[Dixielandjazz] What's a Musician worth?

[Scott Anthony]

Hotel jobs for weddings or business conventions have almost completely dried 
up here in San Francisco. However, when they were more frequent, the hotel 
staff would 86 (permanently) any musician seen browsing at the buffet table 
or drinking anything, even if the client said it was OK. These were usually 
jobs booked by agencies and the agent would hear about it from the party 
manager and never hire you again. Sometimes, very rarely, the client would 
say it was ok to eat after the job and most of the guests had disappeared, 
but usually the buffet had been cleared by that time, so it was kind of an 
empty offer.

The last hotel job I did was a quartet (Cornet, reeds, banjo, tuba) that 
paid $150 each for 2 hours. That was at least a year ago and nothing since. 
The leader probably got a bit more, but I don't think very much more and the 
agency probably got the same as the band.

I always insist on providing my guys with something to eat and non-alcoholic 
to drink if the job is more than 2 hours and includes a meal for the guests 
(like weddings typically).

Scott Anthony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L Patrick Briody" <lpbriody at yahoo.com>
To: <santh at pacbell.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What's a Musician worth?


> Lary,
>  \And what did you do to earn that tip?
>  Regards,
>  Pat
>
> "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net> wrote:
>  I know that there are some pretty big differences in musician's pay 
> depending on the market area but this really sucks.
>
> Last night I played at a upscale hotel for one of the upscale bands here 
> (6 pc with 2 singers). For those of you who know St. Louis, it was the 
> Zodiac roof of the Chase Park Plaza off the park. Drinks and the dinner 
> which by the way we didn't get to eat was $150 per person. Also, the band 
> was forbidden by the management to be served at the bar except for water. 
> Fortunately the bar girl didn't see it that way and gave the band drinks 
> as long as the manager wasn't around and as long as we didn't rat her out 
> for smoking below and behind the bar.
>
> The couple who got married were both doctors. They probably make $350K+ a 
> year each. People were flown in from Boston to attend.
>
> What really made my evening is the $10 tip we got.
> Larry
> St. Louis
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