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@Danny C

We have been playing these types of gigs for around 5 years. It sounds like the situation where you are and where we are vary quite a bit. The places here have what they refer to as "activity" budgets. Activities may be for game staffing, arts and crafts, singalongs, and live entertainment. We are amateur musicians and would never think of charging for our music. As to expenses, we have very few and don't mind them. Our biggest expense is for song word packets which we pass out at the beginning of the gigs so that the audience can sing along if they choose to. Some dementia patients refuse to give the packets back so we are always having to go to Office Depot and print more. We do get many thankyous and smiles for which we are grateful. Some musicians who gig at these places are paid. How much? I don't know. Most are not paid. We are retired and are not playing in hopes of being paid. We consider what we do a form of ministry. We understand why not everyone thinks the way we do. Hope this helps in clarifying our perspective. YMMV.

Stan



Stan,

There was no perspective clarifying required, my point was to Don being that the small amount of money needed for the project he was proposing IMHO was a drop in the bucket either for the facility or for an independent fundraiser to come up with. In no way did I intend to interfere or question what you guys are doing as besides being none of my business, I think what you are doing is a noble act.
So God Bless you for what you do and for the record I still play quite a few facilities for a smile, or to remind me that the power of my music will get a previously non-responsive foot to start tapping.

What I was referring to were the Independent Living and Assisted's that charge their residents anywhere from 10,000 - 140,000 buy-in with apt rents starting at 3,500 plus per month. Man some of these joints have waiters falling over one another to providing service to their clients, complete with fully stocked bars for happy hours. With this said, like the others acts here I charge these cats for services rendered.

Later,

Danny C.
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