[Dixielandjazz] PAYMENT, SARDO'S

[Gene & Betty Lynch]

Great answer, Janie.  We don't think we need anybody from the Easr, or even Manhattan Beach, telling us how to do our thing here, expert, know-it-all or whatever, based on guesses.

Gene & Betty Lynch
Redondo Beach, CA

>From: Janie McCue Lynch <janie39 at socal.rr.com>
>Date: Fri Jan 06 16:32:03 CST 2006
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com, Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] PAYMENT, SARDO'S

>Steve writes: 
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>"I guess we should ask Janie or Kaye. How much do do the musicians get paid?
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>Or is this a freebie for the tip jar contents? "
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>Hi, Steve...
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>I am not a performing musician and have no connection with Sardo's, so will
>defer to Kaye, should she choose to answer.
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>I do understand your point about "the worth of dixieland jazz, and the worth
>of the musicians."  You also know that I am a big supporter of your ongoing
>efforts to encourage all musicians to have as much business savvy as they do
>musical savvy.  
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>That being said, I did not find this article in the least bit "down" or 
>depressing."  Your sentences, "the audience was old and infirm and wrapped
>up in dreams of what used to be. Neither does much for gathering a new
>audience, nor for the relevance of the music to today, "  cast a gray-tinged
>curtain over what was intended to be a very positive article about folks
>gathering to play and hear the music they love best, at a time that they
>were able to safely attend. Sounds like a treasure to me! 
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>That happiness and satisfaction from this music is worth more than every
>pill or doctor's appointment that the undeniably senior audience accesses. 
>And that includes the description of Don Nelson with his infirmities,
>struggling with his walker, "but once he hears the downbeat he forgets his
>disability and starts swinging and singing."   "Gliding back in time"  can
>be a great gift.  They are not necessarily "wrapped up in dreams.." but
>listening to their favorite music for TODAY, for the pleasure it gives them
>NOW.  That fact alone has a huge inherent value, whether or not the
>musicians are paid more than the tip jar. 
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>Yes, I know I'm speaking as a nurse, not as either a businessman or a
>musician.....and that's not such a bad thing either!
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>Pax Vobiscum, Steve.....Love Ya'!
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>Janie
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