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RE: Justice For Jazz Musicians

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In Reply to: RE: Justice For Jazz Musicians posted by Utley1 on September 29, 2015 at 08:51:06

You might try composing coherent, readable sentences. Then I could
answer you point by point.

I've known MANY top shelf jazz musicians, famous and not so famous, who
have managed to support themselves quite comfortably. Yes, none of them
did it playing just concerts and clubs; they did a lot of commercial work -
TV, radio, advertising, studio bands, whatever. Nothing wrong with that,
certainly. And when there was no or not enough work playing music, they
fell back on some other line of work.

There's a demand for only so many musicians, and to make your living at
playing your instrument, you have to be very good at it, you have to be
resourceful, and you have to promote yourself relentlessly, just like any
other skilled trade. Musicians are not entitled to special treatment
simply because they are musicians.

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