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jcello

Bridezilla

Jun 21, 2004 16:44

I'm in a string quartet that mostly performs at weddings. We've had to make a demo CD with the violist TALKING over the pieces because people were using the CDs at their ceremonies without paying us. So today I got a call ( Read more... )

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menolie June 22 2004, 11:31:50 UTC

I hope you don't mind me asking you this, but my husband has played with quartets for weddings before (his primary string instrument is the bass violin), and has considered looking into how to possibly turn it into a business as well. Do you have any tips you could offer on how to get started? Thanks, and sorry to have bothered you! :-)

No bother at all! jcello June 24 2004, 12:38:36 UTC

Some of the things we've done over the years ( ... )

Re: No bother at all! menolie June 24 2004, 18:41:05 UTC

Thanks so much for your responses!! :-)

Regarding #6 - what is the best way to find what local competitive rates are?

LOL at #10 - just curious, but did the groomsmen go through with it??

Re: No bother at all! jcello June 24 2004, 19:05:48 UTC

#6 - call the local musicians' union and ask, or call other musicians and ask them.

#10. Yep. It was...weird.

Re: No bother at all! menolie June 24 2004, 19:43:22 UTC

Well, at least hopefully it was a memorable wedding for all the right reasons ;-)

I think the most unique thing at any wedding I've attended was when the preacher forgot to tell the couple to kiss, and they were already halfway down the aisle when the groom's mother shouted after them, "Kiss! Kiss!". And that sounds pretty tame compared to #10!

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