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    When negotiating a private affair it is normal to raise the possibility of an extension request, e.g., if the thing is unexpectedly still on fire about the time of the last tune, but the hostess wishes the music to continue beyond the agreed period. Agreeing on that in advance makes it easy for her and the band - she just asks for more.

    Sometimes the same thing can happen in a regular place where their evening's business seems to be unaccountably accelerating and they also want to extend the music through the happy surprise.

    To make your suggestions coherent across different agreed play periods, locations, sizes of bands and venues, etc., how about as additional percent of total per additional time?

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    That's happened to me and others I've known. If they want more you happily give them more with a smile. But you don't ask for more. A decent host will top up the original amount if it's obviously going on longer than originally planned. And most hosts are very decent, especially if you were good. I've never known it otherwise.

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    Agreed upon time and pay means more pay must be involved for me to go over more than a 15 minute encore for a great crowd who is also tipping well. I have found most clubs will happily pay extra when business is booming.

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    Gas, grass, or a**, no music rides for free!

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    It could be complicated, but I'd probably just keep it simple.

    It was $X for two hours and now you want a third hour? It's $X*3/2. Same hourly rate for the additional hour.

    In reality, it doesn't fully make sense. I often think, we'll happily play for free -- if you come over to where we practice. But, if you want us to play a show at your venue, we need to be paid for moving and setting up all the gear (and playing what you want rather than what we want to play).

    So, they could argue, we've already paid you to move the gear, the third hour should be cheaper. To which I would say, I see your point but the price is $X*3/2.

    That said, if the gig was truly high paying, I'd be more generous in response to a request to play more.

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    When busking you do not ask. You are happy about the Arab who wants to get rid of his copper small change but you are also happy about the guy telling you "I am from Filastine!" giving you a 10 EUR bill ...