[Arny Krueger]

"Eeyore" wrote in
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MiNe 109 wrote:

Jenn wrote:
Eeyore wrote:

Arny thinks Jenn = cattle ?

Graham

Nope (at least not as far as far as I know). A "cattle
call" (a term usually used for theater; I've never
heard this term used in relation to musical auditions)
is an ad for, as Stephen said, an open audition, i.e.
anyone can show up. When you do that, you get large
"herd" of people, i.e. "cattle". This never happens
for TV/MP sessions. The contractor calls specific
people and hires them.

The term definitely applies to things like "American
Idol" auditions! Sometimes opera people use the term,
but more as a borrowing from the theater usage.

OK.

I'm getting the picture now.

It took some serious head-beating to get it into your dense skull.

So, why did Arny introduce this idea ?

Because Jenn mentioned unions.