Hi Richard -- on Mar 19 2011 at 22:37, you wrote:

RW> A lady called the Los Angeles musicians union to inquire about the
RW> cost of booking a five piece band with a singer for a wedding... The
RW> AFM rep says "Off the top of my head, roughly two thousand
RW> dollars"...
RW> She says "WHAT ? FOR MUSIC ?"...
RW> The rep responds "Ma'am... I'll tell you what. Call the plumbers'
RW> union and ask for six plumbers to work from six to twelve o'clock on
RW> a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, I'll work for half of
RW> that." She called back and said "I get your point".


Wonderful -- so true!!  I can't tell you how many times I've had a similar
conversation with folks wanting to hire my band! :-)




Cheers... Dallas

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