{"id":179,"date":"2016-06-04T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T23:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2016-06-04T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T23:55:21","slug":"afm-convention-lawsuits-nashville-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"AFM CONVENTION \/ LAWSUITS \/ NASHVILLE \/ EVENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I. AFM 100th CONVENTION COMING<br \/>\nII. MEMBER THOUGHTS ON LAWSUITS<br \/>\nIII. NASHVILLE COMMENT<br \/>\nIV. EVENTS<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Absolutely guaranteed anonymity &#8211; Former Musician&#8217;s Union officer<br \/>\n&#8230;The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity &#8211; Nashville &#8216;first call&#8217;<br \/>\nscoring musician<br \/>\n&#8230;Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal &#8211; L.A. Symphonic musician<br \/>\n&#8230;Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn&#8217;t dare to mention &#8211; National touring musician<\/p>\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n<p>I. AFM 100th CONVENTION COMING<\/p>\n<p>The AFM convention is coming from June 20th -23rd in<br \/>\nLas Vegas at the Gateway Resort and Casino<br \/>\n(Formerly the Hilton)<br \/>\n3000 Paradise Road\u2028Las Vegas, NV\u00a0 89109<\/p>\n<p>To register go to the AFM Website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qdeChXSpwe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afm.org\/convention\/\">102nd Convention<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;102nd Convention&#8221; &#8212; American Federation of Musicians\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afm.org\/convention\/embed\/#?secret=Psntqu03rc#?secret=qdeChXSpwe\" data-secret=\"qdeChXSpwe\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>================================<\/p>\n<p>II. MEMBER THOUGHTS ON LAWSUITS<\/p>\n<p>There have been a number of lawsuits against the studios that<br \/>\nseem designed to only benefit the RMA. President Hair decided<br \/>\nnot to file all the lawsuits the RMA leadership wanted, so now<br \/>\nHair has taken the mantle of &#8220;worst AFM President in History&#8221;<br \/>\nfrom Tom Lee.<\/p>\n<p>This was a pronouncement at a negotiation by a former head<br \/>\nof the RMALA. This short stint of logic and consideration not<br \/>\nwithstanding, we understand form our sources that Ray is<br \/>\nstill squarely in the RMA&#8217;s pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Please see a member comment below:<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t figure out the lawsuits.\u00a0 It is not unusual for the AFM EP Fund to audit the<br \/>\ncompanies to ensure that they have paid into the Fund on behalf of all musicians<br \/>\nthey&#8217;ve hired. Normally, the Fund would meet with the companies and at some<br \/>\npoint work out a deal on the correct amount of money that was owed the Fund.<\/p>\n<p>So I don&#8217;t understand why the lawsuits by the Fund against the companies. Unless<br \/>\nHair convinced the trustees that the Fund should file suit rather than work out a<br \/>\ndeal. Since Hair is the co-chair of the Fund he could do that but remember the<br \/>\nFund would only be suing for money owed to the Fund on behalf of musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Hair may have decided that the AFM could piggy back on the suit and sue the<br \/>\nfund for musicians wages as well&#8211;sort of a piggyback suit and that may be<br \/>\nwhy all of the publicity a few weeks back.\u00a0 But I suspect that Ray has backed<br \/>\nout of suing the companies because he will find that the musicians have<br \/>\nbeen paid&#8211;they are just not AFM musicians.<\/p>\n<p>It also makes sense that the RMA wants to use the money from the sale<br \/>\nof the building to sue the companies for the benefit of the RMA.<br \/>\nParticularly since Hair doesn&#8217;t seem to want to go down that road.<\/p>\n<p>The AFM announced the massive organizing campaign and when<br \/>\nP\u2022\u2022\u2022 and M\u2022\u2022\u2022 pulled out of it, then the organizing campaign sort<br \/>\nof went away.\u00a0 At least I haven&#8217;t heard anything more about it.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting.\u00a0 Hair wants to organize the film industry here in<br \/>\ntown for the AFM while the RMA wants the AFM to organize<br \/>\nthe Film industry for the RMA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>These guys are self-centered, devious and destructive. There would<br \/>\nbe so much work if the AFM\/RMA made an accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>So what is going on with the RMA?\u00a0 Who is telling Ray what the RMA wants?<br \/>\nOr is Ray finally getting some backbone?\u00a0 Maybe Ray has finally caught on<br \/>\nto all the tricks the RMA tries to pull.\u00a0 Only problem it took the rest of<br \/>\nus about 2 1\/2 days to figure out the RMA leadership and their<br \/>\ndestructive tendencies. It has taken Ray at least 12 years and he<br \/>\nstill doesn&#8217;t get it.<\/p>\n<p>===============================<\/p>\n<p>III. COMMENT ABOUT NASHVILLE<\/p>\n<p>I have met the folks in Nashville.\u00a0 It is a husband and wife who used<br \/>\nto be a member of the Local.\u00a0 They saw their recording work drying<br \/>\nup so they left the union and apparently have no problem getting<br \/>\nany union musicians they want to record.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been told but cannot<br \/>\nconfirm that when the local 257 president, Dave Pomeroy, spoke<br \/>\nwith some of the union members playing the non union gigs, he<br \/>\nwas told that if he filed charges, they would all leave the union.<\/p>\n<p>===============================<\/p>\n<p>IV. EVENTS<\/p>\n<p>DEAN AND RICHARD<\/p>\n<p>DEAN AND RICHARD are now playing every third Friday<br \/>\nat Culver City Elks 7:30pm-10;30pm,<br \/>\n11160 Washington Pl.<br \/>\nCulver City, 90232<br \/>\n310-839-8891<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584<\/p>\n<p>NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.<br \/>\nEvery 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Viva Cantina<br \/>\n7:30-10:00.<br \/>\n900 Riverside Drive, Burbank.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.<br \/>\nCome hear your favorite charts played the way they<br \/>\nshould be.<\/p>\n<p>We are in the back room called the Trailside Room.<\/p>\n<p>Come on down. Guaranteed to swing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>AUDITIONS FOR CALSTATELA SYMPHONY<\/p>\n<p>Please pass the word that the annual auditions for the CalStateLA<br \/>\nSymphony Orchestra\/Olympia Youth Orchestra for the 2016-2017 season<br \/>\nwill begin in June through mid August immediately after the season is<br \/>\nover.<\/p>\n<p>Qualified students may submit the form on line at the website<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.olympiaphil.org<\/p>\n<p>under &#8220;youth orchestra&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I will be in touch to set up a time during the summer. The next<br \/>\nseason begins late September of this year through early June of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The orchestra consists of talented students age 12 through college<br \/>\nage. Rehearsals are at CSULA on Sundays at 4:30-7PM. Tuition is $650<br \/>\nfor the entire year. Scholarship is available on a need or merit<br \/>\nbasis depending on instrument and individual student. The orchestra<br \/>\nstudents will also be able to take optional transferable college<br \/>\ncredits from CSULA, perform with college music students in 4 on and<br \/>\noff campus concerts.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great orchestra with lots of talented students taking part.<br \/>\nI look forward to hearing from students learning all orchestral<br \/>\ninstruments.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Fung Ho<br \/>\nMusic Director &amp; Conductor<br \/>\nCalStateLA Symphony Orchestra\/Olympia Youth Orchestra<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>6\/5\/16<\/p>\n<p>CALSTATELA\/OLYMPIA SYMPHONY<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends &amp; Colleagues:<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased to announce that the CalStateLA<br \/>\nSymphony Orchestra\/ Olympia Youth Orchestra will<br \/>\nbe giving its 2nd annual performance of<br \/>\nthis season on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 3PM at the<br \/>\nhistoric San Gabriel Mission Playhouse,<br \/>\n320 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA<br \/>\n91776.<\/p>\n<p>This concert is Admission FREE.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we will be featuring Taiwanese violinist<br \/>\nChien-Tang Wang, Gold Medal Prize Winner of the<br \/>\n2015 Osaka International Competition in Japan,<br \/>\nperforming the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Angela Che<br \/>\nand Jeongwon Claire An, the concertmaster and<br \/>\nco-concertmaster of the orchestra, will perform the<br \/>\nNavarra for 2 violins by Sarasate.<br \/>\nA brand new composition by Sharon Hurvitz will be<br \/>\nreceiving its world premiere performance, and the<br \/>\nTchaikovsky Swan Lake will close the program.<\/p>\n<p>Please invite your friends and family to come and<br \/>\njoin us to witness the talents of these fine young<br \/>\nmusicians.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing everyone there.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nFung Ho<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n6\/8\/16<\/p>\n<p>CONCERTS AT THE &#8220;BOWL&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Corbin Bowl and San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra<br \/>\nPresent Concerts at the &#8220;Bowl&#8221; in the &#8220;Corbin Lounge&#8221;<br \/>\nWednesday Evenings at 7:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>June \u00a08<br \/>\nThe Symphomaniax<br \/>\nPerform music from baroque to contemporary by Bach, Domine, Vivaldi,<br \/>\nand others, as well as a selection of &#8220;pop&#8221; classics, featuring\u00a0James Domine,<br \/>\nguitar;\u00a0Ruth Bruegger,\u00a0violin; Glenn Grab,\u00a0&#8216;cello and Larry\u00a0Muradian, bass<\/p>\n<p>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>OTHER CONCERTS IN THE SERIES<\/p>\n<p>June 15<br \/>\nThe Screaming Clams<br \/>\nRock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll with music of the &#8217;60s and\u00a0early\u00a0&#8217;70s, featuring<br \/>\nJimi Dee, lead quitar and vocals; Joel Domine, keys and guitar;<br \/>\nLarry Muradian, bass; Nick Scarmack, drummer and Rebecca Ray,<br \/>\nvocalist extraordinaire<\/p>\n<p>June 22<\/p>\n<p>The Blues Bandits<br \/>\nPlay and sing the &#8220;Blues,&#8221; featuring\u00a0David Reo, guitar and vocals; Jimi Dee,<br \/>\nguitar and vocals; Larry Muradian, bass and Chuck Burkinshaw, drums<\/p>\n<p>June 29<br \/>\nThe Screaming Clams, part 2<br \/>\nRock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll with music of the &#8217;60s and\u00a0early\u00a0&#8217;70s, featuring<br \/>\nJimi Dee, lead quitar and vocals; Joel Domine, keys and guitar;<br \/>\nLarry Muradian, bass; Nick Scarmack, drummer and Rebecca Ray,<br \/>\nvocalist extraordinaire<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lounge&#8221; at the Corbin Bowl<br \/>\n19616 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana<\/p>\n<p>Free Admission\/ONE Drink Minimum<br \/>\nPersons under 21 years of age not admitted<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>6\/11\/16<\/p>\n<p>ASMAC Master Class: Telling a Story with Music<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 11th, 2016 11am &#8211; 2pm<br \/>\nValley College Music Department Recital Hall<br \/>\n5800 Fulton Ave.<br \/>\nVan Nuys, CA 91401<\/p>\n<p>Opportunities in Ballet, Opera, Theater and Concert Music<br \/>\nThere are many projects that can benefit from your talents<br \/>\nand skills.<br \/>\nHow to find and pitch a project;<br \/>\nHow to get funding and produce.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will show examples and discuss a variety of<br \/>\napproaches and techniques to inspire composers,<br \/>\narrangers and orchestrators.<\/p>\n<p>with<\/p>\n<p>Jack Van Zandt<br \/>\nJeannie Pool<br \/>\nRaymond Torres-Santos<br \/>\nMarlene Hajdu<br \/>\n$25 members (ACF members and NACUSA members included)<br \/>\n$40 non-members.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n6\/14\/16<\/p>\n<p>The Orchestre Surreal<\/p>\n<p>Featuring:\u2028Elvis Schoenberg\u2028Dangerous Dan O&#8217;Callaghan\u2028The Fabulous Miss Thing\u2028and\u2028Los Angeles&#8217;s Most Notorious Musicians<\/p>\n<p>at<\/p>\n<p>Typhoon\u2028LA&#8217;s Most\u00a0Hip Pan Asian Restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday June 14th<br \/>\none set<\/p>\n<p>7:30-9:00<\/p>\n<p>A Special Event Show<\/p>\n<p>Among our usual mashups and<br \/>\ngenre bending arrangements<br \/>\nWe will be performing<br \/>\na special Tribute to<\/p>\n<p>Keith Emerson.<br \/>\nOn the program:<br \/>\ntwo of Keith&#8217;s\u00a0rarely heard orchestral works,<br \/>\nGlorietta Pass and After All Of This<br \/>\nalso a piece that Keith\u00a0conceived that was written for him and the<br \/>\nOrchestre Surreal. Pacific\u00a0Honky Tonk 231 Blues<br \/>\nplus\u00a0orchestral versions of ELP tunes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n6\/26\/16<br \/>\nDear Doctor Wu Fans,<\/p>\n<p>We will be appearing at the\u00a0Santa 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.\u00a0 Please bring your friends along\u00a0and enjoy a great time with us!<\/p>\n<p>Edgemar Courtyard<br \/>\n2440 Main Street<br \/>\nSanta Monica, CA 90405<br \/>\n5:00 &#8211; 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>The Doctor Wu Band<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.doctorwuband.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/doctorwuband<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nMASTER IN FLM MUSIC APPLICATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED<\/p>\n<p>The Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program<br \/>\nAt The<br \/>\nSeattle Film Institute<\/p>\n<p>is still accepting applications to the One year<\/p>\n<p>Master of Music (MM) in Film Composition<\/p>\n<p>Recently rated as the #4 school for film scoring education<br \/>\nin the world by Music School Central and the #2 school<br \/>\nfor earning a Masters of Music degree in Film Composition<\/p>\n<p>Study with program creator and lead instructor<\/p>\n<p>Hummie Mann<\/p>\n<p>2 Time Emmy Award Winning film composer of<br \/>\n&#8220;Robin Hood: Men in Tights&#8221; and featured in<br \/>\nVariety Magazine&#8217;s article &#8220;Leaders in Learning&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click here to listen and watch student scores from previous years<\/p>\n<p>Applications are now being accepted for the 2016<br \/>\nschool year We offer rolling admissions &#8211; applying<br \/>\nearly is recommended Scholarship support is<br \/>\navailable to early applicants<\/p>\n<p>================================<\/p>\n<p>You can read all previous offerings at:http:\/\/www.responsible47.com<\/p>\n<p>UNTIL NEXT TIME,<br \/>\nTHE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. AFM 100th CONVENTION COMING II. MEMBER THOUGHTS ON LAWSUITS III. NASHVILLE COMMENT IV. EVENTS &#8230;Absolutely guaranteed anonymity &#8211; Former Musician&#8217;s Union officer &#8230;The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity &#8211; Nashville &#8216;first call&#8217; scoring musician &#8230;Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal &#8211; L.A. 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