rate of pay around the country.

[bryant]

Kil,
Are you saying that on a slow weekday evening in Minnesota and Wisconsin that they pay 300 dollars.

The only reason why bars in Maine have karaoke during the week is that they wouldn't be able to stay open for a few people stopping in at night to buy a beer or two, so they carry SOME entertainment just to get a few more people in so they won't have to close. So they have karaoke and hope to make a little more than the 150-175 they pay. Otherwise they would be better off closing down during the week.

For example, the bar I play for on Wednesday night said he used to pay his karaoke guy 75 bucks because they already had a good crowd and he would need to make 3 or 4 more hundred to pay a karaoke guy 200 - 300. So he found a guy for 75 bucks.

Several years later, (NOW), he approached me and asked how much I charged for a Wed. Knowing all the above, I told him 150. He said he would try it because he is now getting nobody on Wed. and getting a few more would most likely turn a slight profit.

On weekends, he pays his DJ's , 60 bucks, he makes 1000's, and a better or REAL DJ for 2-300 can't bring in any more anyway.