Re: [ARSCLIST] Recording rates for musicians.

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed, and most musicians (speaking of classically trained 
instrumentalists and vocalists) have already made adjustments.  Most are 
teachers first, professional musicians second.  This is the way it was 
for most of recorded history anyway.  Bach didn't make a living playing 
organ and harpsichord, and he didn't get paid union scale.  Musicians 
had a pretty cushy deal going while there were wealthy benefactors who 
cared, but the world's tastes have changed for the worse (IMO--not a 
humble opinion either).  Also, I don't think that recording contracts 
kept these orchestras going.  Most didn't have contracts.  It was local 
community involvement, the chamber of commerce types, wealthy people 
with time on their hand, etc.....
Phillip

Steven Smolian wrote:
> I think that, in many cases, the amount negotiated for is, under 
> present and evolving market conditions, unrealistic.
>
> Steven Smolian
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> > Don Cox wrote:
> > > On 02/10/06, K
> > > Some releases are as good as anything available.
> >
> > I'm not saying some of them aren't. I'm saying that this is a  
> > "business model" that doesn't really benefit classical music.
> >
> > Those union contracts WERE negotiated with the major labels. Are you 
> > suggesting that musicians who have spent a lifetime competing for a 
> > chair in one the world's leading orchestras don't deserve the level 
> > of compensation the major labels have agreed to as appropriate for 
> > their level of accomplishment?
> >
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