[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Secretary of Arts for USA
Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis
larrys.bands at charter.net
Sun Jan 11 14:58:33 PST 2009
Could we please cut out the political comments? I don't come here to read
the political views of others.
Normally I might agree with you but the political times might very well and
I believe is impinging on music and the music business. I don't gripe when
for the six thousandth time someone wants to discuss some minutiae about
Louis Armstrong. The music business is what drives music even OKOM.
I am most interested in the business end of OKOM because without that I
don't get to play and I'm very much into playing.
If I'm not interested in something I simply hit the delete key.......try it.
Larry
STL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Vickery" <hvickery_80 at msn.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Secretary of Arts for USA
> Could we please cut out the political comments? I don't come here to read
> the political views of others.
>
> Hal Vickery
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: BillSargentDrums at aol.com<mailto:BillSargentDrums at aol.com>
> To: Hal Vickery<mailto:hvickery_80 at msn.com>
> Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Secretary of Arts for USA
>
>
> When times are bad, those gigs that exist and survive solely on the sale
> of
> alcohol do quite well as people who drink a lot like to escape and drown
> their
> sorrows more than usual.
>
> However, the bulk of my engagements, private events, come from big
> dollar
> people. Gigs like weddings and corporate functions. Since Labor day, so
> many of
> those people have lost so much, and they don't know where it going to
> end
> up, and the new prez is IDIOT enough to tell the confidence driven
> economy that
> it's going to get worse, and it's going to be that way for a long time .
> . .
> . . that they's sitting on it and nobody's moving.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I still have gigs, good ones, more than many others,
> but
> I still know what's happening . . . especially to folks like me who don't
> do
> cheap bar gigs . . . or cheap nursing homes.
>
> The father of the bride just no longer has that nest egg intact that he
> had
> set aside for his daughter's wedding. Yea, my jazz band does a ton of
> weddings, we play Count Basie and the like, it pays great and the
> people live us,
> and we end up exposing a bunch of new folks to music they never knew was
> so
> good.
>
> Also, the financial company that wanted to use us for a big event this
> month
> canceled for financial reasons. Another big bucks gig.
>
> Hey, if I wanted to go out and work in a bunch of bars and get paid very
> little to hear the owner gripe about the cash register or door could, I
> could
> fill my calendar. Life's too short for that crap. I've got it worked out
> that I
> can go out and play one gig and make more money in one night than most
> make
> in 15 . . . and even though times are screwed up, I will survive . . .
> that is
> until the government decides to intervene and create an Arts Czar to
> interfere with the natural market forces and screw thing up for
> everyone.
>
> Bill
> BillSargentBands.com
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/10/2009 9:35:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> larrys.bands at charter.net<mailto:larrys.bands at charter.net> writes:
>
> I certainly agree for the most part. But speaking of all that for some
> reason I am booking my act very well for the new year. This month will
> be slow
> but things are looking up. Having said all that the other bands that I
> often
> work for are strangely absent with gigs................One has
> completely
> closed down. I was playing about 25-30 jobs a year with them. He will
> still
> pick off a gig if one comes along but he isn't advertising or doing
> anything
> new.
>
> Mardi gras has gotten so big here that it's getting rough to book a
> Valentine's day gig. Everyone is spending their money on MG. I lucked
> out and
> booked a Valentines gig this year. I also picked up two new clients
> this week who
> will likely have return gigs.
>
> That's what we do in the music business and that's stand on our merits
> but
> it helps a bunch if you go out and beat the bushes too. Money is the
> grease
> that makes all this go around.
>
> I'm so incredibly happy that I can still command a good price for my
> talent
> when guys that are better, the competition is great and so many have
> gone by
> the wayside. It's a real ego trip and I just can't help it. The more I
> make
> the better I feel about my music and talents because people will pay me
> to
> do what I love.
>
> An interesting quirk to the music business and government is that in my
> end
> of the business the venues are requiring paperwork for taxes and do send
> 1099's. Now I don't like to pay taxes any more than anyone else but
> when you
> compete against guys that aren't paying, then it's pretty unfair. Now
> there is
> an element of getting caught and the guys that do it all the time may
> have
> problems. I don't consider the guy that comes in and picks off a gig
> or two
> as being important but the guys that are there all the time need to be
> on the
> same playing field that I am. A little fear is a good thing.
> Larry
> St.L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: _BillSargentDrums at aol.com<mailto:_BillSargentDrums at aol.com>_
> (mailto:BillSargentDrums at aol.com<mailto:BillSargentDrums at aol.com>)
> To: _larrys.bands at charter.net<mailto:_larrys.bands at charter.net>_
> (mailto:larrys.bands at charter.net<mailto:larrys.bands at charter.net>)
> Cc:
> _dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com<mailto:_dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>_
> (mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>)
>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Secretary of Arts for USA
>
>
> Keep them far, far away!
>
> The government has screwed up and over regulated every single thing
> they've
> done outside of the military . . . and by the looks of it, they're about
> to
> screw that up now too.
>
> Don't want nobody else's money (outside of regulation and telling us how
> to
> live our life, that's all that government is, taking money from those
> who
> earned it, as in you & me, and giving it to someone who didn't), don't
> want
> their advice, and certainly don't want them regulating is or forcing
> some to
> "give" us work.
>
> I'll stand on my own merit and efforts, thank you very much.
>
> Bill
>
> PS, It's because of what congress has done and the recent campaign for
> "change" that has given you & I the current lack of work and lack of
> fluid capital.
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/10/2009 4:06:36 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> larrys.bands at charter.net<mailto:larrys.bands at charter.net> writes:
>
> I nominate me......... I couldn't do any worse than anyone they might
> pick....Rock On!!!
> Larry
> StL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen G Barbone"
> <barbonestreet at earthlink.net<mailto:barbonestreet at earthlink.net>>
> To: "Larry Walton"
> <larrys.bands at charter.net<mailto:larrys.bands at charter.net>>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List"
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com<mailto:dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:21 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Secretary of Arts for USA
>
>
> > >
> >> Dear Friends,
> >> You may already have received this, but it is so important,
> >> I'm passing it along.
> >>
> >> Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect
> >> Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other
> >> countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries,
> >> The United States has never created such a position. We in
> >> the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more
> >> than ever. Please take a moment to sign this important
> >> petition and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues.
> >>
> >>
> www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html<http://www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html>
> >>
> >> Happy New Year!
> >>
> >
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