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Bake

(21,977 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:30 PM Mar 2013

Do you tip the band??

You're out at a bar. The band has a tip jar. You request a song, and they play it for you. Do you kick in to the tip jar?

Bake

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Do you tip the band?? (Original Post) Bake Mar 2013 OP

Is that a rhetorical question. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #1

I tip musicians, song request or not. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #2

Of course I do. I can drink anywhere. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #3

Always... Wait Wut Mar 2013 #4

If I request, always. Otherwise, it depends. talkingmime Mar 2013 #5

You asked for a request? RevStPatrick Mar 2013 #6

As a musician, yes, I ask this question Bake Mar 2013 #8

If I enjoy the music, or they do a request, I always tip. Xithras Mar 2013 #7

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. Is that a rhetorical question.

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:31 PM

Mar 2013

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

2. I tip musicians, song request or not. nt

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:53 PM

Mar 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Of course I do. I can drink anywhere.

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:54 PM

Mar 2013

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

4. Always...

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:18 PM

Mar 2013

...even when it's the husband's band.

Most of my friends (and exes) are musicians. I know how hard they work, what they go through and how little they get paid. I've also been known to leave 'presents' in the tip jar, candy bars, drink tickets, stickers, little notes...

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

5. If I request, always. Otherwise, it depends.

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:40 PM

Mar 2013

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)

6. You asked for a request?

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:48 PM

Mar 2013

And they played it?
And they have a tip jar?
And you need to ask this question?

Bake

(21,977 posts)

8. As a musician, yes, I ask this question

Reply to RevStPatrick (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:50 PM

Mar 2013

Because a lot of folks don't tip the band.

I always shamelessly pimp the tip jar from the mic. I tell the crowd to write their requests on a $20 bill and we will gladly play it!

Bake

Xithras

(16,191 posts)

7. If I enjoy the music, or they do a request, I always tip.

Reply to Bake (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:56 PM

Mar 2013

Even if they do the request badly, they get a tip for making the effort. I won't tip if the band is genuinely terrible and I didn't make any requests, but that's about it (why encourage bad music?) If there's a tip jar out and I get any enjoyment out of their music at all, I'll try to leave something.

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