[Dixielandjazz] Young Music Fans, Vol 52, Issue 57

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Ginny:

I say what ever floats your Boat do it:))

There are many fine folks on this list with lots of different 
viewpoints and levels of expectations for the return on their 
investment into OKOM.   Yes some of us are more driven than others as 
is quite often visible in the posts, and the divergent approaches to 
the music and it's interpretation and preservation are all relevant to 
some but not necessarily to all listmates.   This does cause 
disagreements and temper tantrums and such between us all from time to 
time about a subject that we all love and hold ear but in different 
passion levels.

Somwe folks are content to keep status Quo and other s want to bitch 
about it changing and not enough gigs for the OLD  Old style etc, while 
others of us try to explain the relevance of taking it to younger 
audiences and exposing it to the kids that never got the chance to 
discover it in school for whatever the reason.   We win some and we 
lose some, and all of us have from time to time valid points and 
explanations .    Some of us blame the Teachers, and the teachers blame 
us and so on and so forth.

As long as we all just do our part whatever it may be  OKOIM will 
survive and get rediscovered it has already had at least two revivals 
in my lifetime, so what makes me thin it won't get discovered by some 
other kids in thirty years or so when they get tired of RAP :)) ?

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: Gluetje1 at aol.com
To: Tcashwigg at aol.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Young Music Fans, Vol 52, Issue 57

   Not responding to one individual in particular, just back on soapbox.

I do not see the interest in history of someone ages of 16 -  35 
relevant to
where they, or once me, want to go with friends to  hear music and 
dance.

During those ages I wanted to go the same places others my age wanted 
to  go.
  I paid very limited attention to the numbers, or ages, of, those who  
may
have been older.  I don't remember any occasions where the majority was 

significantly older.  I don't have recall of being in a club, lounge,  
concert,
etc.
where whatever group I was with made a choice to hear music  birthed 70 
& 80
years before me.  That would have been music of the  1880's to 1900.
Exceptions: I went to the symphony if I could come up with  tickets.  I 
heard
limited
ragtime, mostly via Gaslight Square venues.   But I heard Dixie in 
joints that
were jumpin' with age mates.  Musicians  playing it were almost without
exception 15 - 50 years older than  me.  In 2007 I can find, for the 
most part,
peers and upward  playing it.

To do nothing different than the way it was in my day, means that I
anticipate that those born between 1962 and 1991 would have a distinct
preference to
hear musicians of retirement age and beyond play music that was  
birthed 70
years ago.  Facts are they do not.  If you are drawing  young crowds 
you are
doing something different.  If you are drawing young  crowds and don't 
know how
you are different, pay my way there and I will  tell all how you are 
different
 from say, a Sunday afternoon concert at the St.  Louis Jazz Club.  LOL  
It's
cheaper just to read how some list-mates  are explaining what's 
different--both
list-mates who are doing such and those  taking part as audience.

As I see it this only matters to maybe a couple of categories of  
readers:
1.  Those who want to make more of an imprint on the world they will  
be
departing than they feel that they have thus far.  Power to you!   Do 
your
action
plan and measure your results.  Change your action plan or  give up if 
you
don't get results you were after.
2.  Those who want to sell music they enjoy to the young for decent
compensation.  Power to you!  Do your action plan and measure your  
results.
Change
your action plan or choose to give up.

No reason to fix what works.  But crying that I'm a victim of a  world 
going
to the dogs gets too boring for me to want to do it  indefinitely.  I 
don't
have a commitment to #2 above.  My commitment  to #1 is weak.  Will it 
weaken or

strengthen?  I'm conscious and  waiting to discover that.
Ginny





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