[Dixielandjazz] Re: Possible interest to all jazz fans!

[Norrie Thomson]

As an employee of a couple of jazz festivals and the secretary of a
reasonably successful jazz club, I have often thought about what makes a
successful jazz group nowadays.

My conclusions are:

Never play anything recognisable - make the music as squeaky as possible -
that's what the people with the money like to hear.  They are told what jazz
is ( remember the king's new clothes) So -
All band members should play in different keys during each number.
NEVER play a gig where there are more than 10 people in the audience,
including partners etc.
NEVER go looking for gigs - you might get some and this will immediately
disqualify the band from any handouts.
Get someone to record the band during tuning up, put it onto a CD and send
it to the Arts Council.  You're bound to get an Arts Council grant or
perhaps a lottery grant.

Having done this, don't get too successful or you'll be back to square one.

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler@nsw.bigpond.net.au>
To: Vilcad (Ron Gable) <vilcad@earthlink.net>
Cc: dixieland jazz mail list <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:31 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Possible interest to all jazz fans!


> Dear Ron,
> You ask regarding the International Association for Jazz Education -
World's
> Largest Jazz Conference in Toronto.
> >Not OKOM?
> After reading the rundown, I think not.
> No mention of DJMLer Brian Towers' fine band.
> No one from Australia.
> Bah! Humbug!
> 8>)
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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