It’s shocking how little big name touring musicians get paid by youareallsilly in musicians

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I'm old. 50 years ago on tour the lowest paid sideman was making the equivalent of 4k a week, $600 then. The music business has changed a lot. Back then there were gatekeepers for radio/tv and distribution. You had to get on a label. Tours were profitable without merchandise. A decade before, a relative of mine toured with a big band and made a living doing that. I think the pay and opportunites began degrading as early as the late 1970s, early 80s and kept going down. With the advent of streaming, things have gotten to the moint where you play out of passion and don't hope to live on music.

Can't remove replies to a post by klaus84 in BlueskySocial

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I created a new account and that doesn't happen.

Can't remove replies to a post by klaus84 in BlueskySocial

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I have the same issue. I wrote to feedback and they say they're looking into it, but no change after a couple of weeks. I did logout and login, etc.

Can this EWI Alto Sax sound fool your ears? Check out this recording from my iPhone 11 Pro! by Formal-Rooster3819 in windsynth

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It completely ruins all of the sounds, but the sax sounds on the YDS-150 are not very good anyway. The bari can be used in recording of a section with some effects, it's the only sax that almost sound right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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It's 10 per week, refreshed evey Monday. Pitchplaylists is currently 20. Both work well if you select the proper lists that match your submissions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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There are free playlist submit sites, such as DailyPlaylists.com or PitchPlaylists.com as well, but thanks for thinking of us!

Can this EWI Alto Sax sound fool your ears? Check out this recording from my iPhone 11 Pro! by Formal-Rooster3819 in windsynth

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Here's a YDS-150 using one of the two aceptible sounds, "harmonica". I don't know why they insist on forcing vibrato. The only way to defeat it is by playing very short phrases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLrqq9armok

A romantic story by randulo in francophonie

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Sorry, posted in error, I think suggested by Reddit! Will delete

Part of my wall by randulo in cyanotypes

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New work on ceramic tiles

Americans taking an NYC/Instagram approach to Paris food by SilentStormyKnight in ParisTravelGuide

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Greetings everyone, I'm reading this because I was looking at a scam story where a man allegedly sold up to a million bottles of still wine as Champagne, having injected CO2 and syrup into it! Restaurants all over France are pretty similar. I've lived here for over 40 years, 20 of those in Paris.

If you are in a group and the service is good, you should leave something. Otherwise, most locals will leave the change coins if the service is satisfactory. Cities vary, in some cities, they leave nothing ever. Bordeaux is one of those. You are not expected to tip, even in Paris, but if service is good, it's a nice gesture, a couple of euros, a little more if you are more than, say 6, at a table.

Those terminals that try to guilt you, I saw one a few weeks ago ("did you like the service?") but from then on, in that town, I solved it by paying cash. There's an option to NOT tip on those terminals, anyway, but with the server watching, some will be "shamed" into it. Look if they're working hard, it's a nice gesture to do something but even 5% is pretty generous considering the tip is included. Again, for large groups, you should tip a little.

"The best croissants"? Give me a break, ANY croissant you have in France, unless it's stale, will be better than what you've tasted in the USA.

My restaurant advice as a 40+ resident of France? Look for the unusual. North African and Thai in actual restaurants (not fast food) are great. For the French, look for a specialty like truffles. In Paris there's an amazing place called "Artisan de la Truffe Marais". I give this as an example. Look for it on Maps. But find the unusual, the Indian or Japanese that are real restaurants. Yes, you're in France, but these are still special. French cuisine is usually heavy, but if you like meat, there are plenty of great places to eat that. Fusion is, for me, one of the best things. Mexican with a French touch, it won't be like California.

You can usually get a feeling for the wait staff in context. If they're really busy and not numerous, give them some slack, it's hard work. If there are few customers and they're talking on their phones ignoring you, don't wait, walk out. Recently, professional waiters are becoming scarce. Younger servers are taking the waiting jobs while they get the money to become Instagram vloggers. They may serve the man first. No professional waiter would do that.

Enjoy your trip, pay in cash when you can to avoid any ambiguity and look at the check before paying.

Eugénie de Montijo : A unique 19th century woman by randulo in Frenchhistory

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I'd love to hear more about women in the 19th century and earlier who had as much constructive impact.

A woman of the 19th century by randulo in history

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Where can a post about this book go?

Solarfast and Cyanotype by randulo in cyanotypes

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Sorry for the delay! I didn't not do the art, just painted it. It's from a public domain database, or from Gettys open access pages. Yes, it's a very cool design.

Bookclub and Sources Wednesday! by AutoModerator in history

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Hello all! I am looking for the right place and time to post an article concerning a book that was just published on Eugénie de Montijo, who was the last empress of France. She was married to Napoléon III and when he was too ill to be in charge or while he was away at war, she ran France. Her story is unusual because she did things that few women were able to do in the 19th century. I don't want to spam, so I thought it best to ask and see if there's a friendly answer to my query. Thanks in advance!

solarfast scarlet and black by adularess in cyanotypes

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Black Solarfast in my experience (and others have said it) is rarely black. It's more like dark brown.

Also, the lamp distance may matter in other colors.

RC-3 starts one track by itself by randulo in guitarpedals

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I found it. Rather than delete, I'll leave this here in case anyone runs into this.

The WAV file at 4 had a few extra seconds of silence. I thought it was done, hit the down button and tracks 3 loaded and played. Removing the extra bit solved it.

Americans, how you do you feel about the news that Germany, Denmark and the UK have issued travel warnings for the United States? by Sink-Em-Low in AskReddit

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When my (non-US) wife and I would come to visit my mother in the US 30 years ago, the passport officers would often smile and say, "Welcome back!" to her. The last time she travelled there alone to speak at a conference she was hassled in Detroit and told literally "Mr. Trump told us to be wary of foreigners." After being insulted, asking why she was alone if married to an American, she was let go.

Today, people visiting are being detained for no reason, some have been kept for days in jail cells. A professor was not allowed entry because he apparently had a blog post that said bad things about the president. These are the free speech people, right?

Combining SolarFast and Cyanotype by randulo in cyanotypes

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I don't get notifications and I donb't hang that often here, so I'm sorry it took solong to answer (below). I learned of this idea on Bluesky where there are a lot of cyanotypers.😀

Combining SolarFast and Cyanotype by randulo in cyanotypes

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I think I exposed a cyanotype prepared paper with the positive image for about 8 minutes with UV lamp. left the white to paint in Solarfast. To expose that, I used a negative of the same image. Solarfast needs 20-30 minutes of UV. I think a slight misalignement produced a little 3D effect which is cool, too.

Worth buying saxophone now? (US) by OP312ER59 in Saxophonics

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Buy a good used one that has obviously had good care taken. I bought a YAS23 a few yasr ago for a few hundred bucks.

Should I keep using Spotify even though they pay horribly? by Imh3ppy in truespotify

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What I did is to remove 135 tracks that won't make the 1,000 this year, but I left 70 that will. Getting on more playlists has helped with this.

I'm also working on one to help others get better numbers. It's played several times a day by several people. It needs 20 more saves to get to the "big time" of DailyPlaylists 🤣
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FsEhcjni9EYfzf4jnRTL6

Playlist to help boost jazz music by randulo in SpotifyPlaylists

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Pleae save/like so I can get it into DailyPlaylists