Klarinet Archive - Posting 000046.txt from 1998/07

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:pit rate
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 13:28:41 -0400

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From: Maestro645@-----.com>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] re:pit rate

>That's it!! I'm moving out of state "when I grow up"!!! Payment for music
is
>so pitifully low in my area, I want to go somewhere else. For example, I
only
>get $25 to play the organ for a church service, $75 a month to play for two
>choirs, which consists of 3 hours of practices, and two church services a
>month. (On second thought, maybe this job pays well.) But for weddings,
etc.
>my teacher told me that a pianist/organist can make $200+ in big cities,
where
>in smaller towns, they cringe at $100! (sigh) I wish there was a way that
>prices could be set, like other jobs. I think a lot of times the amount of
>expertise, work, and love involved in music-making is underappreciated,
>therefore, we get paid less. I wish that would change!
>Chris Hoffman

Rates for other jobs are NOT set. They vary quite a bit across the country.
The hourly rate for factory workers in more rural areas is often about half
what it is in the metropolitan areas.

But then again housing is usually cheaper in rural areas too.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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