Klarinet Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 1997/07

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Need recordings ASAP...HELP!
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 15:19:56 -0400

Kenneth,
Being far from a store is no excuse for illegally dubbing
copyrighted material. We have among the finest postal services in the
world in this country (DESPITE its problems), not to mention a plethora of
shippers such as UPS. Therefore, you can simply call up (or have your
parents do it) any store and ask them to ship the requisite recordings out
to you posthaste. How fast you get it only depends on how much you can
afford to spend on the shipping. Same day shipping is indeed expensive
(but sometimes necessary.
What I'm getting at here is that we must support the music
industry. If record companies cannot sell their recordings then they will
not make more. It is simply not good enough to plead inaccessibility or
even poverty (although I'm sure many people will and do). There are many
solutions such as public libraries, interlibrary loans, asking friends to
loan you the recordings, etc.
I play in a Klezmer band (Machaya Klezmer band) which has released
two recordings, now. We have been unusually lucky to have broken even on
both (and even made a few hundred bucks in profit from the first one).
Suffice to say that ALMOST NOONE makes much money on recordings except
Micheal Jackson and record companies are losing money on virtually every
classical album they produce (except for Luciano Pavarotti). So you are
really slighting the performers when you dub recordings instead of buying
them. Think of it as a long-term investment. You'll have these recordings
for decades. How many cents does that come out to over that long term?

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, FROM ME MAN wrote:

> Hello,
> I need the recordings of Mendelssohn's Concertpieces #1& #2, and
> of Stravinsky's Three Pieces. I know that they are available at Tower,
> however, that's in NYC & I don't go in that often anymore. I would also
> like the recordings by this Sunday because I would like to work on these
> pieces at NJ Governor's School. If anyone can help, please let me know.
>
> And...if anyone would be willing to simply put these pieces onto
> cassette tape & could send it to one of my addresses below, I would
> gladfully send a money-order for the amount that you charge in return.
> Just tell me before you send anything to confirm first :-).
> Thanks a lot! The 1st address is my home address. I will be at
> that address up until July 5th & then after August 2nd. The other is my
> Governor's School address which I will be at from July 6th-August 2nd.
> Your responses are greatly appreciated!
>
> Kenneth Chin Kenneth Chin
> 55 Ann Street c/o Governor's School of the Arts
> Dover, NJ 07801-4449 The College of New Jersey
> Phone # (973)361-3617 Hillwood Lakes, CN 4700
> Trenton, NJ 08650-4700
>
>