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A "Cover Band" Drummer get a minumum pay of at least a pay of $300-$1000 per gig. Plus tips. A real band drummer (Motley Crue, Nickelback, Fall out boy) gets paid up to $1,000,000 a yr or 5 months

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The reality of this questions is interesting and wide ranging to say the least. Let me try to explain. "Salaries", in the "session drummer" world varies greatly depending on which aspect of sessions you are specifically talking about. There is the "Hal Blaine" type player that constantly plays on five sessions a day for years and the money reflects that. Millions a year. There is the local session player. Programming and playing on local Ad's and commercials and giging with a full time lesson schedule, which is a common "everyday"man way to support yourself as a professional drummer and can be a great living and offers the ability to stay put and off the road and still pull in 50 to 100k a year. Then there are hundreds of thousands of "session drummers" who never make more than a few thousand dollars a year doing the odd session every few months. The Money really varies. A good session drummer really comes down to, the ability to read and play all styles of music with authentic feel and yet infuse enough of yourself into the part to set your sound apart from the masses and your business can skyrocket overnight!

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It depends on how good you are and who you play with.

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Professionally about $35,000-$150,000

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About 75$ a gig.

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