wicket_juan said

it's called Living The Dream!   

In this case it's called draining your bank account for a chance to maybe expand your brand and if it doesn't work you won't recoup that money.

King Lucem Ferre said
I know GFC has done shows with Hed (PE) and Jared never paid them.

So if GFC don't pay to play I don't see why anybody else would.  

People usually pay to play for the exposure and in hopes to move merch / get new fans. 

So if GFC don't pay to play I don't see why anybody else would.

scruffy said

wicket_juan said   
openers never sell much merch.    

got me thinkin back, and id say between a quarter and a third of the merch ive bought at shows was from openers or various acts i coulda gave a fuck about before i saw their set.  

basicly, its me sayin, 'hey, you did good, have a few of my dollars.'    

Same. If i've never really heard of them before and liked their set i'll go buy a shirt or cd. I support what I like.

I've never heard of him before but maybe he's got an in with boondox? It is his tour.

wicket_juan said   
openers never sell much merch.    

got me thinkin back, and id say between a quarter and a third of the merch ive bought at shows was from openers or various acts i coulda gave a fuck about before i saw their set.  

basicly, its me sayin, 'hey, you did good, have a few of my dollars.'  

Guest said    
... He isn't going to move shit for merch, how does he expect to recoup?     

he dont.  

Guest said
Damn that's retarded on his part. He isn't going to move shit for merch, how does he expect to recoup? All my freinds that tour/have toured have been paid to do so, usually peanuts... but still paid.   

it's called Living The Dream!

Guest said
Damn that's retarded on his part. He isn't going to move shit for merch, how does he expect to recoup? All my freinds that tour/have toured have been paid to do so, usually peanuts... but still paid.   

It's the same thing Trilogy did when he was on the 1st leg of the Riddlebox Tour. Also the same thing with he did every time he's gone on tour with Twiztid. I'm not gonna drop any of the dollar amounts though.

Guest said
I assumed you ment ticket sales = pay to play. No decent opener has to hustle tickets to perform. If they do, they are paying. I see what you mean though, like this nigga paid cash to be on the tour? Would that have a precident? Never heard about anyone touring with MNE that didn't get paid to do so.   

Yes he paid cash to be on tour. It's called a tour buy on and with that it's supporting the tour as a whole. MNE definitely isn't paying this dude to be on it at all. 

Pigg said   
Dude was on the same Greyhound as me the year I went to GOTJ. I had a free hotel room, so I let the 'Los and lette on the bus shower in the room. Dude was doing lines in my hotel room lol. Remember this dude Scruffy?     

the dude who was so deep in the grip that he had to bust out powder about eight seconds after he was out of public view?  

yeah.  i remember that guy.  

that guy is mister mack-o-ber, or what the hell ever?  

Guest said   
... I see what you mean though, like this nigga paid cash to be on the tour? Would that have a precident? Never heard about anyone touring with MNE that didn't get paid to do so.   

actually, from what ive heard, it not only has precedent, but some fools have taken it to extremes.  

all scuttlebutt, of course.  aint like i bother people about their finances.  they just talk too much.  

but yeah.