[TPIN] Beginning of the End?

[Wilmer Wise]

We are the union.
  I have never understood why musicians point at the union as though  
they, the musicans/members,  have nothing to do with the action of  
the organization. If you don't like what's going on vote them out!
Wilmer
On Jun 27, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Steve Evans wrote:

> --- John Ervin <jervin at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I understand, I was talking about the local Bach Festival Choir
>
>
> Wow! I thought this one was just left of on-topic to begin with,  
> but... man. Vocalists?
>
> Maybe the Down Beat article was too controversial. The AFM is  
> always a touchy subject
> but many of us, myself included, pay dues. I was a member with  
> special permission at 14
> to play in the Porter Tower Lions Club Band under the direction of  
> R.W. Brown.
>
> So, as I was reading that article I couldn't help seeing several  
> parallels to things
> happening today, not just with the AFM but also with the recording  
> industry, and the
> Internet.
>
> So let me be a bit more blunt.
>
> Do YOU think the recording ban of 1942 and therefore the AFM  
> brought an end to the big
> band era?
>
> And while you're pondering that one, here are two more questions:
>
> The loss of work for large groups hiring many musicians is obvious,  
> so what did
> musicians gain from that action?
>
> Have we lost those gains if any?
>
> OK, three...
>
> What is the AFM doing today that might have the same results, good  
> or bad?
>
> ...Steve (I never ponder depths)
>
>
>
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