A Roadie's Take On "Pay To Play" & Tour Buy-Ons | [61 HOURS EARLY] (Patreon)

A Roadie's Take On "Pay To Play" & Tour Buy-Ons

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about "Pay To Play", which is an extremely common business practice in the live music industry, believe it or not. In this video, I'm going to use my experience of actually playing some of these shows and working for bands to explain what "Pay To Play" and Tour Buy-Ons are, why bands may feel forced into doing it, and whether or not it's worth it in the long run. 00:00 Intro 02:36 What Is "Pay To Play"? 03:21 How Does "Pay To Play" Work? 05:02 How Do Local Bands Come Up With The Money? 06:43 Is It Worth It? 10:26 What Is A Tour Buy-On? 11:03 How Does A Tour Buy-On Work For An Unsigned Band? 15:08 How Tour Buy-Ons Work For Bigger/Signed Bands 18:29 Final Thoughts 19:37 Outro ---------- Merchandise: https://tankthetechmerch.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tankthetech Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/tankthetech ---------- Wanna rock the same jewelry that you see in my videos? GTHIC Jewelry is the only brand that I wear on a regular basis, and they have designs and styles for just about everyone's tastes! Check out the link below, and don't forget to add the discount code "Tank20" at checkout for 20% off of your entire order! https://gthic.com/?aff=291 ---------- Be sure to follow me on my other social media platforms: The Back Lounge Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/tankthetech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankthetech Twitter: https://twitter.com/tankthetech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tankthetech Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/tankthetech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TankTheTech ---------- Follow my created streaming playlists all of the music featured on my channel: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LNgoaHewY0hxHMDfoUQvx?si=qX85XXyZQnaDEM0jzhInEg Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/roadie-reactions-playlist/pl.u-RRbVv17s3zKlAA ---------- #paytoplay #tourbuyons #roadiereactions #tankthetech