I usually say that my day job is my job. Singing is my CAREER.
Still got that nasty summer cold. My attempts to train my cat to fetch pho
from the local Vietnamese restaurant have met with complete failure.
Watching Jeannette MacDonald on TCM last night made me depressed, instead of
happy. Gosh, I could use a gig about now. Of any sort....
[I'm going for an introductory class on voice-over work on Saturday. Here's
hoping!]
On the Dear Abby/funeral discussion, I wanted to share: At the lunch
following my grandmother's funeral, I overheard my mother telling the priest
who had conducted the service to please let her know if the church had
incurred any expenses, as Grandmother's will specified that these were to be
paid from her estate. Maybe a bit of pre-planning would save wear and tear
on the musicians and clergy!
Elizabeth Finkler
Sunnyvale, California
mightymezzo@h...
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"Sing for your supper, and you'll have breakfast. Songbirds always eat.
(If their song is sweet to hear.)" --Lorenz Hart, "The Boys from Syracuse"
>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist] Need advice on unpaid gigs...
>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 18:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
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>And what about the "Semi-Professional" singer: the one who gets paid for
>some gigs, and not for others. Or the singer who has a "day job" and also
>gets paid for singing "on the side". The impression I get is that you're
>very dismissive of anyone who isn't singing full-time. Given how it's
>virtually impossible to make a living by singing alone (believe me, I have
>friends who are struggling to make ends meet - and have to live home with
>their parents to do even that - as full-time singers), I think being so
>dismissive of those of us who DO get paid for our singing work, but who
>also choose to have second jobs so we can AFFORD all the expenses of LIFE
>and of ART (instead of having to choose one or the other alone), is both
>unrealistic and unkind.
>
>KM
>............................
>NEIL SHICOFF pages
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
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>My Own Website
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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> + a performance, they want sex instantly. +
> + - Jilly Cooper, SCORE! +
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