[Dixielandjazz] audience??

[Bill Gunter]

Yeah, I know, Elazar, it's a shame . . . perhaps we could get a government 
grant for groups of musicians just to get together and play.

I have, however, heard of "rehearsal bands" . . . groups of musicians that 
get together and play just for the joy of it.

Such bands exist even in the "classier" environs of classical musicians. I 
know of a couple of string quartets who get together regularly at one 
another's homes simply to play for the joy of it.

Sort of like painters, sculptors and othe graphic artists who will do their 
thing whether any buys their artistic output or not.

I keep reflecting on the word "amateur" and perhaps we all could talk about 
the quality of music produced by "amateurs" . . . is it "jazz."

Warmest regards to all,

Bill "who brought the beer" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Ministry of Jazz" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
>Reply-To: <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
>To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>,<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] audience??
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:51:10 +0200
>
>Yeah, but Bill, so far I haven't found any other musicians willing to pay 
>me
>to play with them so we can experience these "moments" for ourselves. Nor 
>am
>I willing to pay them. It's a little hard to make a living that way. 
>There's
>the rub...
>
>Elazar "I like to make music but I like to eat too" Brandt
>Dr. Jazz Dixieland Band
>Tekiya Trumpet Ensemble
>Jerusalem, Israel
>www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz
>+972-2-679-2537
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Gunter [mailto:jazzboard at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:46 PM
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] audience??
>
>
>The musician playing is the ultimate audience. If the musicians are playing
>jazz and there's nobody else there to hear it, so what! You're playing jazz
>and that's good enough for you!!!
>