[TPIN] TAPS and Star Spangled Banner Fee

[Glenn Bengry]

Mark is right.  good players are not a dime a dozen, they are about a dollar 
39 a dozen.

     Actually  weddings AND funerals are worth a lot to walk out of the 
house for, and even more to remember your hornfor, and more still if you 
warm up and play good.  Personally,  I think that good money should be 
charged for funerals too.  If the player wants to turn around and donate the 
money to some good cause  that  is an honorable thing..   The problem I have 
is that so many people don't know that to get a trumpeter  to do justice  
and show respect and reverence to the fallen is worth an awful lot.  If 
people don't know that , they sometimes will get someone to do it for 
nothing or for cheap and end up with a player  that may or may not  be able 
to play with the kind of quality and reverane that TAPS should have.


      I still hear guys play TAPS with vibrato, even military players.  Why 
do they do that?


glenn


>From: Mark Flegg <trumpet at markflegg.com>
>To: Steve Evans <baissie at yahoo.com>, TRUMPET NETWORK <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [TPIN] TAPS and Star Spangled Banner Fee
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:28:15 -0400
>
>Steve:
>
>Yeah, I thought about it and realized that I was in fact advocating price 
>fixing. I actually agree that others can charge whatever they want and if I 
>want to make more I just have to make sure I'm worth it. Of course, if I 
>see someone charging way below what the market can support for their 
>services I think it's a good idea for me to point that out to them.
>
>I disagree that good trumpet players are a dime a dozen. There are fewer of 
>us out there than many realize. And I'm often surprised at just how 
>discerning the "regular" public can be when given just a little 
>information.
>
>-mf
>
>Steve Evans wrote:
>>--- Mark Flegg <trumpet at markflegg.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Don't accept sub-par pay! It lowers the standards for everyone.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I was with you all the way until that last statement. That always gets me. 
>>If I want to
>>charge less than you, I'm allowed to do that. It's a free market. If I 
>>don't have the
>>overhead you have because I make my main living outside of music, than so 
>>be it. If
>>you're product is better than mine, then it's up to the consumer whether 
>>they want to
>>pay extra for it or not. Like Sean said, I'd rather get paid 50 bucks for 
>>a couple hours
>>of enjoyable playing than sit at home and watch TV.
>>
>>That's the problem with the music business. I said it back in the early 
>>80's when I
>>decided to go into computers. Good trumpet players are a dime a dozen. So, 
>>if you want
>>to make the big bucks, then you have two choices - be way better than 
>>everyone else or
>>do something nobody else wants to or can do.
>>
>>Fixed pricing is what gas stations do and it p!sses me off.
>>
>>...Steve
>>
>>
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