How much can a good bass player makes in a year?

[muzician21]

If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
they play other instruments too I suppose.

[Les Cargill[_4_]]

muzician21 wrote:
> If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
> skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
> regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
> they play other instruments too I suppose.


'Bout tree fiddy.

--
Les Cargill

[Carl]

Les Cargill wrote:
> muzician21 wrote:
>> If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
>> skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
>> regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
>> they play other instruments too I suppose.
>
>
> 'Bout tree fiddy.
>
While the OP isn't going to get much in a usable answer from this, I had to
tell you that you had me in stitches. I can't put my finger on why exactly,
but it is just very funny. Good job. :-)

[Sean Conolly]

"muzician21" > wrote in message
...
> If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
> skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
> regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
> they play other instruments too I suppose.

That is going to be very hard to answer, becaue there are very, very few
people in that catagory. All I know is that you can make a comfortable
living if you have the connections and skills to back it up, but it's easier
to get the skills than the connections.

Sean

[hank alrich]

muzician21 > wrote:

> If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
> skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
> regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
> they play other instruments too I suppose.

www.berklee.edu/pdf/parents/music-industry-salaries.pdf

A-list players will draw roughly 3x national scale and play several
sessions/day most days of the week. From their gross in addition to
taxes and such, deduct management fees which may run 15 to 30%.

The A-list is startlingly short and the level of professional execution
is startlingly high.

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[Scott Dorsey]

hank alrich > wrote:
>
>www.berklee.edu/pdf/parents/music-industry-salaries.pdf
>
>A-list players will draw roughly 3x national scale and play several
>sessions/day most days of the week. From their gross in addition to
>taxes and such, deduct management fees which may run 15 to 30%.

Scale isn't bad, though.

>The A-list is startlingly short and the level of professional execution
>is startlingly high.

My experience is that hiring A-list guys is cheaper because they nail it
on the first take so you wind up paying less for the job. Consequently
it might actually pay less to be an A-list guy....
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[david gourley[_2_]]

(Scott Dorsey) :

> hank alrich > wrote:
>>
>>www.berklee.edu/pdf/parents/music-industry-salaries.pdf
>>
>>A-list players will draw roughly 3x national scale and play several
>>sessions/day most days of the week. From their gross in addition to
>>taxes and such, deduct management fees which may run 15 to 30%.
>
> Scale isn't bad, though.
>
>>The A-list is startlingly short and the level of professional execution
>>is startlingly high.
>
> My experience is that hiring A-list guys is cheaper because they nail it
> on the first take so you wind up paying less for the job. Consequently
> it might actually pay less to be an A-list guy....
> --scott
>

In that case, I'll bet they make it up in 'volume' since they're in such
demand. The cartage guys may fret, though.

david

[Washed Marge]

On Aug 12, 8:32*am, "Sean Conolly" > wrote:
> "muzician21" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > If you're able to hazard an informed guess, what do you figure a
> > skilled, in-demand LA or Nashville or wherever bass player who gets
> > regular calls for studio and other work can bring in? Probably likely
> > they play other instruments too I suppose.
>
> That is going to be very hard to answer, becaue there are very, very few
> people in that catagory. All I know is that you can make a comfortable
> living if you have the connections and skills to back it up, but it's easier
> to get the skills than the connections.
>
> Sean

Well, I saw Lee Sklar greeting people at a Wal-Mart the other day.


At least I *think* it was Lee Sklar... Old dude with long white hair?
Yeah, and the biker get-up, big ring through his nose...

Lee Sklar has a big ring through his nose, doesn't he?