| Re: Music is not Work
Getting paid to play is no different than a scientist being paid for their job. Both work hard at it and should be paid. Both wouldn't have taken the job unless they liked it. It takes a lot of prep time to be able to do the job.
I would love to know how the whole idea of a musicians pay scale got set up. I don't think I have ever met an accomplished musician that wasn't really smart. The idea of a union pay scale seems below the caliber of the job. The union idea is the same thing as a factory worker on an assembly line.
I am a true believer in "what the market will bear"
If management is making so much money, why don't some musicians get together and manage a whatever and be rich?
I think it's simple. A job is offered and if it pays enough, you take it, if not you don't. If only the musicians take the job that play for free or a little, the people hiring them don't get a good job. They get a cheep job. |