[Dixielandjazz] If you play it - they will come

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

Neat article from Steve that I snipped from.  NKOM, not OKOM  needs to be how 
we're thinking and branding.  NKOM = New kind of old  music.  Of course, the 
young don't know what DL is and when we  tell a younger booker we play DL, we 
likely have not communicated  anything so how can we expect the job?  So 
market that your group  brings fresh, energizing, driving, interpretations to 
quintessential American  (put in your own adjective if not U.S.) party music.  Then 
do that when you  perform.  (Better dumb-down the word quintessential also. 
LOL)
 
I think another important element of why Firecracker Jazz Band  is  
succeeding may be that they are mixing younger and older musicians in band  composition.
 
And meditate on their name, their descriptive adverbs--what's more new/old  
than jumping and jiving, being a firecracker.
 
I also think language shapes reality.  As we think and speak, so we  are.
Ginny
 
In a message dated 12/23/2006 9:28:32 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

It¹s not  the style of music that young
people are drawn to, and a lot of them donŒt  know what Dixieland music is.