Klarinet Archive - Posting 000443.txt from 2002/07

From: Karona Poindexter <poindka@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Movie Trailer Music
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:15:27 -0400

I understand what you are saying. But I am not sure if this notion of
getting the best deal is good for music, especially free-lance
musicians. Let's say one musician is charging someone a $100 per hour
per musician in a trio for a two hour gig. But another musician only
charges $50 for the same thing. The musician who charges less would
probably get the gig. However, in the end both musicians lose. The one
who charges more may get less gigs and the other ultimately, even if he
does get more gigs, does not make enough at these gigs to make a living
off of.

(Of course this is assuming that one is getting the same quality of
playing in both musicians. Sometimes that saying is quite true -- "You
get what you pay for.")

Karona Poindexter

On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 07:33 AM, Robert S. Nalezinski wrote:

> And so where is the problem here? If the gas prices at one station are
> too expensive, you look elsewhere. If you are having your kitchen
> redone and one contractor is too expensive, you look elsewhere. Why
> shouldn't it be the same for musicians?
>
> Also if you are building a house... And want it to be like all those
> nice houses you see in the Bavarian Alps... Would you use Americans to
> build it, or if you have the opportunity, use some visiting Bavarians to
> build it who are also willing to work for less too. Seems very much
> like common sense to me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karona Poindexter [mailto:poindka@-----.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 5:42 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Movie Trailer Music
>
>
> I believe the other BIG complaint by the musicians here as well was the
> hiring of out-of-town musicians because they were willing to play for a
> price below the union rate.
>
> Karona
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 10:04 PM, David B. Niethamer wrote:
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>
>
>>
>> Not that I see many movies, but I'm planing to miss this one.
>>
>> David
>>
>> David Niethamer
>> dnietham@-----.edu
>> http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>>
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