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H&W: Live Healthy!

Professional Musicians & Employer’s Health & Welfare Fund

Take Control of Your Health: Your Life Depends On It!

Taking care of yourself by exercising and eating well can make a big difference in your over-all health. If you are healthy, stay healthy by maintaining a lifestyle that promotes wellness.

It’s not easy to stop unhealthy habits and start healthy ones. Take baby steps; focus on one small area that you can improve. Adding exercise to your daily routine is one way to a healthier lifestyle. Continue reading →

#AFM47 member spotlight: Linda Ronstadt

Legendary musician, actress, and advocate Linda Ronstadt is one of the most accomplished Latina artists of her generation. A Life Member of AFM Local 47, her remarkable and unparalleled music career spans folk and folk rock, to country and country rock, to pop rock and hard rock, to Gilbert and Sullivan and Puccini, to American songbook standards, to Mexican ranchera, to Afro-Cuban, to jazz. Continue reading →

March 2019 Overture Online: All Music, All People

Overture Online
March 2019

All Music, All People
Music in Our Schools Month

Women’s History Month
Member spotlight: Linda Ronstadt

Awards Season 2019
The results are in!

Streaming is the Future
What are we doing about it?

and more!

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Overture Online is optimized for reading via smartphone or tablet. For those without access to a smart device, issues may be viewed on a web browser here. Local 47 members may download archived pdf versions from the members section at afm47.org.

AFM Western Conference 2019

AFM Local 47 was pleased to host the 2019 AFM Western Conference of Locals, where officers and delegates from AFM Locals in the western United States and Canadian provinces gathered to review common issues and organize for the upcoming AFM Convention. Continue reading →

Streaming is the Future – What are we doing about it?

Negotiations between the AFM and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) begin on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. We’re taking on the most important aspect of the future of the recording industry: new media and streaming services.

Musicians working in all areas of the business are encouraged to attend these important contract negotiations that will affect all of us. Watch the video message from the AFM Local 47 Executive Board, and sign up below to stay informed on important updates and to RSVP to attend negotiations on March 13:

Final Note: Danny Pucillo Sr.

Member. Drum Set
8/13/1932 – 11/1/2018

Love of music and family were the driving forces during Danny Pucillo’s 86 years of life.

Born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York, he originally wanted to play the trumpet. However, at the age of 10, his mother took him to the Strand Theatre in New York City, and once he saw the indelible image of Gene Krupa playing his signature floor tom beat, extending up on the fine white projection screen, he was captivated by the mastery of what Krupa had played. Danny knew he had to become a drummer. Continue reading →

‘Ragtime’ @ Pasadena Playhouse

Twenty years after its premiere, the great American musical “Ragtime” returned to L.A. in a run at the Pasadena Playhouse January 28 through March 3, 2019. Continue reading →

Final Note: Ralph Jungheim

Former Member. Trumpet
5/19/1929 – 1/5/2019

by Kirk Silbee

Ralph Jungheim, a record producer, impresario, photographer and an all-around friend to jazz, has died. He oversaw 58 albums as an independent producer for such artists as Earl “Fatha” Hines, Freddie Hubbard, Ruth Brown, Joe Pass, Michel Legrand, Jimmy Rowles, Freddy Cole, Jimmy Witherspoon, Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All Stars, Jack Sheldon, Wild Bill Davison and Eddie Miller, Jackie Allen, Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, Bill Berry’s Ellington All-Stars, Charles Neville, Tommy Newsom, Mavis Rivers, James Zollar and John Dentz. Jungheim passed away on January 5, due to complications of a longtime illness. Continue reading →

2019 Member Directory out now!

Copies of the 2019 Local 47 Member Directory are out now!

These books are published annually and made available exclusively to members upon request as a free member benefit.

Pick one up at the union or request a copy by filling out the form below or by calling 323.462.2161.

Super Bowl: Personal Foul

We have a very serious problem in Los Angeles, and there’s a certain project that’s on all our minds: Magic Johnson’s Super Bowl ad.

The music for this commercial was recorded non-union, by CMG. If the gig were union, these musicians would have been paid for the session, the airing of the ad on TV and internet, benefits, and sidelining. If this gig were union the musicians would have earned $933.82. Instead, the musicians were paid a paltry $175 in a buyout deal. Continue reading →