Hollywood Undead, Pay to Play
“Pay to Play” Words bands never want to hear. It goes against everything Rock N’ Roll stood for. You the artist pays the venue x amount of money in order play at their venue. I don’t know when this business practice started, but it’s still alive and well today at a venue near you. Yeah it sucks, and I feel your pain, but what can we do about it? I guess the first thing we can do is try to understand it. Why do venues do this? Well they do this because they are a business. And they’re in the business of making money. Venues don’t want to take the risk of having a band perform that won’t draw a crowd and cover their costs. That would just be a bad business practice right?
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