[Dixielandjazz] New Tunes

[Stephen Barbone]

Sorry, I didn't make it clear. Those were tunes Louis did that were popular at
the time he played them. The inference was that we should do the same, play
tunes that are popular with the 20 to 30 year old crowd now.

And, if you can get the 50 years old's with those tunes Louis played, why not
add them to your target audience?

Plus the Disney tunes, adding newer ones too, are still good today, to reach
the under 15 crowd

We face the same young band competition here in the USA. We hold our own,
getting more money on gigs than they do, at the same "young" people venues.

My point? Do not limit yourself by thinking of reasons why something won't
work. Surely, if you listen to them, it will become a self fulfilling prophecy.
Think of ideas that will or might work, and then go do it.

Cheers,
Steve

PS. SUGGESTION: Get sexy with those young 20 to 30 year old girls. Pick one out
and dedicate the song to her maintaining eye contact."I Can't Get Started" is a
good one. Put a lot of humor into it like the end lyric of the first part of
the Chorus.

"And still I can't get started with you" .(pause) "What's up with that?"

and then the end lyric after the second part of the chorus.

"And still I can't get no place with you"  (pause) "Don't make me beg."

And so on.

If you do it right, you will bring the house down every time.


Phil O'Rourke wrote:

> Stephen Barbone said
>
> > Someone said that there are no new tunes to be played as Dixieland since
> > after 1960, no music was written that fits polyphonic counterpoint. Or
> > more bluntly, that music written after 1960 sucks. So therefore, a
> > Dixieland Band cannot go after the kids with "their" music.
> >
> > I don't see it that way.
>
> Steve, all the tunes you mentioned are aimed at kids in the fortys & fifties
> (I won't ask how old you are to call them kids). Not quite what the subject
> is about.
> I think they are looking more at kids in their teens/early 20's.
> There are bands in Melbourne, Australia made up of kids (real, not your
> definition) that play current "pop" tunes that other kids can relate to. I
> is amazing the number of teens/early 20's go to therse gigs. Some girls go
> because of the young musos, that attracts more guys that attracts more girls
> etc. These are kids whose parents relate to the music you are bragging
> about.
> Just because someone is not in the blue rinse set are they a kid.
>
> Phil O'Rourke
> Australia