Recording Fees?

[Fred S. Sturm]

Definitely we don't want to do so many "outside" jobs on company time that it
leaves our department in the lurch. But I have the enormous amount of $600 per
year for parts out of allocated budget. It is understood that I take care of a
few other entities within the University, with the department's blessing, to
fill the empty coffers and allow me to replace a couple action stacks (ie parts
thereof) a year. It's what you might call a creative way to increase funding (I
manage to generate around $2000/year).
    Far better that there be an adequate budget line to begin with. But our
department has an accumulated deficit of $350,000 it is being required to
retire. Some times you gotta do what you gotta do.
Fred

Dennis Johnson wrote:

> Typically when these events involve our faculty on campus I tend to just do
> them, but they also understand it is above and beyond.   Starting this new
> year we are finally setting a new policy to charge for any requests (tuning
> or loaners) that are non-music department functions.   Ultimately that issue
> probably depends on how much time you are talking about.  There is obviously
> a limit to the amount of your time the department can make available for
> these private jobs, even if it is the faculty.  After all, these recordings
> are usually an investment they hope to make some return on.  If it is not
> the faculty- no question there- that is a private arrangement which you can
> do after hours.
>
> Dennis.