Pay to play

Hey there,
It's been a very, very long time since I posed on this board, so I doubt any of you guys would remember me. But it's good to see it's still operating.
Since I was last here, I've had a bit of a change of career, and am now working as a freelance journalist. I'm working on a piece about pay to play venues in the city, which I know a lot of people here have had to deal with at one point or another. If there's anyone who has had a bad experience out there (or a good one for that matter), I ask that you please send me an e-mail. I'd really love to talk about this (on the record, of course).
You can reach me at adamjosephkovac@gmail.com.
For the moderators, I hope you don't mind if I also post this on the music discussion forum so that more people can see it. If it's a problem and needs to removed, please remove this post.
Anyway, thanks for your time everyone.
Adam