Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica on new Chase Credit Card Commercial

["Doug" <mr4chnt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Brendan,  Those links appear cut off at the end.  I'd sure like to hear those cuts if you can get the links working.

Good luck and thanks.

Doug H
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rob Paparozzi 
  To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:49 AM
  Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica on new Chase Credit Card Commercial


  Hi Brendan,

  I couldn't get these links to open on my computer, but I heard it LOTS on TV
  the past 2 weeks, it does sound like you and it's a TOP JOB performance!

  The reason "I" was listening closely was that I have made several recordings
  of this same some over the past few years here in NY where lots are
  commercials are done. I played it on a Novartis Commercial and then was
  asked to play it for The CBS EARLY SHOW theme in NY, They ran it a good
  2yrs. I got paid Double Scale every time it ran, but Sting was the big
  Winner, he yearly check was as handsome as he is!,-)

  As you know playing the Stevie performance in the original Sting key of B is
  no easy task!,-)
  I worked pretty hard at it and got damn close and they loved it then they
  wanted to do other takes for diffrent segments of the show, so I must have
  learned it in about 4 other key!,-) whew!!!

  anyway, glad you got the gig if that indeed IS you, but by all means do not
  hesitate to find out why they told you it was a DEMO. It appears they didn't
  go thru the Union and it should have been offerred as a BUY OUT which YOU
  can negotiate the price for.

  I agree, The Internet and Digital Age has created a whole new set of
  problems for recording Musicians..What I miss most is the lack of
  communication and interplay which provides a whole different PERFORMANCE,
  one, not so sterile and isolated.

  anyway, as i said you sounded terrific as usual....BRAVO ......now get in
  there and fight for your dough!!,-)


  al the best,
  Rob Paparozzi

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Brendan Power" <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:45 AM
  Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Harmonica on new Chase Credit Card Commercial


  > Elizabeth wrote: "I don't know, Brendan...but merely getting paid a flat 
  > fee
  > for one session
  > doesn't seem to be quite sufficient if what you did was for a commercial
  > which will be played constantly on American Television (or was it
  > Radio...did
  > Randy say?)...."
  >
  > Good point Elizabeth! If it was the stuff I did (as seems
  > possible/probable), I shall certainly be asking some questions... I was 
  > told
  > it was a demo for an (unnamed) advertising agency, and never heard if the
  > demo was accepted.
  >
  > It highlights a flaw in the increasingly popular remote recording session
  > environment: because the musicians and producer/client are often on
  > different sides of the world, there is little chance the session musicians
  > will hear the end result of what they did. Which makes it harder to ensure
  > that the fee you receive reflects the final use of your work. It's only
  > because Harp-L has made me aware of this possible use of my playing that
  > I've heard about it.
  >
  > Anyone able to record an MP3 of the commercial? If it is me, I owe y'all a
  > beer!
  >
  > Brendan Power
  > WEBSITE: http://www.brendan-power.com
  > YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanPowerMusic
  >
  >
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