Haha those are my gameboys. That show was fucking great, my gear almost got trashed because the crowd was pretty much entirely around the stage. Definitely cleaned a lot of beer off of it. Also that whoomp there it is chant is the worst.
Selling stuff on the road is a good way to go. People are genuinely interested in helping out independent artists if they like you. Even "free w donation" can have surprising results
People are asking questions because touring is hard. Like, it's really easy to lose a ton of money with zero gain if you don't do it right. It's my opinion that they were just being thoughtfully concerned.
Also the Charlotte show was awful because it was at a terrible venue with barely any people at it.
I charge by the minute of finished music. Under that scale $20 is very reasonable IMO
But the contest factor man
the contest factor ;(
I'm not arguing that it isn't a fine price for a jingle, I was just suggesting to OP for something like this it would be much more becoming to research first and approach someone. Listen to some tracks, see who you like, reach out. There are plenty of able and talented dudes here. Maybe I'm old fashioned tho.
Oh yeah I spaced on the contest factor. You're right
it's 4 notes dude. I mean I get it but it's 4 notes.
It's just that this is just very emblematic of the argument we all face while trying to legitimately pursue this. I know I don't have to tell you that though. It's hard for me to see this behavior and not feel a bit jaded.
I charge by the minute of finished music. Under that scale $20 is very reasonable IMO