AFM 47 Women in History: ‘Babe Egan and the Hollywood Redheads’

Violinist and bandleader Babe Egan was a vaudeville superstar. In 1929, she was one of the highest paid women in vaudeville, earning $50,000 that year (equivalent to $880,000 today). She performed for tens of millions of theatergoers in the U.S., coast-to-coast, in Canada, and in Europe, and her band was regularly featured on radio. Continue reading

Member Spotlight: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers Heat Up the Charts With Two #1 Records in the Same Year

Beloved SoCal rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers were on fire in 2022! Helmed by frontman Anthony Kiedis, AFM Local 47 members Michael “Flea” Balzary (bass), Chad Smith (drums) and John Frusciante (guitar) released 12th album “Unlimited Love,” which notably marked the return of Frusciante, who left the band in 2009 and rejoined in 2019. The first single, “Black Summer,” became the Peppers’ 14th number-one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and the album debuted at number one in 16 countries, including the United States. Continue reading

January 2023 Overture Online – Looking to the Road Ahead

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: AFM Local 47 2022 Election Returns
  • 2023: Looking to the Road Ahead
  • Inaugural Meeting + Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting: Monday, January 9 via Zoom
  • Member Spotlight: Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Live Performance/Music Prep Wage Scale Updates for 2023
  • Help Eliminate Late Payments
  • AFM 47 Women in History: Babe Egan and the Hollywood Redheads
  • Announcing the Tony Giaimo Memorial Scholarship
and more!
 
 

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Final Note: Dr. Thom Mason

Former Life Member. Composer
10/10/1941 – 10/22/2022

by Dr. Bruce Eskovitz

How do we honor a man like Dr. Thom David Mason, an artist, a mentor, an educator a husband and a friend? We cherish his legacy as seen by my colleagues on this stage and the many hundreds of musicians that his teaching influenced for more than 50 years. The classes that he created, like “Jazz, Ragtime & Blues,” which brought this music closer to generations of USC general education students, who learned to love this music through the passion and intelligence that Dr. Thom professed to all. He created the DMA in Jazz Studies, which opened the door to that advanced degree for myself and many of the artists that share this stage today. His book “The Art of Hearing” revolutionized solfeggio in a manner that made it a viable and usable tool for jazz musicians and jazz music students. Dr. Thom was a brilliant man who always sought to inform, educate and create opportunity where none had existed before. Continue reading

December 2022 Overture Online: AFM Local 47 General Election

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: AFM Local 47 General Election Day is December 13: Polls open 9am-9pm
  • Member Spotlight: Bruno Mars
  • Save the Date: Inaugural Meeting & Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting: January 9 via Zoom
  • Entertainment Unions Come Together to Support UAW Striking Workers
  • Update from the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund
  • Labor Community Services Holiday Toy Drive: Donate by December 16!
  • Auditions: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
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Action Alert: UAW UCLA academic workers strike MONDAY 11/21/2022

This week UAW Academic Workers announced a multi-unit statewide strike against the University of California’s unlawful conduct.

Join us and rally for the Arts and Entertainment Unions & Alumni Picket line in solidarity with 48,000 UAW student workers on strike!

Monday, November 21, 12:30-2:30pm

UCLA’s Inverted Foundation, Pritzker Hall, 502 Portola Plaza (near Kinsey Pavilion) – see map

We’ll have Local 47 T-shirts for you to wear!