Musicians Against Pay-To-Play

"paying to play your own songs is the most inane thing i have ever heard of. the venue has asked the band to come and devote time to play at their place, and the venue expects the band to pay for it. ridiculous."

"I support this petition"

"put people before profit"

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"this is bankrupting struggling musicians!"

"Wouldn't happen in ANY other profession!"

"The first step towards eliminating pay to play is establishing reasonable fees for use of venues. Local promoters can't afford to take the risk of losing hundreds of pounds on local bands, and unfortunately many choose a solution which puts undue pressure"

"I've never had to pay to play, but I hear it's going on a lot. It's ridiculous."

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"completly agree to play the guilfest unsigned tent its 50 weekend tickets! how can an unsigned act get over a grand to get exposure"

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"Pay to play sucks balls!! check out www.killingmode.com"

"I really respect what you guys are doing. We've made active campaignes in my area to repel this ABUSIVE treatment of musicians but to no avail. Music is art, do you see people charged to put their work on display at art gallaries? No. I rest my case!"

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"Totally against this!"

"Stop exploiting musicians"

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"You can F ** k off thinking that we have to pay-to-play, stupid idea, tht sucks a$$ man!"

"Free Play!!!"

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"i was goin to do this petition myself actually at some point. I think its an absolute discrase this whole pay to play stuff. Why would the government have HND's in the performing arts if you dont get paid for doing what you love. LET PROMOTERS DO THEIR JO"

"This just ain't fair!!"