How to get rebooked: your reputation is your rate

The gray areas that quietly raise or wreck your price. Lesson 1.6, Reputation Is Your Rate, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 1.6 · about 20 minutes

Reputation Is Your Rate

The gray areas that quietly raise or wreck your price.

Skill: Clean Rep

Venue reputation game, Lesson 1.6 Reputation Is Your Rate: the first call on a phone screen, the owner pays Your Act $250 cash in an envelope: "Cash means no paperwork, right? I'm... — The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.

Your first call

The owner pays Your Act $250 cash in an envelope: "Cash means no paperwork, right? I'm not putting you on my books." You plan to spend it on gas and strings this week.

AAsk for a check next time, so there's a paper trail.
BTake it. It's envelope money; you'll sort it out at tax time.
CTake it, and log it in your phone before you leave the lot.

Every option is something a working player really does. Which one would you pick? The game shows you what each one costs or earns.

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What you walk away with

The skill: Clean Rep.
Your after-lesson checklist: clear steps and "say it like this" scripts, with your act's name on it. Print it or save it as a PDF.
About 20 minutes, on your phone or laptop. Replay it until you hit the top rank.

Everything in the game is made up: the venues, the people, the money. General information, not financial, legal or tax advice.

Unit 1 · The Business of the Gig

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Part of Unit 1: The Business of the Gig in the Thriving Musicians course. Pick your free lesson.

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Reputation Is Your Rate

What you walk away with

Unit 1 · The Business of the Gig

Get paid what you're worth.

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