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The Musician Tariff

Listening to Heather Bambrick on Jazz.fm this morning I learned that the time to process a visa application for performers has doubled and that to get an expedited visa now costs $2,800, limiting the ability of musicians to schedule tours in the US.

I have such a hard time even finding a jazz club, learning that now we can’t even get musicians just makes me even sadder.

erik_squires

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deep_333
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You don’t get to tell me I should listen to home growns only..

 

I shall listen to whomever from anywhere in the world, whenever I please.

 

Has nothing to do with the cost of a visa and even if it were, we have plenty of great home grown musicians. 

deep_333
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A comparison of talent levels as a percentage would be true.

It's the bassackward utilitarian culture and its conditoning...bbq, homecoming game, corn, quikshop, walmart and something in the water, made em a lil thick in the head at times...conforming & curb thy intelligence rinse repeat formulaic

Good post, @erik_squires. Many of the greatest musicians, whether jazz, classical, rock, are in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia. True that there’s little interest in great music in the USA and that $ greed trumps art almost always.

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