[Dixielandjazz] Fist post - Request for Musicians

[david richoux]

Larry,

before you pound your fist too hard on the keyboard ;-) please remember 
that this list is always a place for lively discussions about all sorts 
of musical and non-musical aspects of what we lovingly call OKOM. 
Friendly arguments about jazz history, musicians, songs, performances, 
audiences, dancers, venues, booking agents, radio programs and even 
chord progressions area a vital part of DJML.

You may want to change over to the digest version and you will get 
fewer messages.

Your points about band marketing and event announcements are very good. 
Likewise, my pet peeve (especially as a radio DJ) is the lack of useful 
information on recording jackets or CD boxes.

We need (as a minimum):

WHO is playing (brief bios are nice)
WHAT instruments/singers (especially if they are unusual instruments, 
doubling or different vocalists)
WHAT songs (original composition date and songwriter credits are good 
if available)
WHEN was it recorded (original and/or re-issue date)
WHERE recorded is also useful but not quite as important
HOW can someone contact the band  (mail - web - phone) to get more 
copies of the recording, other recordings or to book the band.

Graphics need to be very legible in poor light for our tired eyes - you 
should see some of the non-OKOM CDs we get at KFJC - tiny white print 
on flash pink or dark grey on black in some sort of hieroglyphic code!

Don't assume that only long-time fans who already know everybody in the 
band will be the only ones who buy your recordings. I have several 
recordings that only list the first names of the musicians...

Dave Richoux



On Sunday, Jun 22, 2003, at 14:55 US/Pacific, Larry Weil wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm new on this list.  I've been reading it for about a week, and this 
> is my first post.  To tell you all the truth, I don't know if I'm 
> going to stay on the list much longer.  The volume of mail is just too 
> much, and I can't spend all day reading a few people arguing 
> back-and-forth about who's the best pianist, trumpeter, etc.  I have a 
> life!
>
> The one request I have of the musicians is to do a better job 
> marketing yourselves.  It's a shame to find out about a concert I 
> would have liked to attend in my area (southern NH or greater Boston, 
> US) on the day after it happened.  Be sure to send your listings to 
> all the newspapers covering an area, and do so enough in advance for 
> people to make plans.