CANNED MUSIC
£IOO,OOO TO STOP IT MUSICIANS' PUBLICITY PLAN NEW YORK. Deo, 10 The war against "canned imisjc," thf Hollywood-produced sound uccompaw rnciit in "synchronised" Mian, is in fnl swing. Iji ihe vanguard is the Ameri ; cati Federation of Jsjusieians. which i; r.oeMiif{ to persuade the public that "nr i sttfestitat*. can: wt equal the glamoi and thrill of real music." .Realising that the public is the ulti ! mato judge, the iunion is devoting full :"'.'• Irtge newspaper advertisements to .the horrors'" of synchronised musir:. it j?« backed in its'tight hy thousands ot . ■ s"xophone, 'celliAt, and trombone rrlists. t-ho are being' thrusf. into Poverty 'Rom f y the new Robot. I The nunVber (if unemployed musiciansj l">re is estimated al 70,000. and ihe' : {: .{(''deration is spending £IOO,OOO in its 1 r-nblicity campaign. The "ti«w art"' :i'i";.(.| ; ; not, onlv orchestras hut also music; | : . p'lMishc-is, instrument majors, and other allied liianchc-. of the great nmsi--111 world associated witli film production. . ' Hollywood musicians, with £2 an hour rowing into their pockets from this much-abused "canned music," are luke-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17178, 7 February 1930, Page 2
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174CANNED MUSIC Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17178, 7 February 1930, Page 2
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