[Dixielandjazz] Schools Dumbing Down The Music?

[Bob Romans]

Yep! My band has done that also! They LOVE it, but they love ice cream and 
pie and cookies and fudge, but, when it's all done and said, they put their 
earphones on and it ain't our music they download...get over it! :~)
Bob Romans
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
To: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>; "DJML" 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Schools Dumbing Down The Music?


>I do agree with Barbone, however, that young people love OKOM when it is
> delivered to them in a school setting, both elementary and secondary 
> levels.
> I've done both and we get rave responses.
>
> They are getting out of class by coming to the auditorium and that puts 
> them in
> a good mood.  Consequently they are in a more receptive frame of mind and 
> then,
> once the music gets started, they get carried away.  It is important to 
> pick
> tunes out of your book that have fast tempos and exciting melody lines. 
> The
> tunes that "cook".  No slow blues.
>
> Doesn't hurt to move a little on the stage either. Bop around.  Don't 
> stand
> there like statues.
>
> I believe this experience sets the stage for more interest in OKOM as they
> become adults.
>
> Russ Guarino
> Clarinet Maven & retired teacher
>
>
>
> Bob Romans wrote:
>
>> Hi Listmates!
>> Can any of you remember when the Beatles and Elvis  hit the scene/top
>> charts? Remember the reaction all of the sexy little teeny boppers had! 
>> Then
>> all of the boys who were going through puberty, and all THAT entails, saw
>> what it took to get the girls...LOUD DRUMS and AMPLIFIED GUITARS...how 
>> many
>> Dixieland/OKOM  bands have those two ingredients?
>> We have to remember that the kids today have developed their taste for 
>> music
>> from THEIR dumbed-down parents/grandparents! We should just be happy 
>> playing
>> for whomever will listen to us until we can discover that magic 
>> here-to-for
>> unknown trick to get an audience who can appreciate what it takes to 
>> learn
>> how to play OKOM! It will NEVER be as popular again as it once was. Get 
>> used
>> to it.
>> Warm regards,
>> Bob Romans,
>> Cell Block 7 Jazz Band
>> 1617 Lakeshore Dr.
>> Lodi, Ca. 95242
>> 209-339-4676
>> www.cellblockseven2002.net
>> Cell 209-747-1148
>> Because I play trumpet, I envy no one.
>> """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>>
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