Dunno if it will be the same as before, but we've always run the Roadtrip showcases (at least the ones here, in DC and Santa Monica in which I've played) on a gratis basis--gratis, that is, in terms of performer compensation. Last time we had a showcase at all (which had to, due to unforeseen circumstances, become a non-Roadtrip showcase) we had to pay the soundperson at Uncommon Ground and I think we had a net balance of, IIRC, left in the tip bucket of six dollars (which, added to the $4.50 we cleared at our first U.G. showcase, will be the gigantic $10.50 treasury I will ceremoniously turn over to our next leader.

I would seriously suggest you broach the subject of your bandmates accompanying you for free just this once (unless they're AFofM Local 10 members, in which case the union reps are constantly breathing down their necks--which is why I chose to join Local 1000 instead). Unless we have a very small roster, I doubt anyone but JPF Award winners would get to do more than one number per evening anyway. If you can't convince them to play without being compensated or don't want to go solo, be aware that this chapter is brimming with people who are willing and able to accompany you for the sheer joy of it. Collaboration is often the order of the day.

Sandy Andina
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