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Your real hourly rate as a gigging musician

Strip a $500 gig down to what you really made per hour. Lesson 3.4, The Real Cost of a Gig, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 3.4 · about 20 minutes

The Real Cost of a Gig

Strip a $500 gig down to what you really made per hour.

The tag says $500 for three hours. Strip it down to what you really made per hour.

Skill: Know Your Real Rate
Real hourly rate game, Lesson 3.4 The Real Cost of a Gig: the first call on a phone screen, $500 for three hours. Find everything else it took.
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
How it opens
$500 for three hours. Find everything else it took.
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What you walk away with

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