Let me phrase it a different way: "can you succeed to keep this gig if you stop throwing in additional freebies to change things up?"Actually, no, this did achieve a goal. The post Commander came up to me last night and made mention about the light (in a good way). I told him, "Just trying to keep changing things up a bit." He was highly complimentary and appreciated my efforts. This gig is making me $20k per year. It's 2 nights per week and very easy. Keeping things fresh for the patrons is important, and not just a "feels good" issue.
Again, just food for thought.
It's not unusual for a venue owner to compliment us on something they didn't have to pay for.
It's also not $20k per year until you last the entire year, and then do the math. (i.e. There's an appropriate time to count our chickens, and now might not be that time.)