t2daeek said

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metal_church101 said	[orig][quote]
[QUOTE="ouchdrummer: What it comes down to is that the booker/promoter can do things however they want to, if the bands don't like their style, don't play those shows.

yep.
if you think the show's gonna "help you make it big" then do it. if you're not concerned with that then don't play. i hate gigs where we pay to play, mostly because i live 2 hours roughly from the places we've done that for and i can't sell tix for that shit and i can't convince people to drive that and pay teh dollars. i usually end up making my contribution by buying my girlfriend a ticket and calling it a day while aaron goes to malls and blows little boys (i would assume... why would they come see us otherwise?) so they'll buy tickets. works out nice.