NeGO!tiation vs. Gambling

I absolutely love booking shows and the music industry so much that I often forget that all I am basically doing is a version of controlled gambling.

Ok ok, so it's not EXACTLY like playing roulette or craps... It's even better...

I am "buying" bands for a night at a pre-conceived notion of worth then re-selling them in the hopes of making all the money I invested into them for the night back and then some. That of course is the very abridged version of the whole process and maybe I'll dive deeper into it at some point but not right now. No, right now I must go back to trying to read your mind to figure out how many of you will go see BAND X on DATE Y for PRICE Z.

SEE FOR YOURSELF.