Re: [Harp-L] Bands are too expensive?

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 3, 2010, at 10:50 PM, James Early wrote:

> After having a conversation about hiring a band for a large reunion  
> of,
> potentially, 500 people, and being told that a band would be too  
> expensive

Consider this. Even if a band charged $500.oo, that would only equate  
to a mere UNO Dollaro Americano PER attendee. Certainly the reunion  
is going to cost more than that by a ration of 10x 20x maybe 30x.  
Sometimes I wonder what the people who plan things do with the money.

smo-joe

> and
> the group would opt for a DJ instead, I was reminded of a talk I  
> had with a very
> well known harp player who said that recording equipment and  
> synthesizers had
> put a lot of musicians out of work. I'm thinking work is going to  
> be a lot
> harder to find and the pay is going to drop even more as those who  
> haven't gone
> professional because of health insurance concerns do start looking  
> for gigs as
> insurnace becomes available. Is there no relief?