Financial means aside, the fear of being easily replaced is another reason why it is difficult for gig economy non-unionized, autonomous freelancers to organize and engage in collective bargaining with their platform-controlling employers.
"I didn't have a fanbase at the time and it was difficult to get gigs with promoters because no one knew who I was," she says.
It's difficult to envisage a gig by a music A-lister that is less po-faced, less concerned with being hip, or more preposterously entertaining.
Despite the fact that it might be difficult to land a gig tons of models strive for, Carrera has insisted anything is possible.
Thankfully, the sound had marginally improved by the time they played "Back In Black", but I still found it difficult to connect to the gig in any way.
"The band have therefore made the difficult decision to cancel these gigs as they feel that they will not be able to do justice to their live show and the fans who have bought tickets with Matt performing on crutches".
Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are having a gruelling August, hauling themselves from gig to gig playing to difficult, hard to please crowds, getting brutal reviews and by this point, even they must be bored of their own material.
A comic once told me that there's only one thing more difficult than your first stand-up gig.
So you want gigs, and they're difficult to get.
He and his brother Daniel came up with the idea for Gig after they found it difficult to efficiently staff Maki, the sushi restaurant chain they opened last year.
