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RE: Concert bands and contests

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Subject: RE: Concert bands and contests
From: Nigel Horne <njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:10:47 +0100
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On Thursday 06 May 2004 9:54 pm, you wrote:
> With regard to your writing Nigel, in North America, the market for concert
> band pieces is much larger than for brass band. One very prominent North
> American composer and publisher told me recently that he no longer
> publishes for r brass band at all as he cannot make money with it.

This is a big problem over here. I often hear conductors say to guest players
'Do you like that piece? If so I'll photocopy a set for you to take to your band'.

I know a flugel solo that I wrote (I haven't written that many so no prizes
for guessing which one) became popular in bands in North Wales, every single
copy was a photocopy. Not much incentive there to keep on writing is there?

As I said, probably nothing will come of it, but it is going through my mind.

> Dave.

-Nigel

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References:
- RE: Concert bands and contests
  - From: Lloyd Hiscock
- Re: RE: Concert bands and contests
  - From: Nigel Horne
- Re: RE: Concert bands and contests
  - From: David Buckley

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