To all the musicians out there who love music, love their life of music, and love to make a living through music, listen up!  I need your help creating a database of venues around the world who appreciate and therefore pay decent guaranteed fees to musicians performing mostly original music.  Every musician that participates (which means giving the name and some details about a venue you KNOW pays and treats musicians decently) will gain access to the “Gigs That Guarantee” database.  You can plan your next tour by searching the database in any category…. location, region, price per gig, venue type, etc etc.  So next time you’re on the road, you’ll be performing for fans AND money, instead of for bookers and venues who only care about ticket prices and drink sales.

I want to make this a really successful and useful database.  I want to offer it to musicians who are talented, driven, doing this for a living with honed performance skills.  Now, I don’t want these venues to suddenly be bombarded with phone calls from part-time hobbyist performers looking to make a buck.  Soooooo what I’ve decided is to offer the username and password for the database (which will live on this site… soon) to any musician who 1. performs for a living and 2. provides the database with at least 2 new venues that pay at least $100 (and this is 100% confirmed and current).

The hope is that word will get around, the database will grow, and venues that are part of the database will be rewarded with more great musicians playing in their spaces. Ideally, other non-paying venues will catch on and start to pay, realizing that quality music has picked up its gig bags and taken its talent elsewhere.   Really, this is the magic bean of a giant beanstalk… one that will help raise the bar.

To participate, send an email to info@cbemusic.com with the following information:

City    State    Country    Phone    Email    Contact Name    Website    Pay Minimum    Genre    Capacity    Type of Venue

I’d LOVE your thoughts and additions to this Gigs That Guarantee idear.  I know there are similar things out there, but nothing that really makes me go “wow, that is so easy to use, and up-to-date!”. Please spread the word about Gigs That Guarantee!!!