> I played for 25 mins in front of 1000 people and spent 8+ hours total all-in to make 200 bucks. Perhaps a bit cynical, but my thinking has long been that if

> I played for 25 mins in front of 1000 people and spent 8+ hours total all-in to make 200 bucks. Perhaps a bit cynical, but my thinking has long been that if I see a band that's playing in a venue that takes like 100-200 people or so[1], they're doing it out of passion. And that immediately makes it more interesting for me to go. I've had lots of great experiences that way, including for bands that's normally way outside my comfort zone. And as the price of admission is fairly low, if it somehow is a miss it's not a big deal. Now, as I know they're making little or no money on the gig itself, I usually end up buying some merch. [1]: I'm in Norway, we don't have a ton of large venues.