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From:  Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
Date:  Thu Aug 2, 2001  10:54 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Need advice on unpaid gigs...


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
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