When Frehley's band, Cathedral, started earning a series of paying gigs, Frehley dropped out of high school.

"In March," he said, "I've got 10 dates - 8 of them are paid gigs, and the others are for charities."

Within two weeks they had landed paying gigs at the Cactus Cafe.

The DJ Mixes area was developed to allow Canadian DJs to showcase their skills, hopefully leading to paying gigs at nightclubs and events.

Although he lives from paying gigs since settling in Germany in 1996, he still does an occasional street show just to entertain people and to advertise his work.

To his surprise, his group, called My Brothers Banned, immediately received paying gigs.

I am so shy I turn down paying gigs to hype my books (to children at schools and libraries).

Originally started as a scheme for local musicians to get paying gigs from the University.

However, their early rehearsals generated such interest that the group was offered paying gigs and decided to remain instrumental.

The band signed a six-month management contract which brought with it better paying gigs at Rick's.