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    From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to all on Sat Mar 19 22:37:22 2011
    Since we seem to be inhabited by musical folks ...

    A lady called the Los Angeles musicians union to inquire about the cost of booking a five piece band with a singer for a wedding... The AFM rep says "Off the top of my head, roughly two thousand dollars"...
    She says "WHAT ? FOR MUSIC ?"...
    The rep responds "Ma'am... I'll tell you what. Call the plumbers' union and ask for six plumbers to work from six to twelve o'clock on a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, I'll work for half of that." She called back and said
    "I get your point".


    Regards,
    Richard
    --- timEd 1.10.y2k+
    * Origin: (1:116/901)
  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to Richard Webb on Sun Mar 20 01:05:12 2011
    Hi Richard -- on Mar 19 2011 at 22:37, you wrote:

    A lady called the Los Angeles musicians union to inquire about the
    cost of booking a five piece band with a singer for a wedding... The
    AFM rep says "Off the top of my head, roughly two thousand
    dollars"...
    She says "WHAT ? FOR MUSIC ?"...
    The rep responds "Ma'am... I'll tell you what. Call the plumbers'
    union and ask for six plumbers to work from six to twelve o'clock on
    a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, I'll work for half of
    that." She called back and said "I get your point".


    Wonderful -- so true!! I can't tell you how many times I've had a similar conversation with folks wanting to hire my band! :-)




    Cheers... Dallas

    --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
    * Origin: The BandMaster, CANADA [telnet: bandmaster.tzo.com] (1:153/7715)
  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Dallas Hinton on Sun Mar 20 14:43:08 2011
    Hi Dallas,

    On Sun 2039-Mar-20 01:05, Dallas Hinton (1:153/7715) wrote to Richard Webb:


    Wonderful -- so true!! I can't tell you how many times I've had a
    similar conversation with folks wanting to hire my band! :-)

    ME too. I give them much the same response. USual
    conversation goes ...

    "sO you want six folks, maybe a sound tech and a lighting
    tech to show up, oftentimes after these folks worked all day at another job. INstead of eating supper they're setting up for their performance, so at 6:00 P.M. they're working. AT
    8 the house lights go down, the band plays until midnight or later, then after the punters go home there's another hour
    or so of tear down and pack out. THen, if the equipment
    needs to be moved to storage from the truck that hauled it
    home some folks will still be working.

    That means that the 3-4 hour performance you engaged is
    actually an 8 hour work day for many of us. And, you want
    all this for the price of a burger and a cup of coffee.

    THIs doesn't count the hours spent in rehearsal,
    sales/promotion, or dollars spent in equipment maintenance.

    tHen I give 'em the added kicker, also depends on the venue. IF load in/out is a difficult proposition the price goes up!



    Regards,
    Richard
    --- timEd 1.10.y2k+
    * Origin: (1:116/901)