Klarinet Archive - Posting 000097.txt from 1997/07

From: Ryan Lowe <ryan@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Need recordings ASAP...HELP!
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 20:51:44 -0400

Johns Hopkins University. I was accepted this year. If you decide to do
that, you have to have a LOT of money! I would have gone there (over
Boston Conservatory) but it was too much money

Ryan

At 10:45 PM 7/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Mr. Jacobowitz...
> Hello... thanks for your reply... Being that I know a bit about
>the music business already, I would like to thank you for reminding me.
>I forgot that the artists make a certain amount on their recordings...
>(something like 90cents/recording)... The only reason why I was so
>desperate was because I went to my local "The Wall" and looked up the
>pieces & their recording on their "Brain" & they said that they wouldn't
>be able to get the ones that I found... I called other places, however,
>they too couldn't get the recordings that I needed.
> A former teacher of mine used to make cassette recordings of CD's
>that she had for me...is it that bad?
> One final question, I am on the college search... Peabody is
>among one of my choices. I'm looking into pursuing a dual major with
>Music Performance & Business Administration. Can you refresh my memory
>as to what academic school Peabody is associated with? Also, do you do
>any of the auditions for the college division?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> ken
>
>On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 15:19:56 -0400 (EDT) Fred Jacobowitz
><fredj@-----.edu> writes:
>>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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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