After the Gig – Financial Tips From Your Credit Union
by Leanne Powers, Director of Marketing, Musicians’ Interguild Credit Union
We’re not a cash-less society, but for many of us, it’s getting very close. We’ve become so used to swiping plastic that it’s becoming difficult to imagine doing anything else, but that sense of normalcy also creates opportunities for thieves who would like to separate us from our hard-earned money. Continue reading
December 2015 saw the continuation of visits to the offices of local state senator offices by musicians to speak in favor of AB 1199, legislation that has the potential to bring thousands of music scoring jobs back to California.
The bill is currently in the Senate Governance & Finance Committee and will be picked up again in early 2016. Musicians are utilizing this time to gear up for visits to local state senate offices to voice their support of this important bill.
On Dec. 16 members met with Nathaniel Serslev, District Director for Sen. Janet Nguyen, in Garden Grove. Just before the Christmas holiday on the morning of Dec. 23, musicians visited the office of Sen. Mike Morrell to speak with District Director Nick Calero in Rancho Cucamonga.
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A message from the Professional Musicians, Local 47 and Employers’ Health & Welfare Fund
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Please be aware that Ghiya Rushidat has been added to our Do Not Work For List for non-payment of pension and H&W contributions for live performances.
Application Deadline: January 25, 2016
I-Park, located in rural East Haddam, CT, announces its 2016 multi-disciplinary artists-in-residence program. The program is open to composers and those working in the field of sound art/design/sculpture. Other creative disciplines represented: visual arts, architecture, moving image, creative writing and landscape/garden/ecological design. Self-directed residencies are being offered from May through November, 2016. Most residencies are 4-weeks in duration. International applicants are welcome. Continue reading
Seminars and workshops in the works for 2016
The Executive Board is excited to announce a new partnership with the California Jazz Foundation, a nonprofit created to aid and assist California jazz musicians in crisis. Continue reading
For the first time in the film saga’s epic history, the music for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was scored here in Los Angeles with AFM Local 47 musicians. Dan Redfeld, AFM Local 47 member, classically trained composer, conductor, orchestrator and pianist, shares his review of the film’s score.
We’ve all been waiting to hear what the Maestro, composer John Williams, has fashioned. The reports of the sessions beginning in June and lasting until November have been plastered everywhere. What kind of things were we going to hear? Will the score feel like “Star Wars”? Are the themes catchy?
For me, the score is nothing short of miraculous and a testament to why Mr. Williams is the greatest American composer this country has produced since Bernstein or Copland. He’s 83 and shows no sign of resting on his laurels. The music is complex, thematically driven, impeccably orchestrated, passionate, sinister, heart-wrenching, beautiful. It’s definitely written in his later period style (which began surfacing in the ’90s): an intricate harmonic structure, the high xylophone/woodwind riffs during action sequences which make the music cut through sound design, detailed counterpoint and a sense of assuredness of a master craftsman operating in top form. Continue reading at listen-la.com
Check out Dan’s full film review of “The Force Awakens” here.
Jim Nelson Tito’s Palace with the Marine Band
Former Life Member. Drums
5/21/1946 – 11/28/2015
by Chris J. Nelson
James Allen Nelson of Arlington Virginia, born on May 21, 1946 in Iowa. James passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Nov. 28, 2015. Continue reading
Douglas B. Craig
Life Member. Bassoon
12/14/1928 – 11/1/2015
Survived by friend & family
Richard (Dick) Gabriel
Life Member. Saxophone
10/1/1940 – 12/1/2015
Survived by spouse & children
Douglas G. Reeves
Life Member. Violin
10/24/1924 – 9/28/2015
Survived by spouse
Newly reported:
Johnny Mann
Life Member. Piano
9/30/1928 – 6/18/2014
Survived by spouse
Guitar
(7/31/1951 – 12/24/2015)
By Steve Carr
On Christmas Eve my dear friend Rick Fleishman departed this world after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. Rick was an intelligent, ethical and talented human being whom I met while working casuals some 36 years ago. Our friendship, along with musical and business partnerships, grew quickly. He was a great guitar player with whom I collaborated with on many jazz, pop and movie projects. But most of all he was a close friend who will forever be missed. He is survived by his loving wife Albina and loyal daughter Sara. There will be a memorial to him at the Musician’s Union Sunday afternoon, January 17.