FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I do ask for a travel fee for any location farther than 30 miles from my home in Grass Valley, CA. -3 hours+ of performance: Travel Fee is $1/ mile. -Less than 3 hours of performance : Travel Fee is is $1.66 per mile (or $100/hr of approximate one way driving if you prefer) This covers my gas and time, and to make me accessible to people who want to hire me in areas that are far enough away that I would turn the offer down without the fee. (Consider that an hour and a half of driving for a 1 hour show is: 3 hours of driving round trip, plus the gas expense, usually an hour or more of loading/unloading and setup/breakdown/soundcheck,and 1 hour of playing. That's at least a 5 hour commitment plus almost half a tank of gas in my car. It is unreasonable to expect me to do that for the same price as a local show, hence the travel fee) -I have a $300 minimum for weddings. besides that, same prices apply with some exceptions -I also ask for an additional fee for accommodations if the location requires an overnight stay, for example, if the location was too far to safely drive home that evening. Generally $100 would be sufficient for a room in most areas.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I've been playing music since I was 6, was in choir and band throughout my schooling, was in many types of bands throughout the years, studied music production, performance, and engineering in college. I've been immersed in different forms of musicality for my entire life.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
My father was a jazz musician, and I got my first guitar when I was 6. I went to school for music and have always enjoyed performing. There's nothing I'd rather do.