2000 different songs, and am doing everything I can to make money only to put it right back into the show. My first gig is 100$ If everyone helps the new guys the new guys help the nest and so on. I would do this for free in my heart just because i love it!

For the sake of the industry you need to charge more, your investment demands it. We all love singing or we wouldn't be doing it.

OK looking at the hoster system, at $1475.00 plus upgrades, amps, speakers, monitors, stands, a bare bones system will run about $3500.00 with no music, add muisc and your pushing $7000.00 for a system with about 300 disks worth of music, add your books, and there goes another 500.00 print up some request slips and add some pens, and you just spend another 25.00, all in all, I think its about 8000.00 - 10000.00 bucks to start out and your going to give it to them for 100.00 a night?

I usally spend any where from $50.00 bucks to $85.00 a night as a patron. Something to think about.