Re: [ARSCLIST] Recording rates for musicians.

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think that, in many cases, the amount negotiated for is, under present and 
evolving market conditions, unrealistic.

Steven Smolian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] CD versus Download was "All hail the analogue 
revolution..."


> Don Cox wrote:
> > On 02/10/06, K
> > Some releases are as good as anything available.
>
> I'm not saying some of them aren't. I'm saying that this is a  "business 
> model" that doesn't really benefit classical music.
>
> Those union contracts WERE negotiated with the major labels. Are you 
> suggesting that musicians who have spent a lifetime competing for a chair 
> in one the world's leading orchestras don't deserve the level of 
> compensation the major labels have agreed to as appropriate for their 
> level of accomplishment?
>
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