[Dixielandjazz] OKOM Bands - How Stupid Can We Be?

[Judy Eames]

Personally I was very happy to pay a cut at Sacramento last yaer..... we
sold quite a few CDs and if we all benefited that was fine by me.  I fact I
was under the impression that all or most of the money went to pay taxes.

 I've never been asked for a cut at UK venues although I believe there used
to be a promoter who did it.  As for promoters being greedy I just had an
email from the director of Teignmouth Festival UK, saying that it had been a
success as they'd JUST covered costs.  Seems to be there aren't too many big
profits made these days

Cheers Jude  (always available for festivals and happy to pay a
percentage:-) )

Judy Eames
Kaminsky Connection
Aston, Oxfordshire
UK
www.judyeames.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 2:42 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] OKOM Bands - How Stupid Can We Be?


> There are several US OKOM Festivals that charged Bands a couple of bucks
per
> CD sold last year. Even, if the band sold them directly from the band
stand.
>
> HOW STUPID CAN WE BE to put up with that BS from the greedy bastards who
> started this nefarious practice. HOW STUPID CAN WE BE?
>
> We need to stop this stuff now. I suggest that bands get together and
REFUSE
> TO APPEAR AT OKOM FESTIVALS (or any other venue) THAT CHARGE YOU TO SELL
> YOUR CDs.
>
> It's bad enough that they don't pay well and tell you that you'll sell CDs
> to make up the difference. Now they want a cut of that? Have they no
shame?
>
> Time to GET YOUR BALLS BACK, folks.
>
> Where the festival has a central place, which they staff, to sell CDs,
yes,
> OK, let them have a buck per CD. BUT . . . WE ARE DAMN FOOLS TO PLAY AT
ANY
> VENUE WHICH TAKES OUR MONEY TO "ALLOW" US TO SELL CDs. OR REFUSES TO ALLOW
> US TO SELL CDs FROM THE BAND STAND.
>
> Don't let the idiots ruin what is left of the music business. None of the
> "Professional" Jazz Festivals where Barbone Street appears charges us to
> sell CDs. And we played seven (7) last year. Most of them even supplied a
> table and a spot for us from which to sell, while some staffed a central
> location from which to sell CDs and did not charge the bands at all.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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