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Diversions
Living and Playing
The Local Band Scene
You can go to your favorite
club in town to hear your
favorite local band And there
they'll be. displaying their vary
ing degrees of arrogance and
showmanship, singing, strumm
ing. picking, drumming
Yet. behind whatever glamour
may exist for these performers
on stage, the economic situation
for local musicians is no piece of
cake. Whatever cake exists, in
fact, is very small, not too
sweet, and. no matter how you
slice it. it comes up peanuts
The players in most Eugene
area bands supplement their
"musical income" in a wide
variety of ways Gardening,
landscaping and yardwork Far
tiling Inching Art work and
graphics. Shoe repair Support
from wives, girlfriends and
families Renting equipment to
other musicians
Among the players in most
hands in this area, the general
feeling is that, while it surely
would he nice to he paid better,
income isn't really the issue
“It's not something we do for
money. ' says John Swan of
Magic Swan and the Dukes
“We do it for fun That gives us
some leeway to screw up and
take chances." he says. “We
just like to play."
Peter Thorpe, a blues
singcr/guitarist. agrees. "It's a
sad situation." he says. “We
don't make much money at all
It's really hard to support a hand
Photo by Bobbie Lo
Many musician* in hugene depend on other means to support
themselves besides th*‘ money they receive from playing in
established clubs. Some hold full-time jobs during the day, while
others, such as Willie Ihr. play for quarters and nickels on the
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Thorpe says he makes his "cn
(ire living" off music, bui thai
he is only able lo make ends
meet because his wile Bclsy,
who docs txxikmg for (he Pelcr
Thorpe Band, also has a full
tune job.
"Musicians never make
enough." Thorpe says "We're
a pretty poor lot It's noi (he best
profession in :he world." as far
as income, he says.
"What I make doesn't even
pay for what I break." Swan
laughs.
"You can t even make enough
money to cover the cost of fuses,
strings and stolen equipment,"
says Bruno B Brundoggie. who
sang and played synthesizer for
(he now defunct band. Moose
Lodge. Brundoggie says that
beyond these basic expenses are
the added hassles of trying lo
find appropriate rehearsal space
and transportation to move
equipment to and from gigs "I
don't make a living from
music.” he says, "but I don’t
make a living by doing anything
else, either. Thank God for rich
uncles and gullible parents." he
laughs
Most hands claim an average
of S20-S30 per night per player,
with some, like jazz guitarist
Don l-atarski. pay ing his players
as much as $60 $K0 a night To
avoid audience "burn but'.1'*'
Latarski only plays in Eugene
one weekend a month, and per
forms most other weekends out
ot town, usually in Portland
Because of the stress involved
m setting up shows and the an
dienee burn out factor. Latarski
says "the vast majority of
players are doing other things "
Latarski is a faculty member at
the University's School of
Music, and is trying to diversify
into writing music for video,
film, radio and television adver
tising. multi-image slide shows
and working with computer
generated music
At the other end of the spec
trum. local hand members can
make as little as "two bucks a
person." says Darren Baker,
bassist for the Priority Demons.
"Maybe enough lor a beer and
some gum." he laughs In
fact, we paid to do a show one
time." he adds
"You almost end up losing
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