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Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe  As to unions....I was at a Cleveland Orchestra recording session. We were about 10 seconds from the end of the movement and the union representative blows a police whistle ruining the take because we were "over time". Now I understand that the orchestra members don't want to be taken advantage of by the recording company but 10 seconds??? and I also have to ask was the union representative more concerned with watching his stopwatch or with playing the music? This is why a LOT of record companies no longer wanted to record large orchestras. |
i saw the same exact thing with a different orchestra. after an indication was given there were only 30 seconds until break the producer asks, "do we have time for one more take before break?" the union rep. replied, "no, we'll have to do it after."
everyone in the control room was left thinking, "...after break when everyone is in a different mood, has forgotten the tempo, the line, what needed to be improved musically and the moment has passed."