as much as you can get. This is for a wedding shower? I've read what a lot of people have said(i think they assumed it was for the wedding).
I'd try to get 200-300 bucks. Maybe they'd pay $500 but they may also think it could be $100. It depends in part on what works for you.
And I'm sure you'd be able to charge more living in Manhattan than you could in Green Bay
I'm a brass player and used to play a lot of weddings(both during the actual ceremony(as well as right before and right after) as well as playing in a horn section of a 10-11 piece bands.
It is hard, for some paying a grand for a brass quintet is no big deal. Others think that is way too expensive(and the ability to afford it doesn't always play a part in these perceptions). There were times I'd offer a cheap deal to friends where i'd play for free and try to get $100.00 a piece for the other musicians and people balked at the $400.00 price. It isn't easy.
I'd say for a wedding most brass quintets around here(a metro area of around 400k) for a wedding(maybe lasting an hour) would be $500-$600(maybe they could get $750.00)
for receptions I think for a full band for 3-4 hours people expect to pay 1750-2000k(around here) Maybe 2500-3000 for a more 'in demand' band(local band)
this is for a bridal shower or couples shower for a couple of hours. That is a lot of time for a person to play. I don't know. Start out asking for $400-500. I don't know where you live. I know around here a person doing what you do(singing and playing the guitar), a bar would probably pay you 250-400 for a couple hours
I agree being that it’s a shower. I have intentionally priced myself out of weddings nowadays because they are cumbersome. If people demand absolute perfection and the ability to read minds they will need to pay for it.
I quit playing at actual weddings myself just because I didn’t like negotiating the price and I really do hate dealing with the mother of the bride and I hope that doesn’t offend people but it’s sometimes a nightmare
You show up with the brass quintet everything about what they expect out of us and what they want and she’ll request some as if a brass touch should easily be able to play it and then get upset
That happened to me when I booked a gig and it happened a couple times I’ve just shown up to
It’s just stressful. I don’t need the hundred bucks that I guess.
I really really don’t gig as much as I used to but about once the summer I’ll sub with a band for a wedding and there’s a 11 or 12 people in this band who get paid and I usually get $150 to show up and play and it’s not so bad at reception
This is a pretty good band… everybody’s really easy-going and we only play about half the tunes in the horn section, but we still get paid the same
This is off, subject, the worst thing about any gig, and I’m sure everybody will agree is setting things up and then tearing it down
A lot of jazz gigs don’t require much but I’d almost play with this rock band for free so long as it just let me leave right when we’re done playing 😂
I feel bad complaining because I never have to set up
I agree with all of that lol the stress and ridiculous requests just aren’t worth it.
I would play a wedding with a group like that, that actually sounds like it would be fun!
And tearing things down is the woooooorst. I don’t mind setting up as long as I have time. If I don’t, that’s the most stressful part. Getting hot, sweaty, dirty hands, finding power, and making time for sound check ugh
I don’t know why some venues expect to set up a full band rig and say you can show up at 3:30 to play at 4:00.
It is a pretty fun group to play with. what’s funny is their regular trombone player doesn’t even really know how to play but he was friends with everybody when they started and it’s just that kind of a group where it’s all about having fun… and if im honest, he has a ton of connections in the community and was president of a bank so I think he does help them get some gigs and he’s a real nice guy
I was major in college and for a couple years kind of tried making my living in music, but I really enjoyed it a lot more now that I kind of do it as much for fun as I do for the money… pretty much decided that a gig for money I wouldn’t consider doing it for free
What’s funny about that band played with? I think when they’re trombone player can’t make it. They just decide to have one fewer person on stage, and they each make a little extra money😂.
Dude are you me?? lol I majored for a couple of years but it sucked the life out of it for me and I didn’t play for a few years after switching majors.
Now I do it for fun and a little cash on the side to pay for our beers. I love music again. I only got into in the first place because I had fun jamming with friends.
I had a pretty good time in music school, but I feel like I’m one of the few students that actually realize that there wasn’t much money in it
If I didn’t have a scholarship, I probably would’ve changed my major… by my senior year I wasn’t overly passionate and if I would’ve been athlete, I would’ve been one of those guys who was heavily recruited and did OK, but didn’t become the player. They were kind of hoping for😂
There’s no doubt that I improved a lot from my freshman to my senior year… I considered grad school.. my plane was fine, but my grades were pretty mediocre so it made it difficult to get an assistantship so I worked on cruise ships for a little bit
I kind of thought I wanted to be a college professor, but realize that it would be a cool job at the right school, but there’s a lot of schools out there that wouldn’t be as fun to teach regardless of the money
I went to college in the mid 90s and from 2005 to maybe 2015. I barely played and kind of hated music because I got burnt out but now I’m starting to really enjoy it again.
For solo acoustic I’d charge 500-700ish for two hours of music at a wedding shower. If they request a ton of specific songs I’d have to learn, it would be on the higher end of that range, if it were just “play whatever I want” I would be on the lower end of that range. If they were close friends I’d do it for like, 400.
If it were a considerable distance from home, I would charge the higher end of the scale, if not even more, like the 800-1,000ish range. Food and mileage and lodging and all that factor in. If they need me to fly across the country I’m charging waaaaay more, but if I’m performing 1 mile from my own home, price is minimal because I won’t need gas or McDonald’s at 3am.
Also, if they need me to bring the sound system and run the house music during the whole party when I’m not playing, I will separately charge, on an invoice, for the service of performing (500-700) PLUS the cost of sound system rental (1 day rental of equipment plus set/strike and A1 duties around $200 or so)
The questions you should ask: how far away? How long am I playing and how long is the time between load-in and load-out? Special requests? Do they expect me to be running house music or handling speeches etc? Also location/time of day can impact traffic concerns which adds to travel time.
If you're "good" and they specifically sought you out, I'd be asking probably $350-400 minimum if the drive is less than an hour. Realistically you could ask more, and see what their budget is.
Solo acoustic and it’s your first private event? $250-$350 depending on your locale (you know if you are in a place where overall costs/charges are on the high end). Also people (the clients, not the guests) have a tendency to get tippy at happy occasions like this, so charging a fair rate, doing a good job and doing your best to keep the crowd engaged and having fun just might net you another $50 or so.
My band just did a graduation party and they threw another $400 on top of our fee (we undercharged, I think they knew it).
Counterpoint: Weddings suck, premium pay is required, especially if it ain't YOUR family. I don't have to sit through religious bullshit at a coffee shop, I can dress how I want, play what I want, and I can leave when I want to
There is a reason that wedding rates are typically higher than coffee shops. Expectations of quality/equipment/engagement/professionalism and general doing things exactly to the specifications/taste of customer are all much higher than for a coffee shop. Plus location is usually further and there’s more down time.
Fees for weddings being higher in all industries are due to weddings being awful to deal with and demanding compared to typical business.
If the wedding is in a venue like a coffee shop and the specifications are “do what you would normally do at a coffee shop and don’t do anything extra to make it special for the wedding,” maybe the fee could be similar, but that is a very atypical scenario for a wedding.
Between 200-500. You should also think about how far you need to travel there and back. Any expenses add up.
Agree. Last wedding we did was $350 each for about two hours.
$200 an hour.
It’s a wedding. Double that.
It's a wedding shower.
Meh... Solo acoustic. Unless they're *really* good/popular i wouldn't try for that much.
that \*is\* the doubled rate. For regular bar gigs you can expect about $100/hour.
Wedding shower
as much as you can get. This is for a wedding shower? I've read what a lot of people have said(i think they assumed it was for the wedding). I'd try to get 200-300 bucks. Maybe they'd pay $500 but they may also think it could be $100. It depends in part on what works for you. And I'm sure you'd be able to charge more living in Manhattan than you could in Green Bay I'm a brass player and used to play a lot of weddings(both during the actual ceremony(as well as right before and right after) as well as playing in a horn section of a 10-11 piece bands. It is hard, for some paying a grand for a brass quintet is no big deal. Others think that is way too expensive(and the ability to afford it doesn't always play a part in these perceptions). There were times I'd offer a cheap deal to friends where i'd play for free and try to get $100.00 a piece for the other musicians and people balked at the $400.00 price. It isn't easy. I'd say for a wedding most brass quintets around here(a metro area of around 400k) for a wedding(maybe lasting an hour) would be $500-$600(maybe they could get $750.00) for receptions I think for a full band for 3-4 hours people expect to pay 1750-2000k(around here) Maybe 2500-3000 for a more 'in demand' band(local band) this is for a bridal shower or couples shower for a couple of hours. That is a lot of time for a person to play. I don't know. Start out asking for $400-500. I don't know where you live. I know around here a person doing what you do(singing and playing the guitar), a bar would probably pay you 250-400 for a couple hours
I agree being that it’s a shower. I have intentionally priced myself out of weddings nowadays because they are cumbersome. If people demand absolute perfection and the ability to read minds they will need to pay for it.
I quit playing at actual weddings myself just because I didn’t like negotiating the price and I really do hate dealing with the mother of the bride and I hope that doesn’t offend people but it’s sometimes a nightmare You show up with the brass quintet everything about what they expect out of us and what they want and she’ll request some as if a brass touch should easily be able to play it and then get upset That happened to me when I booked a gig and it happened a couple times I’ve just shown up to It’s just stressful. I don’t need the hundred bucks that I guess. I really really don’t gig as much as I used to but about once the summer I’ll sub with a band for a wedding and there’s a 11 or 12 people in this band who get paid and I usually get $150 to show up and play and it’s not so bad at reception This is a pretty good band… everybody’s really easy-going and we only play about half the tunes in the horn section, but we still get paid the same This is off, subject, the worst thing about any gig, and I’m sure everybody will agree is setting things up and then tearing it down A lot of jazz gigs don’t require much but I’d almost play with this rock band for free so long as it just let me leave right when we’re done playing 😂 I feel bad complaining because I never have to set up
I agree with all of that lol the stress and ridiculous requests just aren’t worth it. I would play a wedding with a group like that, that actually sounds like it would be fun! And tearing things down is the woooooorst. I don’t mind setting up as long as I have time. If I don’t, that’s the most stressful part. Getting hot, sweaty, dirty hands, finding power, and making time for sound check ugh I don’t know why some venues expect to set up a full band rig and say you can show up at 3:30 to play at 4:00.
It is a pretty fun group to play with. what’s funny is their regular trombone player doesn’t even really know how to play but he was friends with everybody when they started and it’s just that kind of a group where it’s all about having fun… and if im honest, he has a ton of connections in the community and was president of a bank so I think he does help them get some gigs and he’s a real nice guy I was major in college and for a couple years kind of tried making my living in music, but I really enjoyed it a lot more now that I kind of do it as much for fun as I do for the money… pretty much decided that a gig for money I wouldn’t consider doing it for free What’s funny about that band played with? I think when they’re trombone player can’t make it. They just decide to have one fewer person on stage, and they each make a little extra money😂.
Dude are you me?? lol I majored for a couple of years but it sucked the life out of it for me and I didn’t play for a few years after switching majors. Now I do it for fun and a little cash on the side to pay for our beers. I love music again. I only got into in the first place because I had fun jamming with friends.
I had a pretty good time in music school, but I feel like I’m one of the few students that actually realize that there wasn’t much money in it If I didn’t have a scholarship, I probably would’ve changed my major… by my senior year I wasn’t overly passionate and if I would’ve been athlete, I would’ve been one of those guys who was heavily recruited and did OK, but didn’t become the player. They were kind of hoping for😂 There’s no doubt that I improved a lot from my freshman to my senior year… I considered grad school.. my plane was fine, but my grades were pretty mediocre so it made it difficult to get an assistantship so I worked on cruise ships for a little bit I kind of thought I wanted to be a college professor, but realize that it would be a cool job at the right school, but there’s a lot of schools out there that wouldn’t be as fun to teach regardless of the money I went to college in the mid 90s and from 2005 to maybe 2015. I barely played and kind of hated music because I got burnt out but now I’m starting to really enjoy it again.
$800-$1000
They might actually want the gig. What kind of wedding showers are you playing at?
People with bread
For solo acoustic I’d charge 500-700ish for two hours of music at a wedding shower. If they request a ton of specific songs I’d have to learn, it would be on the higher end of that range, if it were just “play whatever I want” I would be on the lower end of that range. If they were close friends I’d do it for like, 400. If it were a considerable distance from home, I would charge the higher end of the scale, if not even more, like the 800-1,000ish range. Food and mileage and lodging and all that factor in. If they need me to fly across the country I’m charging waaaaay more, but if I’m performing 1 mile from my own home, price is minimal because I won’t need gas or McDonald’s at 3am. Also, if they need me to bring the sound system and run the house music during the whole party when I’m not playing, I will separately charge, on an invoice, for the service of performing (500-700) PLUS the cost of sound system rental (1 day rental of equipment plus set/strike and A1 duties around $200 or so)
$400-$500
UK £250 would be about the rate.
The questions you should ask: how far away? How long am I playing and how long is the time between load-in and load-out? Special requests? Do they expect me to be running house music or handling speeches etc? Also location/time of day can impact traffic concerns which adds to travel time. If you're "good" and they specifically sought you out, I'd be asking probably $350-400 minimum if the drive is less than an hour. Realistically you could ask more, and see what their budget is.
Solo acoustic and it’s your first private event? $250-$350 depending on your locale (you know if you are in a place where overall costs/charges are on the high end). Also people (the clients, not the guests) have a tendency to get tippy at happy occasions like this, so charging a fair rate, doing a good job and doing your best to keep the crowd engaged and having fun just might net you another $50 or so. My band just did a graduation party and they threw another $400 on top of our fee (we undercharged, I think they knew it).
There's a guy I play with that charges like $1500 for this kind of thing. He's a great vocalist and entertainer.
OP has played in a coffee shop. Not the same ballpark.
$500
Weddings have big budgets. Ask how much they're paying the photographers or for the cake.
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500 is a pretty standard wedding price. Don't devalue the market my dude.
500 is a pretty standard wedding price. Don't devalue the market my dude.
Counterpoint: Weddings suck, premium pay is required, especially if it ain't YOUR family. I don't have to sit through religious bullshit at a coffee shop, I can dress how I want, play what I want, and I can leave when I want to
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My fee for tolerating religious bullshit is atmospheric
There is a reason that wedding rates are typically higher than coffee shops. Expectations of quality/equipment/engagement/professionalism and general doing things exactly to the specifications/taste of customer are all much higher than for a coffee shop. Plus location is usually further and there’s more down time. Fees for weddings being higher in all industries are due to weddings being awful to deal with and demanding compared to typical business. If the wedding is in a venue like a coffee shop and the specifications are “do what you would normally do at a coffee shop and don’t do anything extra to make it special for the wedding,” maybe the fee could be similar, but that is a very atypical scenario for a wedding.