[Dixielandjazz] OK - here is some controversy..........

[Mike]

I have found them to be very helpful. A lot of the stuff we learn in 
music business in college is a lot of the stuff that they talk about.

Mike


dwlit at cpcug.org wrote:
> To be sure Wiggins and Barbone are long-winded and sometimes get a bit
> over the top, but my goodness, what treasures their essays are for anyone
> trying to get a handle on the music business!!!
> 
> As for their occasional obnoxiousness, I remind you that Tom was/is a
> booking agent and Steve was a lawyer who raised horses for
> ammunition--what else do you expect?
> 
> --Sheik
> http://americanmusiccaravan.com
> 
>> I have been lurking while on the road doing clinics and concerts in five
>> states in the past 8 weeks.
>> So I have a question!  Is any one else tired of being put down  constantly
>> by
>> Tom Wiggins and Steve Barbone????????
>> It still seems to me that according to them, none of us are "doing it
>> right."
>> Gee Tom, I'm sorry that I haven't produced big rock and roll albums and
>> lead
>> a rock type band that also plays some New Orleans Street Beat Stuff, that
>> does get lots of bookings.
>> And -- I think you are dead wrong about there being no jazz scene in
>> Sacramento. I see lots of things happening there.
>> Gee Steve, I guess I wasn't very successful last year.  I only did  about
>> 180
>> dates in 12 states and a few foreign countries, plus booking a tour  for
>> the
>> Stan Kenton Alumni Band and producing a successful festival in  Arizona.
>> I know that both of you mean well, but I am tired about hearing how great
>> you both are, and how you do so much more for OKOM than any of the rest of
>>  us.
>> OK - now that you are both pissed off at me, I will go back to lurking and
>> deleting.
>> Mike Vax
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