> I'm sorry noone wants to listen to your garage band anymore
That's exactly the problem. People _are_ still listening to local bands, they're just not paying them to do so.
That's exactly the problem. People _are_ still listening to local bands, they're just not paying them to do so.
I doubt the margins from records & CD sales made them a killing.
Otherwise, if we weren't hosting, the money we were paid for playing wasn't even enough to cover band expenses (instrument maintenance, travel costs, etc). Selling merch helped. Selling LPs / EPs was usually just an attempt to make back the cost of recording them in the first place.
If the band was signed, things were different depending on their specific deal. But those bands probably don't count as just "local" anymore, at that point.