I. AFM 100th CONVENTION COMING
II. MEMBER THOUGHTS ON LAWSUITS
III. NASHVILLE COMMENT
IV. EVENTS
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician
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I. AFM 100th CONVENTION COMING
The AFM convention is coming from June 20th -23rd in
Las Vegas at the Gateway Resort and Casino
(Formerly the Hilton)
3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
To register go to the AFM Website.
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II. MEMBER THOUGHTS ON LAWSUITS
There have been a number of lawsuits against the studios that
seem designed to only benefit the RMA. President Hair decided
not to file all the lawsuits the RMA leadership wanted, so now
Hair has taken the mantle of “worst AFM President in History”
from Tom Lee.
This was a pronouncement at a negotiation by a former head
of the RMALA. This short stint of logic and consideration not
withstanding, we understand form our sources that Ray is
still squarely in the RMA’s pocket.
Please see a member comment below:
I can’t figure out the lawsuits. It is not unusual for the AFM EP Fund to audit the
companies to ensure that they have paid into the Fund on behalf of all musicians
they’ve hired. Normally, the Fund would meet with the companies and at some
point work out a deal on the correct amount of money that was owed the Fund.
So I don’t understand why the lawsuits by the Fund against the companies. Unless
Hair convinced the trustees that the Fund should file suit rather than work out a
deal. Since Hair is the co-chair of the Fund he could do that but remember the
Fund would only be suing for money owed to the Fund on behalf of musicians.
Hair may have decided that the AFM could piggy back on the suit and sue the
fund for musicians wages as well–sort of a piggyback suit and that may be
why all of the publicity a few weeks back. But I suspect that Ray has backed
out of suing the companies because he will find that the musicians have
been paid–they are just not AFM musicians.
It also makes sense that the RMA wants to use the money from the sale
of the building to sue the companies for the benefit of the RMA.
Particularly since Hair doesn’t seem to want to go down that road.
The AFM announced the massive organizing campaign and when
P••• and M••• pulled out of it, then the organizing campaign sort
of went away. At least I haven’t heard anything more about it.
It is interesting. Hair wants to organize the film industry here in
town for the AFM while the RMA wants the AFM to organize
the Film industry for the RMA.
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These guys are self-centered, devious and destructive. There would
be so much work if the AFM/RMA made an accommodation.
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So what is going on with the RMA? Who is telling Ray what the RMA wants?
Or is Ray finally getting some backbone? Maybe Ray has finally caught on
to all the tricks the RMA tries to pull. Only problem it took the rest of
us about 2 1/2 days to figure out the RMA leadership and their
destructive tendencies. It has taken Ray at least 12 years and he
still doesn’t get it.
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III. COMMENT ABOUT NASHVILLE
I have met the folks in Nashville. It is a husband and wife who used
to be a member of the Local. They saw their recording work drying
up so they left the union and apparently have no problem getting
any union musicians they want to record. I’ve been told but cannot
confirm that when the local 257 president, Dave Pomeroy, spoke
with some of the union members playing the non union gigs, he
was told that if he filed charges, they would all leave the union.
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IV. EVENTS
DEAN AND RICHARD
DEAN AND RICHARD are now playing every third Friday
at Culver City Elks 7:30pm-10;30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, Burbank.
Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way they
should be.
We are in the back room called the Trailside Room.
Come on down. Guaranteed to swing.
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AUDITIONS FOR CALSTATELA SYMPHONY
Please pass the word that the annual auditions for the CalStateLA
Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra for the 2016-2017 season
will begin in June through mid August immediately after the season is
over.
Qualified students may submit the form on line at the website
http://www.olympiaphil.org
under “youth orchestra”.
I will be in touch to set up a time during the summer. The next
season begins late September of this year through early June of 2017.
The orchestra consists of talented students age 12 through college
age. Rehearsals are at CSULA on Sundays at 4:30-7PM. Tuition is $650
for the entire year. Scholarship is available on a need or merit
basis depending on instrument and individual student. The orchestra
students will also be able to take optional transferable college
credits from CSULA, perform with college music students in 4 on and
off campus concerts.
This is a great orchestra with lots of talented students taking part.
I look forward to hearing from students learning all orchestral
instruments.
Thank you!
Fung Ho
Music Director & Conductor
CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra
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6/5/16
CALSTATELA/OLYMPIA SYMPHONY
Dear Friends & Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce that the CalStateLA
Symphony Orchestra/ Olympia Youth Orchestra will
be giving its 2nd annual performance of
this season on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 3PM at the
historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse,
320 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA
91776.
This concert is Admission FREE.
This time, we will be featuring Taiwanese violinist
Chien-Tang Wang, Gold Medal Prize Winner of the
2015 Osaka International Competition in Japan,
performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Angela Che
and Jeongwon Claire An, the concertmaster and
co-concertmaster of the orchestra, will perform the
Navarra for 2 violins by Sarasate.
A brand new composition by Sharon Hurvitz will be
receiving its world premiere performance, and the
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake will close the program.
Please invite your friends and family to come and
join us to witness the talents of these fine young
musicians.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Sincerely,
Fung Ho
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6/8/16
CONCERTS AT THE “BOWL”
The Corbin Bowl and San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra
Present Concerts at the “Bowl” in the “Corbin Lounge”
Wednesday Evenings at 7:30 pm
June 8
The Symphomaniax
Perform music from baroque to contemporary by Bach, Domine, Vivaldi,
and others, as well as a selection of “pop” classics, featuring James Domine,
guitar; Ruth Bruegger, violin; Glenn Grab, ‘cello and Larry Muradian, bass
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OTHER CONCERTS IN THE SERIES
June 15
The Screaming Clams
Rock ‘n’ Roll with music of the ’60s and early ’70s, featuring
Jimi Dee, lead quitar and vocals; Joel Domine, keys and guitar;
Larry Muradian, bass; Nick Scarmack, drummer and Rebecca Ray,
vocalist extraordinaire
June 22
The Blues Bandits
Play and sing the “Blues,” featuring David Reo, guitar and vocals; Jimi Dee,
guitar and vocals; Larry Muradian, bass and Chuck Burkinshaw, drums
June 29
The Screaming Clams, part 2
Rock ‘n’ Roll with music of the ’60s and early ’70s, featuring
Jimi Dee, lead quitar and vocals; Joel Domine, keys and guitar;
Larry Muradian, bass; Nick Scarmack, drummer and Rebecca Ray,
vocalist extraordinaire
“Lounge” at the Corbin Bowl
19616 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana
Free Admission/ONE Drink Minimum
Persons under 21 years of age not admitted
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6/11/16
ASMAC Master Class: Telling a Story with Music
Saturday, June 11th, 2016 11am – 2pm
Valley College Music Department Recital Hall
5800 Fulton Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Opportunities in Ballet, Opera, Theater and Concert Music
There are many projects that can benefit from your talents
and skills.
How to find and pitch a project;
How to get funding and produce.
Guests will show examples and discuss a variety of
approaches and techniques to inspire composers,
arrangers and orchestrators.
with
Jack Van Zandt
Jeannie Pool
Raymond Torres-Santos
Marlene Hajdu
$25 members (ACF members and NACUSA members included)
$40 non-members.
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6/14/16
The Orchestre Surreal
Featuring: Elvis Schoenberg Dangerous Dan O’Callaghan The Fabulous Miss Thing and Los Angeles’s Most Notorious Musicians
at
Typhoon LA’s Most Hip Pan Asian Restaurant.
Tuesday June 14th
one set
7:30-9:00
A Special Event Show
Among our usual mashups and
genre bending arrangements
We will be performing
a special Tribute to
Keith Emerson.
On the program:
two of Keith’s rarely heard orchestral works,
Glorietta Pass and After All Of This
also a piece that Keith conceived that was written for him and the
Orchestre Surreal. Pacific Honky Tonk 231 Blues
plus orchestral versions of ELP tunes.
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6/26/16
Dear Doctor Wu Fans,
We will be appearing at the Santa Monica Endless Summer SOULstice Festival on Sunday, June 26th 2016 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, where we will play two sets of your favorite Steely Dan tunes. Please bring your friends along and enjoy a great time with us!
Edgemar Courtyard
2440 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
5:00 – 7:00 PM
We hope to see you there!
The Doctor Wu Band
http://www.doctorwuband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/doctorwuband
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MASTER IN FLM MUSIC APPLICATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED
The Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program
At The
Seattle Film Institute
is still accepting applications to the One year
Master of Music (MM) in Film Composition
Recently rated as the #4 school for film scoring education
in the world by Music School Central and the #2 school
for earning a Masters of Music degree in Film Composition
Study with program creator and lead instructor
Hummie Mann
2 Time Emmy Award Winning film composer of
“Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and featured in
Variety Magazine’s article “Leaders in Learning”
Click here to listen and watch student scores from previous years
Applications are now being accepted for the 2016
school year We offer rolling admissions – applying
early is recommended Scholarship support is
available to early applicants
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