[Dixielandjazz] Pay Scales

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

That has nothing to do with music though.  That could be offered by any 
insurance company that didn't have their head up their A** but sadly isn't.
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pay Scales


> The reason I am a union member is because I am able to get the performance
> insurance for $255 a year.... not available to non union musicians.
>
> Russ Guarino
>
> Mike wrote:
>
>> Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis wrote:
>> > I am still a union member but you need to think about it.  Most of the
>> > people I work with have been union members at one time or another and
>> > are pretty disillusioned with it.
>>
>> I know a lot of musicians in my area are not Union and many
>> became that way because they really didn't see the Union working
>> for them.
>> > If I had to depend on the Union I would be out of business but it's
>> > really not fair to put that all on them.  Unions have been in the
>> > decline for a lot of years.  It is a good place to network with other
>> > musicians and may be worth the dues just for that.
>> > Larry
>>
>> We've all seen what the digital age has done with the music
>> industry. It remains to be seen if Union can actually keep up
>> and remain a force to be reckoned with. I'd like to see Unions
>> last but as you've said Unions have been in a slow decline for
>> many years and they are nearly nonexistant in some cities. Where
>> I live, there are very few Union gigs;mostly symphony work and
>> theatre productions.
>>
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