[Trombone-l] Musical Work

[Patrick & Lisa Bates]

Things are better here than they have been, but that's not saying much. I'm
pretty much an amatuer, but there's not nearly enough work here for a pro.
There's a few sax players, a couple of guitar players, and at least one
piano player that I know of that are full time musicians. I play in a 9
piece 70's rock/blues band that's been picking up more and more gigs. Played
some weddings, a couple of benefits for reduced rate,they led to some bigger
shows at a festival last fall ($2500) and new years eve at a local club.
contract said 2500 + 10 bucks a ticket over 250 tickets, club holds 450 but
couldn't fill it that night. Have before at a benefit for the local MRI
campaign, but new years eve had a lot of competition. About 6 of us in that
band are also in a 17 piece, but it hasn't done much that pays real coin in
quite a while. There's lots of rock and country trios playing at the bars,
but I don't think he money is very good.......

Patrick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dyess" <texastbone at gt.rr.com>
To: "Eric Swanson" <boneman88 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Trombone List" <TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Musical Work


> That's too bad, especially about the 17 piece big bands.  Knock on
> wood, mine is working quite a lot.
>
> Not always for full pay, mind you... but my thinking is that the more
> we are out in front of the public, the more gigs we'll get.  So far,
> that philosophy has paid off.  We just got a big $4500 wedding on the
> books, and the Holiday Inn has hired us for their high-profile re-
> opening following major renovations after the last two hurricanes.
> That one will pay half what we normally get for a gig, but with the
> free publicity -- it will be well worth it.  The local Chamber of
> Commerce is behind this one with their PR machine.
>
> Sometimes, ya gotta take less money.
>
> It does have a way of working around in the long run.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Eric Swanson wrote:
>
> > Everyone is surviving by teaching lots of lessons.  Bottom
> > line...don't bother moving to Dallas.
>
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