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Originally Posted by silenced
Do you think bands are being exploited by club owners? .
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Yes. I also think the sun rises in the east and water flows downhill.
That club is in a sense a market for work. But it's a black market, off the books and under the table. Owners' interests ensure this will stay the same - no owner will ever think twice about passing over a club band who inisist on a federal minimum wage. Upon hearing that, the owner would 1) chuckle and 2) reach into the very next CD on the pile and book that band instead.
Supply big. Demand small. The imbalance means legal wage levels
don't apply. It's a different deal with burgerflippers, though. With these organizations, demand is much bigger. Wages then matter more and laws are not ignored quite as much.
This doesn't in my mind take anybody off the hook for behaving badly, exploiting artists, etc. I merely point out that the big imbalance between supply and demand in a club is never going to take a backseat to any other law.
-r