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Ed Edwards wrote:

>
>     I know some musicians in local symphonies (Balto. & DC) and took a
> look
> at their union newspaper classifieds a few years ago.  There was not
> one
> violin posted for under $10,000 and when you got into the larger
> instruments
> like cellos... whoa... like $50,000.  And some doublebasses for more
> than
> $100,000.  A Stradivarius was more than half a million if I remember
> right.
>     Think about it - they get for their money exactly ONE sound.
> Maybe more
> if you're considering technique, but all in all... long live rock.
>     Now where I envy them is the road trip and setup.  One tuxedo, one
>
> instrument, one case.  Put it on, take it out, sit your butt down and
> play -
> bow, put it back, go home and change.   Saturday I'll be performing at
> an
> important yearly event and taking no less than 3 keyboards on an
> A-frame, a
> 12 space rack, 3 guitars, a bass, a combo guit amp with 4x12 cabinet,
> two
> 12" monitors and miles of cables, snakes and MIDI connectors.  I will
> be
> enjoying myself, though.
> http://www.untiedmusic.com/musicfest

But remember we can always generate our own business and most of these
people can't unless they are also playing in a chamber group.

Linda
(a prog rocker, a jazzer, and sometimes pit percussion player for these
union type gigs)

>
>
> Ed Edwards
> Leader: Ezekiel's Wheel
> http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel
>


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