[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Hello Sacramento Bands

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Bob:

  The post was not about the money it was about the fact that there are 
places all over that would and could be conducive to hiring Jazz 
musicians if they were actually approached and negotiated with to hire 
players at reasonable fees, Not that these fees are too far off from 
what many OKOM players are happy to get from Jazz Society gigs. And 
some often work for less. :))

  What this guy is saying is that there is a big hole in the jazz scene 
market in Sacramento not being filled by the locals, so what's up with 
that? There are performance opportunities and situations all around all 
of us in every market, some good some not so good and some that could 
be made better.

  Watch this guy build himself a good gig with out of town musicians, 
and he will soon have all the guys in Sacramento trying to slip in the 
back door and get the gig once he does all the work to make it a viable 
situation.

  ObViously the gig is not for everyone, and especially the PROS ON THE 
LIST, BUT it still pays better than a Free Jam Session at a society 
sponsored event taking in admission money and spending money at the bar 
to pay the rent. :))

  It's all a matter of perspective. Would I drive up there to do it, No 
but there are guys in Sacramento that would and some of them are on 
this list, which is why I post many situations that I think somebody 
might be interested in.


 Cheers,

 Tom Wiggins


 -----Original Message-----
 From: Robert S. Ringwald <robert at ringwald.com>
 To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
 Sent: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:33:13 -0800
 Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Hello Sacramento Bands

  I think $20 a week is just too much for me. $10 would be more like it. 
 
 Yup, I'm really gonna jump on this one...   --Bob Ringwald 
  
 ----- Original Message ----- From: <tcashwigg at aol.com> 
 To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:30 PM 
 Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Hello Sacramento Bands 
  
  Does this reflect upon the laziness of Sacramento OKOM Bands or what, 
they are looking for musicians to play jazz in Sacramento, the MECCA of 
OKOM alegedely , so why do they have to go out of town to find Jazz 
musicians ???? 
  
  Seems to me that with such an active JAZZ SOCIETY SOMEBODY WOULD BE 
LOOKING FOR THESE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MORE JAZZ WORK IN THE 
AREA. Naw probably not we got all the Jazz we need here what with the 
once a month Sunday gig and the Annual Jubilee, we don't need to worry 
about the local guys getting any more work or the youth bands learning 
how to find work either huh?? 
  
  And don't send me any hate mail about they only want Soul Jam Band 
music either: 
  
  What the hell do you guys think Jazz Is anyway ?? Soul music and 
jamming Hello Hello is there anybody home, nope guess not, takes a 
transplanted guy form LA to to find out that there is no JAZZ real 
SCENE IN Sacramento. 
  
 Sadly 
  
 Tom Wiggins 
  
  
 Wednesday Nights will pay us for Soul/jamband 
  
 email Reply to: comm-139972222 at craigslist.org 
  
 Date: 2006-03-07, 7:11PM PST 
  
   I just wanted to know if there were any musicians in San Francisco 
who want to work in Sacramento....I don't have a car so I am stuck here 
 from Los Angeles for three years....but I have been doing some live 
performances all around town in Sacramento for three years and they 
want to pay me to put up a soul/jamband that is a little rock n' 
roll....I keep getting all these punk rock musicians who don't 
understand jazz and I am forced to send them home....I don't think that 
jazz lives in Sacramento, it's more of the bay area and Oakland....but 
we could charge at the door and you can go home with some money....I 
need just only one other guitarist that is much better than me....or 
sit down....and I need a bass player, some bad ass drums....some women 
who can sing....cause these women out here would put dead birds to 
sleep with their kind of throats..... 
  
  my website is on www.myspace.com/theprosulas 
  
  you can hear the music and see the artwork by myself.... 
  
  Shamari Rockca 
  
  www.myspace.com/theprosulas 
  
   The pay would only be about 100 dollars per week, but you have to 
start out with about 20 dollars a week because it's pretty cheap up 
here man 
  
  email first then we can exchange numbers 
  
  you can call Fox N Goose 
  
  www.foxandgoose.com 
  
  916-443-8825 
  
  aks for Peter or Michael