Is becoming “Fi-Core” in essence advertising the fact I am willing to record non-union sessions?
No musician we have talked to is comfortable recording non-union “dark dates”. And no musician wants the fact that they do record in non-union orchestras be public knowledge. Some musicians are content with the status quo of doing occasional “dark dates”. We are supportive of these musician’s choices, and this concept is not for every player. However, most participate in “dark dates” because for them it is a necessity. Most musicians need and want more work. The status quo is NOT working for these players. Your own union’s answer to stop this flight of union work is to levy huge fines against you the musician, orchestrator, and copyist ect. who need to work on non-union sessions. In the present climate of the recording industry, becoming a “Fi-core” musician does advertise the reality that most union work is already gone and is not coming back. In addition, it advertises that collectively we need to change the status quo and be able to record union as well as non-union sessions without
