Ok, I figure I would give you some time to let all this information sink in to your thick little skulls. All those figures and facts can be overwhelming when you first read about it, but that is what you need to know.

Well, Times up!

So now what the hell are you going to do about this? I know what you have done up until now. NOTHING! Do you think any of the punk bands that you all list as influences would have paid-to-play? But then this has really nothing to do with those bands, does it? It has to do with right now and for the most part these bands do not exist anymore. So let me ask you again, what are you going to do about this pay-to-play thing that has taken over almost every venue in LA, Orange County and Riverside County and is slowly creeping across the country? I mean it's not like bands don't have any power here because the truth of it, bands have all the power. If they can't get bands to play, then the venue closes down. The venue doesn't want to close down anymore than you want it to so don't worry about that. Pay-to-play has nothing to do with paying your dues. That is complete bullshit. Pay-to-play has everything to do with you doing the work and paying some greedy asshole that doesn't deserve a cent. When are you guys going to wake up and smell the beer (who drinks coffee other than at Starbucks). Most of the guys who call themselves promoters are also in bands... DO YOU THINK THIER BAND PAYS-TO-PLAY? HELL NO, THEY DON"T! You would think these guys would be on your side, wrong! Do you know why they started promoting in the first place? They figured if they were doing all this work booking shows for their bands they might as well get a little money on the side since all of you were hitting them up about putting your band on a show. There are 2 sides to this issue and you are going to be on one side or the other. Either you are going to be part of the problem or part of the solution. It takes 5 second to decide. So I ask you again, what are you going to do about it?

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