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| 17 Jan 12, 11:20 PM wonderer UK, 5 yrs   |
Have you tried the Job Centre?
"Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates) | |
| 17 Jan 12, 11:28 PM Shaydes UK(W), 9 yrs |
Or get a great place like yours, build a dungeon in it and let folks use it for excellent rates. Has that been done? Think outside the box if you will, but I still have you tied up inside it! | |
| 17 Jan 12, 11:35 PM Skylon UK(BS), 8 yrs |
I worked in a fetish club once, it was great. Moved about 200 chairs up and down two floors.
Didn't have to pay the door fee. -------------------
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| 17 Jan 12, 11:55 PM rubberroy UK(TN), 6 yrs |
I used to get paid to play music at fetish clubs, it wasn't a lot, there was moving my sound system about, lugging boxes of records about, and always being the last one out, but I met some nice people doing so. I suspect most club dj's these days do it for even less than i did! Supplier of classic motor omnibuses for weddings and all sorts of events in the south of England. | |
| 18 Jan 12, 12:16 AM Caracal UK(SS), 5 yrs      |
What about going into retail? Shops like Ann Summers often advertise for staff. It won't involve a great deal of travelling but you may end up being the resident expert on the stuff at the back of the shop. | |
| 18 Jan 12, 12:37 AM gipsydelight UK(PO), 7 yrs |
A good start would be for you add Torture Garden to your facebook friends and look out for when they are looking for volunteers to help. I know of a couple of girls who have worked as models at Torture Garden and Rubber Ball, but they are very modelesque and alternative looking and don't just work for TG, they are hired through their modelling agency. As most fetish nights are held in ordinary club venues, then the bar , cloakroom and door staff are the established club's staff. Everyone else is a voluntary helper. Some fetish clubs book burlesque and circus acts. Maybe it would be a good idea to take take the time and training required and develop a unique look and act they might be interested in. | |
| 18 Jan 12, 6:53 PM DOM_estics  UK(SG), 3 yrs  |
in the music industry the old fashioned way was to start as the person making tea and make your way up. Put the effort in, volunteer, get to know people, make contacts, do the leg work, talk to promoters, you get the idea, it will be a hard slog, and it may not pay off, but if you want it bad enough you will find a way to make it happen. Nick DOM-estics.co.uk
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| 18 Jan 12, 7:34 PM Phallocrat_London UK(W), 5 mths  |
Not really an expert on the 'scene', but I guess a strategy that could work would be to procure/construct/otherwise get your hands on some toys/clothes/furniture/fluorescent bits or anything else that you think the BDSM crowd may be interested in purchasing and selling said merchandise on LAM/BBB/LFF or other events in the UK or possibly abroad. Even renting out dungeon/BDSM equipment (with delivery!) might be a workable business. You 'd be your own boss, and with hard work and a bit of entrepreneurial spirit you could possibly make a living out of it. It even needn't necessarily be just at BDSM events/shops that you sell your merchandise, I think BDSM paraphernalia could possibly be sold in other venues like music festivals etc. Best of luck with your search. The answer is still 42 | |
| 18 Jan 12, 9:21 PM FluffySub UK(NN), 6 yrs      |
I run a little event with some friends. By the time we've paid for goodies for our guests, costs like advertising, the venue hire, help towards petrol for our long distance travellers, yadda yadda yadda... we have about enough left to buy the crew (who get in for nothing) drinks and a pizza/sarnie. Unless you're involved with the Big Boys (I'm guessing TG & Skin Two) I very much doubt you'll make an income out of it. If you do, please let me know how! Not huffy or stuffy, nor tiny or tall,
But fluffy, just fluffy, with no brains at all. | |
| 23 Jan 12, 11:43 AM bohnanza UK(FK), 12 yrs |
Steve Jobs' start in the music industry was by telling them how to do it and taking a cut of each sale. You could try the same approach, think of something really wizard and new, then get a cut of every entrance fee. I have the perfect accent for conflict resolution, shame about the personality. |
