Klarinet Archive - Posting 000197.txt from 2009/11

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar Winspear Hall
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:41:04 -0500

Yes Fred....

The company makes a ton of money selling the performances to the theater outlets, etc. The negotiations were so
complex...that the Union/players and the company finally decided on a lump sum addition to salaries. It's been very good
for the company.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred [mailto:vze2bsbs@-----.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 4:37 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar
Winspear Hall

Are you saying that the musicians get $28000 MORE without doing
anything more because their images are used to make a profit for the
Met? Holy bananas WOW.

Fred

At 05:16 PM 11/29/2009, you wrote:
>And...the Met Orchestra has negotiated a media contract that deals
>with all types of media use, which I believe is about
>an additional $28,000 per year in salary....
>
>We'll be doing the same thing in Dallas, with the opera during the
>next contract negotiation.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dee Flint [mailto:deeflint01@-----.net]
>Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:48 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas
>Ballet Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar
>Winspear Hall
>
>Yes the Met thing is really not at all the same. It's purpose is to earn
>money by getting in an audience that could not or would not travel to NYC.
>Afterall, it's cost prohibitive to attend the Met if you live in Denver nor
>even Michigan.
>
>Dee
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fred" <vze2bsbs@-----.net>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet
>Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar Winspear Hall
>
>
> > Sounds sort of like what the Met Opera in New York is doing - the MET in
> > HD in the theaters IS video and audio recording. But at the Met Opera
> > house its all live.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > At 01:57 PM 11/29/2009, you wrote:
> >>At 11:17 AM 11/29/2009, you wrote:
> >>>Well if you ask me, it sounds like that's the beginning of the end for
> >>>the ballet around here. If they can't even manage to hire a live
> >>>orchestra for the one ballet everyone takes their kids to see (ballet
> >>>fans or not), their days are numbered.
> >>
> >>Why don't they go all the way and just show a VIDEO of the ballet?
> >>
> >>
> >>Bill Hausmann
> >>
> >>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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