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<blockquote data-quote="Jim King" data-source="post: 18355" data-attributes="member: 156">Re: LegalityInterestingly enough, in Los Angeles the venues who pay more and have bigger gigs all require proof of insurance (and more recently proof of worker&#039;s comp also). The small clubs that only want to pay you $500 a night (or less usually) make you work twice as hard for it and don&#039;t ever ask for proof of insurance.It&#039;s far more lucrative and less work to be doing the bigger venues. The way I feel about it, those cheap clubs are for the up-and-comers. I did them back when I didn&#039;t have all my ducks in a row and was still learning the business. If you&#039;re past that, leave those gigs to the people who aren&#039;t. There will always be promoters and clubs who will go for the least cost option, no matter what the quality and liability. You don&#039;t really want to compete for those -- it&#039;s a race to the bottom.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim King, post: 18355, member: 156"] Re: Legality Interestingly enough, in Los Angeles the venues who pay more and have bigger gigs all require proof of insurance (and more recently proof of worker's comp also). The small clubs that only want to pay you $500 a night (or less usually) make you work twice as hard for it and don't ever ask for proof of insurance. It's far more lucrative and less work to be doing the bigger venues. The way I feel about it, those cheap clubs are for the up-and-comers. I did them back when I didn't have all my ducks in a row and was still learning the business. If you're past that, leave those gigs to the people who aren't. There will always be promoters and clubs who will go for the least cost option, no matter what the quality and liability. You don't really want to compete for those -- it's a race to the bottom. [/QUOTE]

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