OLD TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRAS WERE 1. IN THE RED....GOING BANKRUPT 2. EVEN THE BIG FIVE OWED MONEY AND WERE BARELY GETTING BY, ORCHESTRAS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE STATE IN EUROPE AND BY PATRONS IN THE US AND THE PAYING PUBLIC......FUNDS WERE SCARCE....THE BELIEF WAS TYPICALLY IF YOU HAVE A GREAT SOLOIST, A GREAT CONDUCTOR AND A GREAT VENUE, DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CLASSICAL MUSIC.....THE ELITE AUDIENCE WOULD SIT STIFFLY, DRESSED TO THE GILLS, THE STAR CONDUCTOR WAS PAID ABOUT 2 MILLION...HAHA...LOL...THE MUSICIANS WERE OVER QUALIFIED.......THE MONEY WOULD COME ROLLING IN.....THEY WERE SO WRONG.....GOOD LEFT BRAINED THINKING....AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN 2003 ATTENDING A CONCERT WAS 750 ONLY.... REVENUE CAME FROM: LIVE RECORDINGS < 60% ROYALTIES
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:08:04 +0000