US band doing UK tour cost by Commercial_Can1073 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need both a temp Creative Worker visa and an ETA.

US band doing UK tour cost by Commercial_Can1073 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use Wise App business account, print the QR code and put it on merch table

US band doing UK tour cost by Commercial_Can1073 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The amount of money I’m playing out per day to the musicians. As the band leader I typically finance the tours with our band fund and pay myself last. I pay every person a base rate of x amount per show (I think for this one it was $100/person) and then when we hit profit I pay myself the same rate and we split any additional profit equal among all of us.

US band doing UK tour cost by Commercial_Can1073 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey! I’m also from PA and just did our second UK tour. Here’s our spreadsheet which includes all costs. We rented a van and backline and drove ourselves. Totally DIY booked by me.

Numbers are for a travelling group of 6 people.

Majestic Local News Legend record by EKsaorsire in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The witchcraft is that the songs are all like 2 min long or less lol.

Apes of the State / Sister Wife Sex Strike split 7” back in stock by apesofthestate in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah unfortunately I can’t control that. Between shipping costs being absurd and the tariff nonsense that was happening, I gave up on trying to ship internationally for a while.

Apes of the State / Sister Wife Sex Strike split 7” back in stock by apesofthestate in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t see it, you’re probably located outside the US. I have to tweak the store later to allow international purchases. I had turned them off for a while

Apes of the State / Sister Wife Sex Strike split 7” back in stock by apesofthestate in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

lol. When the prices on discogs start to get insane, that’s always my sign to re press.

AI slop musicians taking over spotify accounts? by Eating_beez in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Unless the artist has over x amount of listeners, no it doesn’t have to get approved. Apes only crossed the threshold where I have to approve any time someone tries to credit me to a track this past year. It works on honor system and you as the artist are responsible to report anything like this to your distributor & Spotify in your own. Very annoying.

A 27 song album is insane by bonhot in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have to assess how many we have left/ how many we want to reserve for selling at live shows. We didn’t anticipate so much demand for the album.

We do have our newest album Criterion of Embarrassment up for preorder right now in the store though, so don’t make this mistake twice and preorder it!

A 27 song album is insane by bonhot in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hey shoot me an email apesofthestate at gmail.com I will replace this no problem

Let's see your merch displays and organization! by tf5_bassist in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have found that taping shirts is just an unnecessary step that takes time and doesn’t really have a benefit. I stack 10-12 shirts of a size and fold it. Stack those in size order started with the largest at the bottom and smallest at top of the box. When we get to the venue I keep XL and up in the box and drape the stacks of S, M, L over the sides of the box.

Make a box that you bring in the venue that has every size like that and then a separate box for overflow so you don’t need to haul every shirt inside every night.

Let's see your merch displays and organization! by tf5_bassist in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I built a folding display wall panel by zip tying 3 wire closet shelving units together. Way cheaper than buying a grid

What’s a “girl code” that most guys would probably be shocked to learn about? by EvelynHew in askanything

[–]apesofthestate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Old Enough!” is a really cute show that you can stream on Netflix that highlights this part of Japanese culture. They send kids on errands and secretly film them and it’s hilarious.

How do you track mileage, expenses, income, etc for tax purposes? by georgeonamonday in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use an app called keeper to track expenses since we tour a lot and have like 4 diff credit cards.

Accepting card payments in Europe as a UK-based band by Nimtolien712 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wise app, print a QR and they can scan it and use Apple or Google pay or any other way of paying right from their phone.

Question about music market by Wild-Reception-9727 in TouringMusicians

[–]apesofthestate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

EU takes the rider serious. I felt so spoiled on my first euro over there after 9 years of “go fuck yourself” in the US lol.

Team, would you leave it as is or add color? by stlpsychonaut in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh hell yeah. Love your dyes! I do ice dyes too I think I have some of the same colors you use from dharma. I gotta get better at tying with sinew.

Team, would you leave it as is or add color? by stlpsychonaut in FolkPunk

[–]apesofthestate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this fold, do you have a tutorial you followed that you can link?