Respecting the Art: Why Music Bands and Choirs Deserve Fair Compensation.
It is now becoming a trend that people do every time, and they do not see any big deal in it because it is what they are becoming to love. Why do people invite choirs or music bands to an event and not want to pay them? This is a very bad habit or character, which a lot of people are now inculcating. I also feel this is why some music bands turn down some invitations because they see it as not really relevant. Sometimes when I see people talk about these things, I tend to blame them for reacting that way, not knowing that there are some reasons why they were doing that.
There is an adage that says when you have not experienced something, you won't know how it feels or what other people feel. This is so true because until I experienced the same thing, I was not really convinced, but all the same, I was still convinced, but to some extent. What is it with people inviting people when you know you are not capable of putting the abuse or paying them for the service being rendered to you? Sometimes we invite music artists to musical programs, and then some of these artists will decide to come do some music for us at their own free will, but yet we won't compensate them.
They say that money sometimes answers all things; these things are also things that musical bands or choirs need. Imagine inviting a choir, of which we all know that they are finding it very difficult to stand on their own, but because they are not reputable people, yet we feel we can just call them and then make them travel from a long distance without any composition. Just like I said earlier, I have experienced this, and this will make me share more knowledge on this.
I and my other colleagues were invited to a musical program that was not announced to us earlier, but the convener wants us to be there at all costs, so we have to tell them to look for a way to assist us because we are just students. Then they refused because they felt they could not foot our bills. All they tell us is that we should come for their program and ensure we try our best to come. When I heard this, I was very annoyed, and I wonder what would have made them raise this thought.
Because you are doing music does not mean you're a beggar. This is just because you choose to entertain people, and one thing people don't know is that music is life, and without music life can never exist. For everyone that always wants to invite a choir in a musical band, always ensure that you try to compress it for them, even if it is just a transportation fee or just a fueling means because they are using the effort and everything they have, and it won't really speak to me when you have good quality people, and you can't pay them tangibly. But I hope the musically oriented out there that knows the value of music will always support and guide people and know that music is just more than singing.
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I am a type that negotiate price before beginning anything contract or performance. After the last time I experienced such, I made the decision. I was invited to a church to play, only to spend my transport without being compensated. At the end of the service, no body agreed to be responsible for my welfare; even the person that invited me. While the person that invited claimed it was the church that asked him to contact a keyboardist, the church claimed they did not budget anything for me😀. I had to leave in anger at the long run
Wao, that's so sad. That's why I just don't go to any program any how without program negotiation. People take instrumentalist for granted too much which is unfair.
That is just how it is in this part of the world.
You're right