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In Reply to: RE: Live music? never. I would not bother unless it was classical chamber music, and free. LOL posted by Nuit on March 01, 2015 at 09:46:47
Nuit, if you don't want to hear live music, fine. But music should NOT be free. Our lives are better when we have great music, and it takes at least many years (often a lifetime) to become a good musician. We need more of them.
Support musicians.
Buy their recordings.
Go to their concerts and recitals.
If you have deep pockets, support your favorite orchestra, music school, singer, or musician.
We need this and it just doesn't come cheap.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
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Before I rant, let me say that I'm a musician.
Ok, now I'll rant.
Major symphony orchestras continually whine about funding. "Give us your money, please."
Yet, they produce and send full color, professionally photographed and produced flyers on a regular basis, and host galas for their supporters.
Are they bi-polar, or what?
:)
Those beautiful fliers are money-makers. Orchestras are luxury items, and positioning themselves as "exclusive" attracts a certain (probably large) portion of the affluent. There is always something of a self-congratulatory aspect of arts audiences, and arts organizations do well to market themselves toward that. Also, the design and printing of those fliers is almost always done either below cost or free, with the ad agencies/printers/etc providing their services as contributions (with prominent credit in the programs/fliers.)
Galas are money-makers. Everything gets donated, or supplied at or below cost. Galas are particularly good for revenue because they provide an occasion for donors to be seen by their peers as patrons. The Old Money do it as a duty; the Arrivistes do it to be seen as having arrived. ("Nouveau riche is better than no riche at all.") Again, businesses that provide goods and services for galas get prominent credit, which is part of their marketing/advertising effort.
Orchestras and other performing arts organizations typically cover about 20-30% of their costs from ticket sales. The rest comes from donations, and there are lots of creative ways to encourage the wealthy and not-so-wealthy to open their wallets.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Maybe.
But they don't make any money from me. Of the 20 or so that I've gotten in the mail this past year, 20 or so have been thrown in the trash.
Not that they're not excellent musicians. I'm a musician, so I get that.
:)
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