[Dixielandjazz] FW: Bloody Typical

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

Bill,  I would bet that this has happened to everyone in our business at 
one time or another and includes entering through the kitchen, the back 
door or up the service elevator lest we be seen.  I guess you get used 
to being treated like hired help.  Some of thjis is understandable if 
you have a lot of equipment but I have been told to use the back door 
with nothing in my hand but my clarinet. 

There was a joke going around where St. Peter asked the musician if he 
could in the future use the rear entrance.

For one musician (?) to treat another that way is really rude.
Larry Walton
St. Louis

Bill Haesler wrote:
> Dear friends,
> This letter to one of our local newspapers sums up, in a way, what some of
> our DJMLers are on about at the moment.
> Kind regards,
> Bill. 
>
> Idols gave no respect
> 23 November 2005 
> I HAD the questionable privilege of being a guest at the Australian Idol
> telecast on Monday night at the Sydney Opera House. It consisted mostly of
> watching inane video footage of our young finalists' "Idol Journeys" on a
> large screen, somehow making the Opera House Concert Hall feel like some
> very wealthy friend's enormous loungeroom. However, the thing that appalled
> me most, as a professional musician, was the complete lack of
> acknowledgement for the band. Not one singer who performed turned around to
> thank music director John Foreman or any of the musicians present, many of
> whom are degree-qualified instrumentalists and very highly experienced
> performers in Australia and abroad. Determined to let the band know I
> appreciated their efforts, I made my way down to the official after-party
> only to discover that the band hadn't been invited. If the Idols want to be
> respected as valid performing artists, they could start by showing respect
> for their fellow performers.
> Sally Whitwell
> Sydney, NSW 
>
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