“I Can Deduct CD Production, Right?”
The following article first appeared in the February 2007 edition of International Musician, the official newspaper of the American Federation of Musicians. Recently, there has been an explosion in...
View ArticleRecording Department Breaks New Record
As the economy began to slide last year, and as recording work started a downward turn, Local 802’s Recording Department was still able to collect the most money for musicians in union history. The...
View ArticleIt Pays to Work Union!
If you’ve ever tried to sue someone in court — and then tried to collect on the judgment — you know what a hassle that is. Sometimes it’s impossible. But musicians who work under union contracts don’t...
View ArticleMusicians win back $75K, thanks to Recording Dept.
The Recording Department recently settled a claim with Universal Motown for musicians’ services on several recording sessions with the band Tamarama. Local 802 collected close to $10,000 in wages and...
View ArticleWorking on your first recording?
Let’s show off our members. At its March 2 meeting, the Local 802 Executive Board passed a new policy: “It was moved and seconded that Allegro be permitted to print announcements of new releases of...
View ArticleMaking Money in Movies
Traditionally, if you are a recording musician, you get paid in at least two ways when you record for a movie under a union contract. First is the recording session itself when you record the movie...
View ArticleGetting Paid Twice
Do you know about “new use” payments? It’s another benefit to playing union gigs… Earlier this year, Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi asked me to attend the AFM new use meetings in Studio City,...
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Musicians and the Digital Age
Tino Gagliardi Has the digital age been good to musicians? That bombshell question was recently asked by the New York Times in its cover magazine story, “The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t,” written...
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Big Space
Local 802 musicians record the score to the Coen brothers’ movie “Hail, Caesar!” with Audiosmith Digital Solutions at the DiMenna Center, done under a union contract. Photo by Walter Karling. More...
View ArticleRecording Musicians Take Note
Local 802 and the AFM recognize that the digital domain has created new opportunities for musicians to work together online, allowing creative collaborations to happen worldwide. Distance is no longer...
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