Door cuts to touring bands?
On a DIY run of the Midwest and not sure how to conduct payout. I booked 100% of the shows, finding each band for each bill and have been handling all the door money.
Is giving door cuts to touring bands standard anymore? We started post-COVID, not sure how etiquette was before but things are so spotty with people either graciously offering their door cut or being weird and insisting on a Venmo the next morning. There was this dude last night talking all night about how “we’re gonna get you some money for the road and gas” and then I woke up to a DM asking for his cut. A lot of the bands were playing with haven’t toured before, so there’s no way for them to get how important their $70 dollars of the cut is so we can eat.
I have all the money from all the shows and will finish book keeping when we’re done the run. Should I try to teach a lesson and say that standard etiquette is to give touring bands door cut? Is that even standard? Should I lay down the law and keep the money? Should I quit the band and go back to college?
What do you think? Cheers.
Posted Jul 10, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC