9\/22\/17<\/p>\n
I. PROFLIGATE SPENDING
\nI. RMA NIGHT ORIGINS
\nIII. TAX BENEFIT CONCERT
\nIV, MEMBER COMMENT
\nV. TOMORROW! SCOTT HEALY ASMAC MASTERCLASS
\nVI. EVENTS<\/p>\n
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer<\/p>\n
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’\u2028scoring musician
\n…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician<\/p>\n
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician<\/p>\n
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I. MEMBER COMMENTARY: Profligate Spending<\/p>\n
At the 9\/19 Local 47 Executive Board meeting the subject
\nof the Local’s purchasing of tickets for RMA Night was discussed.<\/p>\n
The choice came down to buying 10 tickets for $150 each or to
\npurchase a “corporate table” for $3,500.<\/p>\n
Bill Reichenbach (who identified himself as a Board member of
\nthe RMA ) said, “Keep in mind the RMA is a players conference
\nwith national contracts…supporting the RMA is not too much
\nof a sacrifice…they do so much.”.<\/p>\n
Then Andy Malloy, said, “People will be there…
\nwe need to show our support…when we look at payments
\nto attorney’s and how much the various entities bring in.”<\/p>\n
Bill continued his pitch by telling the Board, “If you want
\na presence as a group, you need a table.”<\/p>\n
In the end, the Board (in a rare non-unanimous vote) approved
\nthe expenditure of $3,500 ($2,000 over the 10 ticket price).
\nReichenbach was asked to abstain.<\/p>\n
Member Observer<\/p>\n
[EC: So given the choice of a $1500 table for 10, or a
\nCorp Table for $3,400, our board naturally decided to
\ntake the more expensive route, pissing away $2,000
\nmore than they need to of all our dues money for
\nthe elites.<\/p>\n
This after funding a downtown concert with ALL our
\ndues to get a tax break that will benefit ONLY the elites.<\/p>\n
It’s simply insult to injury, with the members being
\nplayed for fools and fleeced again and again. How much
\nwill the members (YOU) take before you actually grow
\na pair and speak up and stop allowing the Local to treat
\nwith such disrespect???<\/p>\n
This is no different than trump’s officials continuing to
\nuse private jets, using our taxes for their whims. If
\nthat pisses you off, this should really send you over
\nthe edge.<\/p>\n
BTB, Andy Malloy is a former RMA Board member,
\nand the Former president of the Professional
\nMusicians Guild, the illegal group created by
\nRMA members to steal the video game work
\nfrom the AFM because Tom Lee was President.<\/p>\n
Members, for goodness sake speak up! This crowd
\nis stealing your dues, handing to the RMA and
\nyou’re saying nothing!!<\/p>\n
KEEP READING]<\/p>\n
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II. RMA NIGHT ORIGINS<\/p>\n
Do you know where RMA night came from?<\/p>\n
Back when Bernie Fleischer was president of the Local
\nstarting in 1985, the RMA was trying to solidify their
\nmonopoly of recording. Bernie, however, didn’t kiss
\nthe RMA ring and kept working for the benefit of all
\nmembers. They couldn’t have that, could they…<\/p>\n
During the next Local 47 Election i1990, Fleischer
\nand his wife were defamed by a newsletter from
\ncampaign consultant Behar of Pacific Media Group.
\nThe Consultant was hired by those highest up in the
\nRMA at the time.<\/p>\n
In that newsletter, Finale, Fleischer was accused
\nof, among others things,stealing money, falsifying
\nrecords, drug use in office,<\/p>\n
Bernie sued 6 people for defamation of character
\nand libeling he and his wife.<\/p>\n
Fleischer also sued\u00a0 the AFM\u2019s then-president Max
\nHerman and 22 other officers in 1991 for allegedly
\nlibeling him and his wife during local 47\u2019s 1990
\nelection campaign
\n(Daily Variety, June 17, 1991).<\/p>\n
Fleischer reached a settlement of $100,000 with
\nHerman, Recording Musicians Assn. former
\npresident DENNIS DREITH, RMA board members
\nJOANN KANE and NEIL STUBENHAUS, former
\ncampaign consultant Shed Behar, and former union health
\nfund manager Maria Cruz.<\/p>\n
Did these people pay the decision themselves? OF COURSE
\nNOT! The RMA created the RMA night to pay off the decision
\nagainst their most important leaders at the time. Used the rank
\nand file RMA members money to bail them out. What? Sandy,
\nStubenhaus or Dreith’s July checks couldn’t take the hit?<\/p>\n
And RMA night continues to this day.<\/p>\n
So if you’re going to the RMA night tomorrow, reflect on the
\nkind of conduct on the part of the RMA’s former (and some
\npresent) leaders that led to it’s creation.<\/p>\n
Doubt our word on this? Want to say WE LIE????
\nRead the Variety Article yourself:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y8eb7s65<\/p>\n
THE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n
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III. DID YOU GO TO THE DOWNTOWN BENEFIT CONCERT
\nFEATURING RICKY MINOR?<\/p>\n
The concert was to generate support for the tax credit legislation.
\nWho would benefit from the Tax Credit? Only the haves trying
\nto get some work back.<\/p>\n
Who paid for it? Local 47. So once again the RMA elites use
\nthe dues of ALL members (i.e. you and me) to help ONLY
\nthe elites.<\/p>\n
Think the RMA isn’t still running the Local? Think again.<\/p>\n
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IV. MEMBER COMMENTS<\/p>\n
RE: RMA NIGHT<\/p>\n
First the push a statement by Drieth<\/p>\n
Now they have Local 47 pushing there RMA Night agenda.<\/p>\n
Get additional 47 musicians who will never get a chance to earn
\na living in recording to have them show support for a bill they
\nwill never have an opportunity to effect their professional future..<\/p>\n
RMALA will do anything to have it appear there are more then
\n80 people who even earn enough to show this will in affect
\nbenefit hundreds of musicians lives in Los Angeles. When in
\nreality those select at the party are the only ones who could
\nafford to go.<\/p>\n
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V. TOMORROW! SCOTT HEALY ASMAC MASTERCLASS<\/p>\n
If you are a composer or arranger, you definitely should be there!
\nThis Master Class is by Scott Healy, pianist\/composer. (www.bluedogmusic.com)
\nThis stuff is VERY deep, very inspirational. The music and effects
\nhe gets when orchestrating for his 14-piece jazz ensemble is completely
\n\u201cwonderous.\u201d<\/p>\n
How does he do that? Come and find out!<\/p>\n
Saturday, September 23, 2017 \u2013 11am-2pm\u2028\u201cWriting Outside the Box Techniques for Expanding Jazz Composition\u201d\u2028@ The Evergreen Stage\u20284403 West Magnolia Blvd.\u00a0\u2028Burbank CA 91505\u2028$25 Members & Students \/ $40 Non-Members
\nThe Sept. 23rd Master Class will explore some of the ways a composer
\ncan extend the harmonic, rhythmic, orchestrational and emotional
\nlanguage of large ensemble jazz writing. Topics will include linear
\nharmony, plastic meter, \u201coff the grid\u201d writing, controlled and notated
\nimprovisation, spatial and box notation, layered counterpoint, and
\ntechniques borrowed from 20th century classical composition. Musical
\nexamples will include excerpts and full works from studio and live
\nrecordings, with accompanying scores and analysis.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles-based Scott Healy is a multitasking, Grammy-nominated
\ncomposer, recording artist, producer, bandleader, pianist and
\nmulti-keyboardist. He is best-known for playing in the house band
\nfor Conan O\u2019Brien: first on Late Night in NYC, then moving out
\nto LA in 2009 for The Tonight Show, and now Conan on TBS,
\nwhere he holds down the keyboard chair in the Basic Cable
\nBand. His 2013 release, Hudson City Suite, by the 10-piece
\nScott Healy Ensemble garnered worldwide praise, stellar online
\nand print reviews, national jazz radio airplay, and a 2014
\nGrammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition.
\nwww.scotthealy.com<\/p>\n
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VI. EVENTS
\nDEAN AND RICHARD
\nare now at Culver City Elks the first \u2028Friday of \u2028every month.
\n7:30pm-10:30pm,
\n11160 Washington Pl.
\nCulver City, 90232
\n310-839-8891
\n————————————-
\nLA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
\nNO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
\nEvery 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
\nViva Cantina
\n7:30-10:00.
\n900 Riverside Drive, \u2028Burbank.<\/p>\n
Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
\nCome hear your favorite charts played the way
\nthey \u2028should \u2028be. \u2028\u2028We are in the back room called
\nthe Trailside Room. \u2028\u2028\u2028Come on down.<\/p>\n
Guaranteed to swing.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.responsible47.com<\/p>\n
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9\/24\/17<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS
\nwill be featured on the LACMA radio
\nbroadcast, live at 6 pm!<\/p>\n
For more information see the LA Winds
\nwebsite at www.lawinds.org<\/p>\n
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9\/24\/17<\/p>\n
THE PHIL NORMAN TENTET
\nat the Soka Jazz Festival
\nSoka Performing Art Center
\n1 University Drive
\nAliso Viejo, CA. 92656<\/p>\n
Sunday September 24th @ 3:00pm<\/p>\n
www.soka.edu\/pac\/tickets\/
\n17-18jazzfestival.aspx<\/p>\n
PLAYING THE MUSIC OF JAZZ GREATS
\nReminiscent of the West Coast jazz sounds
\nof the 50’s & 60’s<\/p>\n
Stan Kenton, George Shearing, Miles Davis
\nGerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck,
\nBenny Golson, Dizzy
\nand other jazz giants<\/p>\n
Performed by some of Los Angeles
\nfinest musicians
\n(see below)<\/p>\n
MUSICIANS
\nChristian Jacob – piano
\nKevin Axt – bass
\nDick Weller – drums
\nBrad Dutz – percussion\/vibes
\nLarry Koonse- guitar
\nCarl Saunders- trumpet\/flugel
\nRon Stout – trumpet\/flugel
\nScott Whitfield – trombone
\nRusty Higgins – alto & soprano sax\/flute
\nRoger Neumann- baritone sax\/bass clarinet
\nPhil Norman – tenor sax\/clarinet<\/p>\n
ARRANGERS<\/p>\n
Bob Florence
\nBill Holman
\nChristian Jacob
\nRoger Neumann
\nKim Richmond
\nJackson Stock
\nFrancisco Torres
\nScott Whitfield<\/p>\n
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10\/1\/17<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Symphonic Winds
\nOktoberfest Concert\/Beer Tasting!\u2028Sunday October 1, 2017 at\u00a02:30 pm\u2028Calabasas High School Performing Arts Education Center\u202822855 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302
\nAn exhilarating afternoon of works by Strauss,
\nLehar and Orff plus a post concert Beer
\nTasting Event.
\nRepertoire for Oktoberfest concert:\u2028Bach\/Schaeffer Passacaglia in c minor\u2028Orff Carmina Burana excerpts\u2028Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite\u2028Henze Don Quixote\u2028Mendelssohn Overture for Winds\u2028Howard The Little German Band
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10\/4\/17<\/p>\n
FREE GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS<\/p>\n
Violinist JACQUELINE SUZUKI
\nPianist CHARLES FIERRO<\/p>\n
will perform the Lekeu Violin Sonata &
\nthe Debussy- Heifetz “Beau Soir”.
\nThank you!<\/p>\n
Artist Bios:
\nJACQUELINE SUZUKI, violin, is a longtime
\nmember of the Long Beach and Santa Barbara
\nSymphonies. A native of San Francisco, she
\nbegan her earliest chamber music studies on
\nscholarship at the San Francisco Conservatory.
\nShe has performance degrees from the
\nMannes College of Music (BM), where she studied
\nwith William Kroll, and the California Institute
\nof the Arts (MFA).<\/p>\n
As a Los Angeles freelancer, she has performed
\nwith many ensembles and in many genres, from r
\nock, jazz, Latin and Arabic, to playing in the pit
\nfor the Bolshoi Ballet and onstage with the Three
\nTenors. She has recorded with diverse artists:
\nSnoop Dogg, Neil Sedaka, Leonard Cohen, Whitney
\nHouston, Bocelli, Lalo Schifrin, McCoy Tyner,
\nPlacido Domingo and many others, and appears
\non recordings by the Long Beach, Santa Barbara
\nand Pacific Symphonies. She has spent summers
\nat the Peter Britt, Oregon Coast, Carmel Bach
\nand Cabrillo Festivals and has performed in a
\nstring quartet \u201cin residence\u201d on a raft trip
\ndown the Green River in Utah. Tours have
\ntaken her many times to Japan, Taiwan,
\nMexico, Canada, Europe, the Middle East
\nand throughout the US. She initiated and
\ncurates the Free Admission Glendale Noon
\nConcerts http:\/\/glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
\nand also the
\nEdendale Up Close Concerts: http:\/\/edendaleupclose.blogspot.com<\/p>\n
One of Southern California’s leading pianists,
\nCharles Fierro\u00a0has made concert tours for the
\nNational Endowment for the Arts and the California
\nArts Council and has given more than 25 concerto
\nperformances with orchestras.\u00a0\u00a0He has appeared
\ntwice at the National Gallery of Art and the
\nDumbarton Oaks Foundation in Washington,
\nD.C.\u00a0\u00a0In 1976 he played the American
\nBicentennial\u00a0Recital at the Palace of Fontainebleau
\nin France on the personal invitation of the
\nlegendary musician, Nadia Boulanger.\u00a0\u00a0He
\nhas interpreted the music of Beethoven,
\nSchumann, Schoenberg and Liszt at the Ojai
\nFestivals and performed more than a dozen
\ntimes at the prestigious Monday Evening
\nConcerts in Los Angeles, presenting the
\nAmerican premieres of important new works.<\/p>\n
UNTIL NEXT TIME,\u2028\u2028THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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