2. The band sold a total of $4k in tickets. If tickets were $10 then that’s 400 tickets. So roughly 10 people per show.
3. They apparently own their own van.
4. They slept on people’s floors and couches.
5. They apparently didn’t eat or drink.
6. They didn’t insure the tour or their gear.
7. There was no contingency for emergencies.
8. They presumably booked the tour themselves and self manage (which might explain why they are playing to ten people at a time)
9. According to Wikipedia the band has five members.
10. Their 37 day tour grossed $8598 with costs of $3096.
And still, their take for the tour was $5502. For a 37 day tour. For a band with five members.
That’s a grand total of $30 a day.
So in reality this tour cost them whatever their daily living costs are, less $30.
I don’t know what living costs are like in Milwaukee - nor what they were like in 2014 - but let’s assume that the band members are all single and happy to live a relatively basic life and need $30,000 each per year to cover their costs.
That’s $82 a day each. So between them to survive 37 days they need a total of $15170
So they lost $10k on this tour.
They would have been better off giving 1000 people $10 to buy their album on bandcamp.
2. The band sold a total of $4k in tickets. If tickets were $10 then that’s 400 tickets. So roughly 10 people per show.
3. They apparently own their own van.
4. They slept on people’s floors and couches.
5. They apparently didn’t eat or drink.
6. They didn’t insure the tour or their gear.
7. There was no contingency for emergencies.
8. They presumably booked the tour themselves and self manage (which might explain why they are playing to ten people at a time)
9. According to Wikipedia the band has five members.
10. Their 37 day tour grossed $8598 with costs of $3096.
And still, their take for the tour was $5502. For a 37 day tour. For a band with five members.
That’s a grand total of $30 a day.
So in reality this tour cost them whatever their daily living costs are, less $30.
I don’t know what living costs are like in Milwaukee - nor what they were like in 2014 - but let’s assume that the band members are all single and happy to live a relatively basic life and need $30,000 each per year to cover their costs.
That’s $82 a day each. So between them to survive 37 days they need a total of $15170
So they lost $10k on this tour.
They would have been better off giving 1000 people $10 to buy their album on bandcamp.