| Re: Music is not Work
OK Here is the other side of the coin. I would love to here what Wilmer thinks of this. I'm semi professional and by my last post you know that I am aware of keeping the price up and not taking jobs for nothing.
I play with a community band. We are made up of semi pro players and some college musicians and teachers. You have to audition to get in and a chair will go empty before the band would let someone in that can't play the part.
I like to play in this band because the music is hard and it keeps me practising and a lot of the time the concerts come off played well.
Here is the dilemma;
In the summer we play some outside concerts and use the money for rehearsal space and music. Every concert we play is one that the local union band can't and we play for less. We rehears the music and play it well. The union band is reading the fairly easy music. Who is putting on a better show?
Just something to think about.
As professional musicians, are we allowed to play for free for the community? |