Klarinet Archive - Posting 000447.txt from 2002/07

From: "Robert S. Nalezinski" <nalezinski@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Movie Trailer Music
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:47:28 -0400

...And I understand what you are saying... But I do not see how the
musician who charges $50 loses. First he has secured a gig, and
secondly, he is being heard... Which may help him secure more gigs down
the road.

Also music is in the eye of the beholder. Suppose the first musician
is truly a great musician, and the second musician is not as good... But
only slightly. To the average listener (which are likely to be the
likes of Joe-The-Non-Musician and Jane-I-Can't-Play...) Who is to know
the difference? Will the average person really notice subtle differences
in their playing?

This is a world of supply and demand... (and yes you get what you pay
for often) But if someone is willing to pay only so much... It is their
ears... And their choice.

That is what freedom is all about after all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Karona Poindexter [mailto:poindka@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Movie Trailer Music

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

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