[Dixielandjazz] Gig Opportunities

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

In an off list message I told Lily that there were lots of opportunities and
that there is money to be made.  If she books the gigs the musicians will
follow the money.  I told her how great it was  that there was no
competition.  The senior citizen venue is open to the kids.  Maybe it won't
pay much but it's pay.  They don't have to be great either the audiences are
pretty non critical.  What better place to learn the skills.  Around here
there is a building boom in assisted living complexes and they all hire
(when nothing else is available) live music.  The older adults would eat up
a kids group especially if they included a couple of swing dancers for a
little pizzazz.

Kids can no longer play the club scene as I did when I was young and it is
tougher but not impossible. On the other hand the Sr. Citizen scene wasn't
around then either.  I can tell her how to work a single or with another
person if no one else will go for it.  With today's computers, a fair to
good sound system, a little show biz and flash and you don't need anyone
else.

Opportunity knocks.

Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:30 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Gig Opportunities


> "LARRY <sign.guy at charter.net> (polite snip)
>
> > When I was in HS there were lots of opportunities to play
professionally.
> > Not so today.
>
> I think Larry nailed the crux of the matter of teaching Trad Jazz in
> schools.
>
> Biggest problem musicians of all genres face today is that there are no
gigs
> for them all. So why should anyone teach trad jazz in schools? To what
> purpose? I think perhaps, that's why they don't teach Latin in schools
> anymore either. THERE IS NO NEED, NO MARKET DEMAND.
>
> True even for the prestigious music schools like Juilliard and Curtis.
There
> are no gigs for all of their graduates, so they scale back classes.
>
> The Jazz Educators of America are too busy trying to hold on to their own
> day jobs and so they sure as hell aren't going to teach trad jazz. They
will
> teach what they are performing, or what they are comfortable with.
>
> Solution? CREATE TRAD GIGS. THEN THE MUSICIANS WILL DEVELOP ON THEIR OWN.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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