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size=2>Through the past few months I been working on a project and have found
some very interesting things out about booking gigs. Recently I discovered
that some of the bigger jazz festivals in New Orleans the groups not only make
zero bread, they actually pay to play the festivals. Talk about kicking
someone when they're down!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dixielandjazz-bounces@ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces@ml.islandnet.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Randy
Fendrick<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
JimDBB@aol.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Dixielandjazz] because they love their music<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I got in
late of this discussion, which ain't unusual for me but, welcome to the world
of music. Gene Bolen calls bands that do that kind of stuff "Tee Shirt Bands"
In other words, they sell tee shirts to raise the money to play their music.
Which is all BS! In California, and I would imagine other places too, rock
musicians, and I use that term loosely, pay to work. In LA, for instance, they
rent a well known venue, sell their own tickets and the club takes the bar.
That's a good deal! Then they get to play their music in hopes of being
discovered. Big deal!<BR>In Southern California many of the jazz clubs will
not come up with any bread at all. In fact, it is almost an insult as to the
amount of bread they offer. My guys say no more pro bono stuff. At $2.10 a
gallon for gas, you can't drive 200 miles to make a gig and justify it to
yourself or your wife. I don't care how much you love to play.<BR>I love to
play, and I don't care if I play in the Symphony, which I do, or do a show, as
I am doing for the next 6 weeks, or play in a wind ensemble, which I do every
summer, or play in a street band at the fair, which I do each September, or I
play jazz which I do at the least monthly, and daily at the best, but I need
to be paid for my services. Just like the Lawyer, the Doctor, the Teacher, the
Druggist, the Liquor store owner, the clerk, the baker, you got the picture.
So the friend, the independent farmer, and the leader of the group is in
reality taking bread out of all of our pockets, but you already knew
that.<BR>It's unfortunate that others don't recognize what is happening but
within a short period of time there ain't gonna be any work for anyone, not
because the audience that we are playing for have died out which they are, but
because the idea of a professional, that is one who is paid to do, wont be
paid to do.<BR>By the way, Jim, I'll bet there is another income in there
somewhere,<BR>later,<BR><BR>Randy Fendrick,<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><BR><BR><?/fontfamily>Case in point:
I have been working for several years with a name big band that is run by
someone who can be cheap past intelligence. With this guy, money can and
does win out over musical quality. In the past year, there's been this
drummer in our genre who is also a farmer in a state hundreds of miles from
our area. This guy makes good money with his farm and also can afford to be
away from it for periods of time.<BR><BR>He took a cruise from me that I
should have played because he bribed his way onto the gig by helping to sell
several cabins for the cruise . . . then played for zippo. Just took another
cruise from me because he offered to drive halfway across the US to the five
day gig for free. Then he took 2 nights last weekend from me here in
Wisconsin, because he offered to drive up from Nebraska for free as a
"vacation".<BR><BR>Meanwhile, I've got two young girls I'm trying to keep in
private school and pay two mortgages, etc. etc.<BR><BR><BR><BR>
Bill...was this last line a joke? You can't be paying for private
shools and two mortgages as a musician.<BR><BR> Jim
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