[Trombone-l] Dance Band charts

[Peter Hanmore]

I usually stay away from the business end of our band, but I think on a 
really good gig, we might get $2500 for a full evening, but typically I 
think we're probably in the $1500-2000 range for a 17pc big band (east. 
ontario).

Peter.

Patrick & Lisa Bates wrote:
> We're getting 2500 for a ten piece, not a lot of gigs at that price
> though........  getting the same for our 17 piece, different crowd at the
> dances, 17 piece playing the stuff you're talking about, 10 piece more of a
> 70's rock/blues band.
> Patrick
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> From: "Dave Barrett" <dbarrett at rctvonline.net>
> To: <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:36 PM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Dance Band charts
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>> Hi List:
>>
>> I recently was given about 1200 dance band charts from the 30's, 40's and
>> 50's.  I have been sorting them and entering them into an excel spread
>>     
> sheet
>   
>> but there are parts missing from a lot of them.  Is there somewhere a guy
>> could go to see if he can find parts for old charts?   I am particularly
>> looking for the trombone 2 and 3 parts for In The Mood at the moment.
>>     
> Also
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>> I don't want to infringe on copyright laws.  Is there a site where this
>>     
> type
>   
>> of music is shared?
>>
>> Also what does a 13 piece dance band charge for an evening nowadays?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Dave Barrett
>> Revelstoke BC
>>
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