[Dixielandjazz] Tom's different World

[billsharp]

Thanx Larry - -my sentiments exactly - -Have you noticed that often 
with my postings, I just love to set a very large fan in the middle of 
the room, turn it up to full speed , then step back and watch the 
"stuff" hit it, and the fur fly?


Your posting tosses out enough fur for the "elite" to gag on . . . . 
Apparently this issue has raised the fur on someone's neck.  It's a lot 
more interesting reading than "Who played 9th trombone on Onebarb's 
1920 recording of Mary Had A Little Lamb?"

For fear of legal action, we do have among us a member who shall remain 
nameless, but inside sources have revealed that their birth certificate 
shows not only doctors and nurses present, but a staff of several 
psychologists and psychiatrists also having been present to deal with 
the child being born with, not  a silver spoon in their mouth, but 
located in another orifice on the body.  A very emotional and traumatic 
birth from which this person has been trying to recover their entire 
life.  Often the question has been asked," So, was the spoon removed?  
Or is it still there?"

Only one person knows of whom I speak, and will probably be laughing 
his arse off - - but if they do, there goes the silver spoon.
(DNA analysis has also shown this person to be born with a very tough 
skin . . . tough enough to be called "hide", rather than skin.)

On Aug 6, 2007, at 9:25 PM, LRG4003 at aol.com wrote:

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> Has it occurred to any of you well paid pro's that people who play for 
> less than your standards aren't always bastardizing the market but 
> could be growing it?  That expanding exposure and interest in OKOM 
> will lead to people seeking it out in other venues? 
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> People who play for the joy of the music are possibly playing the 
> music better on many nights than the well paid pro's who are reading 
> charts and going through the motions for the 30th time this year on 
> another tiresome gig.
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> I love Vince Giordano but when I saw his band playing in NY a few 
> years ago I watched one player talking on the cell phone in the middle 
> of a number. 
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> The music comes out and at us from all directions.  Somebody who hears 
> a street corner group may seek out the music in other ways---buy CD's, 
> find a gig where the band is being paid, track down music on the 
> Internet. 
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> If the only bands playing OKOM in the U.S. were the one's playing by 
> the  pay me what I think I'm worth Tom Wiggins standard,  then, IMO, 
> the music will die with the aging crowd that's willing to pay those 
> bucks to see it.  Or the dwindling number of corporate sponsors who 
> are paying to present Dixieland because it's the right thing to do. 
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> Look, I respect the people on this list and respect both 
> opinions---free play vs. pay play.  And I know I'm going to get nailed 
> for posting this.  But I don't think there's a helluva lot of gigs 
> being lost because street corner performers or groups who play an old 
> folks home are ruining the opportunity for the purely pro bands.
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> Sure, we can operate our bands with more business sense.  And we can 
> also end up playing most of our gigs in the privacy of our own homes. 
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> When people who love the music are playing it, and the crowd gets 
> enthused,  then it's selling the music.  And potentially selling other 
> bands who play the music.  I wish we could all make more money at it.  
> But I only know a handful of musicians in Kansas City who aren't doing 
> a second gig of one type or another--music or otherwise.
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> Teaching mostly.  Working at the music store.  Part owner of the bar 
> in which they play.  Retired with a pension and/or social security 
> coming in.
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> Is it a sin to play for free sometimes?  Only in the eyes of the 
> musically arrogant.
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> There.  Put the target on the back of....
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> K.C. Clarinet
> (Larry Garrett)
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