| Marc,
Thanks for the legwork, ( I told you TM, this guy is the one that should do this forum)
I'll call Phil ( actually Carl Hammond is who I usually ask to speak to, he's a very friendly guy who knows his stuff ) and order a few. Maybe I can get a discount for an order of 10 gold-plated
Like I said, Terry or Ren Jr. ( I forget - pre-Naumann era thou ) referred me to Ron for them. It cost's me a little more for the silver that Schilke charges for Gold, which was no the issue, but I had a month's wait or more, for them . I am a realist and know, no company is going to stop everything for a small item like that , especially a small operation. I imagine that type of work is what can be call " filler " .
OFF- TOPIC
Marc,
I hear alto of the film session work is now going to Austin. It got so expensive in LA , that 2 guys went to Seattle and started contracting musicians out of the Phil and Lt. Opera to record movie sound tracks.
The reason was simple economics , if we record here, not only do they pay us scale, plus doubles ( any other instrument you play on the same session is considered a double as long as it's a different instrument , in the same category , that you started the job example: If the parts start off on Bb trumpet, then if calls for flugel, or C , of Eb/d or pic. - that a double and it pays a extra 50% - all it takes is one note and you get a double for the entire session - sweet ), plus special payment to the health fund and a residual payment when the movie goes to another medium ( home video , cable , etc. )
Well they got away with paying the Seattle musicians hourly cash - no benifits, no doubles, no residuals. Once they had you on tape, they could make as much money off you as possible.
The same 2 contractors now are in Austin, TX doing the same thing, but no paying the musician's 30% less an hour - flat rate ( the figure I heard for my friend in the Seattle Lt Opera was $ 30.00 per hour, no minimum )
Heard anything of this? just curious. For everyone else, I'm not trying to start any union vs non-union thing either. It's an innocent qestions, This type of situation is unstoppable, ( Seattle , BBC Phil , have recorded alot of movie soundtrac's over the years and even the Univ. of Minn recorded alot of the Mary Tyler Moore productions tracks , it's the way it is )
LARY - Thanks again |