Musicians Against Pay-To-Play
fREAK-1-C would like to bring the PAY-TO-PLAY scheme to the attention of gigging musicians...PAY-TO-PLAY is a term used for a scheme run by many live music venues and promoters across the UK, where ba... continue reading »
"another perfect attempt by the government to bring in money from a area of life (underground music) which is full of poverty and struggle. Pathetic!"
"Yet another example of the greedy music industry trying to make as much money as possible from the creativity and talent of others..."
"Can't understand why MU thinking of supporting pay to play under any circumstance"
"It's nearly impossible for most musicians to even break even anyway, what with paying for rehearsal time, promotional material, etc. It doesn't help if they have to pay money to play a gig, especially if it's in a new town where they can't rely on there m"
"boooooooooooooo!"
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"pay to play stinks i had to leave my guitar at a venue cos we didnt raise enough to cover the cost of the pay to play event at Edinburghs The venue!"
"Glad I'm out of the business!"
"If you don't like pay to play then get off your arses and start your own venue, or do your own promoting! Oh sorry, YOU don't want to take any of the risks do you!"
"pay to play is so so so wrong"
"It's a stupid idea. Bands have a hard enough time as it is."
