Darcy--saw your name in a DownBeat for an award--congratulations! What was (is) Brookmeyer like as a teacher?? Jim Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christopher BJ Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: String fingerings in Pops work?
> > On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 12:50 AM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > > > Bowings, well, normally it's the job of the section leaders (who get > > the parts well ahead of time for that very purpose) to mark in section > > bowings, then the librarian transfers them to all the parts in the > > section. They get paid extra money for that. For pops concerts, I > > suppose if time is short and everyone wants to maximise the rehearsal > > time, pre-marked bowings would come in handy, but it would take an > > experienced first chair player to do it effectively, and the expense > > shouldn't come out of YOUR pocket. > > Unfortunately, due to the nature of this contract, they are required to > submit the parts with bowing indications already on 'em. Can't say if > this is now SOP for pops orchestras or the contractor for this specific > project is just a bad negotiator, but that's the way things seem to have > shaped up. > > > I can assure you that nobody who is not a violinist him/herself marks > > in bowings on their arrangements. If the contractor/producer/conductor > > wants the extra help (I think I would if it was me conducting), it's > > not up to you to be out-of-pocket because of his whim. > > Well, the contractor (the band's manager) will not be conducting this > stuff -- that's up to the various conductors of the various pops > orchestras. > > > Guys like Mancini were pretty raw in the string bowing department (have > > you seen his book? He says he ran the parts by his favourite concert > > master, who marked them up for him. > > Basically, what it comes down to is this -- either (A) I take *all* of > the money they have budgeted for this project and then sub-contract one > of my violinist friends (and violist/cellist/bassist, if necessary) to > look over my bowings to see if they make sense, or (B) I get paid a > little bit less and *they* hire a violinist to mark in the bowings. (A) > is much preferable, both because I can get this done more economically > than they could (so I still come out further ahead), and because > assignment (and the money) would go to a trusted friend and colleague > rather than some random violinist. The contract itself is very > generous, so I don't mind this little bit of extra hassle, especially > now that I've persuaded him to forget about the whole fingering thing. > > - Darcy > > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Boston MA > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
