Okay, go ahead and groan. I know a lot of you are not in the US and are used to high fuel prices, but this is going to hit us hard in the US. My band works on contracts made 6-8 month in advance. The music buyers for our market, primarily Northern Nevada are poised ready to cancel gigs and are reluctant to sign new contracts because they assume the crowds will not come because of the gas prices. In the states, if you set your music up as a business you can deduct the fuel prices off your taxes, but you still need to pay at the pump. We just did a two casino loop in to Nevada and back. My trip meter had 1436 miles on it for this excursion. Average gas price was $4.29 and my mini van gets 20 MPG. That's $308 for gas in one of our vehicles and our band uses two cars. This hurts our business.
Is anybody out their experiencing similar situations? Are the clubs cutting back in your area? Are contracts being canceled? Is it becomming harder to get to the gig?
Is anybody out their experiencing similar situations? Are the clubs cutting back in your area? Are contracts being canceled? Is it becomming harder to get to the gig?
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