Terry_42

Now I hope this does not come around too hard but: If you do not ask money for it, it is not worth anything and this is how you get treated.
Never ever play for free. This has nothing to do with promoting yourself.
If you had a restaurant, would you come to my new years party with 50 people and cook for free to promote your restaurant? (If you do please call me)

I ask for money if I play. I tell the managers/owners/whoever upfront what I am going to play. If they do not feel about it, then well I pass. If it is the first time in their club, well a discount is OK, but I clearly state on my contract that it is for e.g. a ONE TIME 20% discount.

Of course weddings are different. There I play whatever they ask me to play. But I also prepare this in the talk beforehand and there are borders I will not cross, I rather pass on the gig.

Thanks, I am thinking about a “controller FAQ” …

They are really 2 very different controllers. I would head to the reloop website and look which of the controllers layout looks better to you. Both will get the job done.

That depends what you expect and want.

You cannot say this in general. Things have changed, the music industry was a piece of crap even in the early years. Just read up on Tom Petty and his lawsuits to improve conditions for musicians.
The problem with music and industry is, that an artist want’s to create something, earn a living from it but most of all touch others with their art. Then there is the industry, their sole purpose is to make money for investors who have no interest in the art, they want to exploit that industry as best they can.

Now some things in my above text maybe over the top for some part, it is written to stress 2 extremes.

however it is the solution… sorry if it is not what you hoped for.

Well it is one more thing that can fail in the chain. I only do it, bc I use several mics when I am mobile sometimes and additional sound equipment that I need the mixer for. If you have no need for that the phantom adapter will do.