[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Economics of OKOM

[ross anderson]

Dear Steve and list mates,
It has been happening here "down  under", for years !!!
Cheers,Ross Anderson,
"New Melbourne Jazz Band."
Phone/Fax, 61-3-98012237,
www.newmelbournejazzband.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenewmelbournejazzband


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <rossanmjband at iprimus.com.au>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:04 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Economics of OKOM


>> On Mar 12, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Ron L wrote: about the $25 per hour fee  for 
>> a gig.
>>
>>> Could that possibly be a per musician wage?   It is addressed to
>>> entertainers and some work alone.
>>>
>
> Steve Answered:
>> Could be Ron, but $25 per hour per musician is still too low, IMO.
>>
>> Here was his response to me today:
>>
>> "Unfortunately, we can only pay up to $50 per hour- let me know if 
>> you're still interested. Thanks! "
>>
>> I responded that if that was "per musician", we could do 3 hours in  the 
>> afternoon, for $900, but not after 6 PM on a Saturday Night.
>
>
> Well, he came up up to $50 an hour however his response to my "if it  was 
> per musician we could do it in the afternoon" above was:
>
> "Sorry, it's per group."
>
> That would of course mean that my 6 piece band would earn $25 a man  for 3 
> hours. I don't have the balls to ask my band mates to do that.  That's 
> more than it would cost us to get there. I replied that we were  in the 
> music business and not willing to pay in order to play.
>
> It's not like they can't afford it. This program gets the downtown 
> restaurants involved and generates lots of food and wine sales through 
> the day from lunch through dinner. Unfortunately the city books the  music 
> and I suspect they make a profit on it by re-selling it to the  venues.
>
> Damn, I sure hope that West Coast /NYC mentality of screw the  musicians, 
> they'll play for nothing anyway, doesn't make any more  progress among 
> bookers and musicians here. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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