[Dixielandjazz] playing for charity

[J. D. Bryce]

Back in New Jersey in thew 1970s, the Buffalo Disaster Jazz Band as well as
other well regarded local bands used to play a yearly benefit for St.
Clare's Hospital in Denville. Then we found out that they were bringing in
musicians and bands from New York City at premium rates to play the Gala
Dance that they threw at the end of the fund raising activities.

The local union (237) told them that locals wouldn't play their benefits
anymore unless they started using loacal ensembles for the paid dance.  They
refused and we stopped playing the freebies.

No good deed goes unrewarded.

Jack Bryce


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] playing for charity


> Once you play for free you establish your worth in the eyes of the
> buyer and it will Never go upwards form there.
>
> Tell them what you charge and that is what you will do the gig for and
> if the folks in the band want to donate it back to the charities WORTHY
> CAUSE ( usually cause they don't want to pay you  because that would
> take away from the money needed to PAY THEM.)
>
> They are perfectly free to do so, Charity should be a two way street.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
>
>    Romans Said "....I said sure and
> quoted them my price. I was met with  stunned silence and then "Well,
> aren't you going to play for free? After  all, it's for charity....."
>
> Man, ain't that the truth!  I used to be a sideman in a group  that did
> the
> same freebe year after year for  a society fundraiser. They treated us
> like
> crap & wouldn't even  feed us sandwiches (the wait staff and stage crew
> were fed
>
> the same baron of  beef as the guests). I kept asking our leader when
> we were
> going to get one of  their real gigs from them; he couldn't answer me.
> I had
> nothing to lose, so I  approached the boss of the committee regarding a
> booking
> us at their annual  black tie gala, he said they only hire PROFESSIONAL
> groups for that event! go  figure Last I heard, the same group was
> still doing
> that
> freebe.
>
> Tom Loeb
> California
>
>
>
>
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