basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 9 Aug 2006 4:34 pm
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Pat has often said that I spend far too long on the 'Forum'
I've just figured that with 2843 posts probably taking 2-3 minutes to compose (Because I'm a bit dumb)
That figure COULD represent actual studio playing time of 47 three hour sessions, in my part of the world, worth to me $275 per session = $13,030.00 approx. If I was to stay with standard rates, but I usually get double that because I can probably complete 8-12 tracks in that time period, and invariably do.
On average maybe 10-15 minutes a tune would be 'Par for the Course'.
The rule of thumb over here is 3 titles OR 15 minutes of recorded performance = 1 session i.e. 3 hours.
So, for the moment I'm going back to my guitar and following Pat's advice
I think the last straw was probably the reference to being a
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steel guitar hobbyists, or at best weekend warriors |
I don't know many 'weekend Warriors' that have raised as much for charity as Bob Brolley and myself have over the past four years. Close to $500,000, that's why Bob got the royal honour of MBE, as his MD I'm just a back-room boy, but as you can see below, not so much in the background (The concert at the Birmingham Symphony Hall this year raised over $100,000)
Date Registered: 26 May 1999
Status: Ex-Member as of 10 August 2006
Total Posts: 2843 +1
Basil Henrick AKA Henriques et al.
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Steel players do it without fretting |
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