[Dixielandjazz] Sol Yaged (Lives!)

[jazzfact]

Hi All,

Maybe Sol is happy to remain anonymous to avoid detection by IRS. At =
those
room rates, My guess is they pay Sol a packet! =20


Studios$5,200 - $6,200 /month
1 Bedroom Apts$6,500 - $9,800 /month
2 Bedroom Apts$10,500 - $12,500 /month
Tower and Penthouse Suites$9,000 - $15,000 /month
Monthly rates are subject to tax (month is based on a 30-day stay).=20

regards,
Richard Stevens
www.thejazzfactory.net

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Sent: Wednesday, 24 September 2003 2:50 AM
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sol Yaged (Lives!)

In a message dated 9/23/03 9:16:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,=20
r.e.witt at verizon.net writes:

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> Sol Yaged lives!
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Could never tell by searching this website:

Any Band or musician that is of the caliber required to hold down a =
steady=20
gig in an upscale establishment for six nights a week certainly deserves =
to
be=20
on the establishments website.

Sol should insist upon having a photo of the himself (if not the band) =
on
the=20
site, and get some long range publicity out of the gig.  You can bet if =
Duke

Ellington had been playing there he would have had it, as well as many =
of
the=20
other old timers who knew the importance of promotion and publicity to=20
maintain and extend your professional career as a musician and =
entertainer.

This web site does not even mention the normal "Live Music."

It does not take long to scan a photo and write a line or two about the
band,=20
it could actually attract some customers to stay at the hotel.

If musicians do not push themselves and attempt to stay out in the =
limelight

then they have no reason to bitch about fading into obscurity and being=20
unemployed when the manager decides to change the band or do away with =
it=20
altogether.  When this happens as it always does, the band or musician =
is
now back out=20
on the streets starting all over again looking for work.

If he had had promotion and publicity, and was indeed good, there would =
have

been other offers made to him long before he was terminated by the =
present=20
establishment, and he could have just moved on uptown to another =
location.

Personally if I were traveling to New York, looking for a hotel I would =
not=20
be looking for this one just because of it's amenities, Heck almost =
every
hotel=20
has the same amenities except a good band.  Many people would rather =
stay a
t=20
hotel with a jumping lounge full of happy dancing people enjoying =
themselves

than pay for a sauna and a pool and exercise room that they almost never
have=20
time to use anyway.

Pretty sad state of affairs when a Hotel offers exercise rooms and =
saunas
and=20
indoor pools rather than entertainment don't you think?

If you don't ask and insist upon publicity and promotion for your act =
then=20
you will almost always be treated with the same dignity and respect as =
the=20
chamber maids and janitor.

Musical content:

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, let it shine let it shine!

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
<A
HREF=3D"www.ambassadorsofamericanculture.com">www.ambassadorsofamericancu=
lture
.com</A>


We played a Festival this weekend, had a feature article & Large photo =
in
the=20
Newspapers, and were the Only group shown on Television reviewing the=20
entertainment on Two News Channels in the evening.  The phone is still
ringing with=20
gig offers.

We were the only OKOM group in the event, and again stole the show with =
only

1/2 a band due to unforeseen medical atrocities that plagued us all week =

leading up to the gig.

Never under estimate the power of publicity folks.  There were about =
80,000=20
people at this event ten minutes from my home.  Prior to this gig, =
nobody in

this city even knew this band was here, because we had never promoted it
here. =20
Not a bad response for the first time out of the box.  Everybody in town =
now

wants to hire the band.

P.S.  We did the gig Free to raise money for a Jazz For Kids program and =
get

the publicity, we certainly got the publicity and the bookings coming in
more=20
than compensate us for a few hours of donated tax deductible time plaing
music=20
to people who are starved for it and can't find it.



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