Re: Price check in Aisle 5
I'll do an acoustic gig for 300 ish. That's 2 speakers on tripods and 1 monitor with a mixer, 2 mics and 2 DI's.
One trick in the bar band world that I have found is to find a band that has there own in-ears, and maybe mics, stands, and cables. If you are just providing stacks, racks, and mixer it becomes much easier. Some of the bands I worked with would set up their own mics and plug everything on stage in. I would feed their IEM's from FOH. I used a wireless capable mixer too, so I didn't have to roll (or carry) a snake. Just throw up the mains, plug in inputs and sit back with your tablet and mix. These gigs at 400-500 bucks are out there. The trick is to find the bands that will reduce your workload, and carry some of the cost (Mics, IEMS) themselves.
A typical bar gig that requires I do monitors and everything for a headliner plus an opener will bee 700-1000 bucks. I typically add 50 bucks per band if it's more than headliner and opener.
I usually pay a tech a $200 day rate.
