see this

[musophilr]

http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifi...h-t456185.html

[Viz]

Poor Natalie - she got a right roasting there!

[ChrisJordan]

I think Natalie is trying to get someone to do her job for her.

[thereformant]

This kinda thing is sadly standard practice though

[ChrisJordan]

Isn't it a little bit morally bankrupt?

[monquixote]

That's pretty much how all gigs on the London toilet circuit work in my experience.

I don't have a problem with it when I'm playing in original material bands as I feel that they are giving you a platform to play on and it's your job to promote your band. When I'm doing covers then I'm the turn and I want decent money and someone else should be doing the promoting.

[ChrisJordan]

What about the five half hour sets with ten minute between each?

[monquixote]

I think most of the sets I did were 45 minutes, but that included your set up time so that's pretty much the same.

It was usually 3 bands though I suspect that might have changed with the advent of late licensing.

[stickyfiddle]

Half an hour including changeover is not worth leaving the house for. Inevitably one band runs over or is slow getting off-stage which means everyone else plays 3 songs each. I've been there once and I'll never do it again.

I donl't believe there is a single band who can regularly get 20+ people to a gig that hasn't realised that if that's the case theres another promoter somewhere else who will treat them properly.

[octatonic]

The thing about having a unique name is they are easily found on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/natalie.aylott?fref=ts