Current Sweet Adeline International 3rd place medalists and 2009 Harmony Sweepstakes winners Maxx Factor have made the final cut and will be one of the 8...
Atlantic Bay-Mountain Region #19 presents Quartet/Singersf School with Moxie Ladies, 2009 SAI International Quartet Champions ♫ JANUARY 8-10, 2010...
A reminder to all, the deadline for registration for Singers' School is December 28, 2010. Susan Testa Communications Coordinator Atlantic Bay-Mountain Region...
Here's a link to the demo of one of my latest arrangements: http://www.nicholasarrangements.com/demos/MuchToMySurprise_Demo1.mp3 Difficulty level: Medium ...
http://www.nicholasarrangements.com/demos/HomeOnTheRange_Demo.mp3 Difficulty level: Easy to Medium Contestable? No. Learning tracks available. For more info,...
The Atlantic Harmony Brigade is considering featuring a couple of Roger Payne's arrangements in our 2010 song mix as an homage to him as one among our...
FYI: I have M-A-N-Y links about M-AN-Y things on the Barbershop Quartet Yahoo group site. Unfortunately, looking through them, it would appear that there is no...
... Neil, ... I just downloaded the BHS Music Catalog in Excel format, sorted it by Arranger Name, and converted the pages with Roger Payne to PDF format. The...
Thank you John and everyone else who offered a hand. Yup, I got those listed from BHS but I know there are many others by Roger that are not listed here. I...
Here's a link to the demo of my latest arrangement. The song is called I'm Still Here: http://www.nicholasarrangements.com/demos/ImStillHere_Demo.mp3 ...
All right, I'll pitch. Each of you grab a bat and get in line and take a few swings. Pricing/Charging for gigs I don't want to hear about why you *don't*...
John,  What a great topic !   I have often asked myself these very same questions.......only I don't have any rationale 'thought out' as of yet, so I am...
I believe you have to be very honest with your and your quartets ability. Starting out with a new quartet you don't want to charge much as you need to build...
This has been a topic that I have struggled with over my 10 years in quartets. I believe that the confidence of the quartet (or the person promoting the...
Yes, John. VERY good questions and good rationale behind your theory. What your time is "worth" though and what you can "get for it" can be very different...
In my opinion, a quartet should never sing for free because that cheapens your price. However, there are times when you might not want to charge a charitable...
Please understand that I am not advocating that we sing for free, merely stating that most of us do this for the love of the music and not merely the money....
There are times in the life of a quartet where it needs the audience feedback as part of it's own development on musicianship and performance. It's a win win...
I will echo Bob on this. I am currently in two quartets. One that has competed on the District Stage and one that is looking forward to competing on the...
I agree with this totally. I would not expect people to pay for a performance that does not warrant it. Best way to look at this is to ask yourself. Would...
Good topic, John. There is something neither you nor any responders have raised: for almost all of us quarteting is a hobby not a profession. We don't depend...
As far as not charging for your novice quartet even though you may not think it is up to a perceived level, you need to take into consideration the costs...
In the early years of my quartetting I used to say to friends about it, "It's the only hobby I have found that can pay for itself."Â That was true in my first...
I just don't think you have to discount something just because YOU enjoy what you're doing. You enjoying what you're doing is what makes it a better...
Two good points. 1) So... perhaps a fee schedule that runs parallel to a contest score? Say, a quartet scoring from: 55-65 = $200/half hr gig 65-75 =...
The Freebie for future gigs has worked a couple times for us. We have done a couple gigs for fellow guarteters church and gotten a couple gigs from it. I...
I agree that it takes time and money to be in this Hobby. Why are hobbies so expensive by the way? I don't pay the bills with my quartet gigs but they do...
Previous comments have been great. Maybe everyone is taking it for granted, but to me, a quartet should consider first entertaining the customer. I liked the...
Its a bench mark of quality and using the competition as a ranking with an impact on how a qtet charges for its services. It should be one of several tools;...
Gentlemen: I keep playing the same record every few months.....I am still seeking a quartet in need of a good Bass to replace your Bass who may be looking to...
