Pay-to-play (was; my response)

[Matt Condon]

Thank you, that's exactly what I was going to say . . .  but worded much 
more politely.

Matt

TERROR FIRMA SKY wrote:
> You know in a perfect world musicians wouldn't have to worry about
> promoting themselves. They could just sit back and create and people
> would buy the cd's when they came out and go to the shows when they
> happened. Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world and whether
> the promoter you're working with is good or not doesn't mean you
> shouldn't still be making the effort to get the word out about your
> shows. 
> 
> Until you reach a certain level of success there's something called
> "paying your dues" which means you get out there and flier and sell
> tickets and do what ever else it takes to let people know what's
> happening. Even if you have a really great promoter who has spread
> the word like wild fire, there's always a chance you may be able to
> reach people they havn't. If you're not willing to do this then you
> probably don't have the drive it takes to be successful in the first
> place. It's a lot of hard work and takes up a lot of time that could
> be used for writting or practicing, but that's just the nature of
> how things are.