Musicians Against Pay-To-Play

"totally against this amoral exploitation of musicians"

"Fair pay for musicians - check out new site ... myspace.com/getpaidtoplay"

"friggen crazy!!"

"its stupid....the venue should take a percentage of the earning, naturally on larger venues/warehouses, the band may have to pay for rental of the arena, but for example, in a bar, the bar will be getting income from how many people the bands attracting, "

"after all, its the bands that are keeping the venues in business, without the music the venues will go broke!"

"Our band has been stung by this kind of thing before. I'm glad other people are beginning to take notice and be made aware that it's not acceptable"

"soon people will have to pay to breathe the air that gives them lifesupport then? Bollocks!"

"It costs a band enough to promote a gig, rehearse for it and get their gear there. What's wrong with a band and promoter splitting whatever proceeds they make on a night, regardless of the total sum - it takes both of them to get the evening to happen."

"It's hard enough paying for the gear, the van, rehearsals..never mind the hakll etc as well"

"pay to play is the worst thing for any unsigned act,venues make enough money on drinks.Even if the venue charged each person in the door 1 they would still make enough cash...its just a way for greedy promoters and bar owners to make more money.....terrib"

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"Kill pay to play before IT kils live music!"

"Artists work hard to get noticed in such a busy industry, why should they be forced to pay out?"

"Pay to Play is ridiculous especially here in Los Angeles"

"Making bands (or individual musicians, for that matter) pay to play their own songs is so wrong. If they've got talent, and assuming that when you let them play, since you're the one getting the customers, they probably are good... So YOU should be the on"

"well done for highlighting this scandal"