Know Your Rate Floor—Tonight

Here’s something most offers hope you skip: your Rate Floor—the minimum you should accept for any gig. Learn it fast:

• Count every paid hour: travel, load-in/soundcheck, set(s), breakdown, admin/comms.
• Add real costs: band pay, parking/fuel, strings/sticks, rentals, childcare, taxes.
• Set your worth: choose your hourly per musician.
• Calculate: Rate Floor = (Paid hours × hourly) + costs + a 10–20% buffer.
• If an offer sits below your floor—or hides the client budget behind third-party commissions—counter with your floor and direct terms, or walk.
• Fair pay needs transparency and competitive bidding. No outsider control. No forced commissions.

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