[Dixielandjazz] Focus or free-form?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hello Martin:

welcome to the list,  you don't need to have a band or even be a 
disgruntled musician to have a good time here, we have a great group of 
folks that do indeed have a lot of fun most of the time.  Yep once in a 
while somebody gets a burr up their arse and it gets ugly for an hour 
or so but we usually work it all out and kiss and make up quickly.  :))

Don't take you position too lightly either, you might end up on a 
committee to hire bands one day and the things you get privy to on this 
list could be very very valuable and beneficial to the overall 
professionalism of the industry.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band

http://www.sonicbids.com/StGabrielscelestialbrassband





-----Original Message-----
From: mjelsema at comcast.net
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:24 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Focus or free-form?

    Being new to the list, I've enjoyed much and learned much. Not 
having a band
or being a musician, I just delete the band-business stuff. I also just 
scan
the jazz education listings. I'm not much into minutia, but I do enjoy
people reminding me of recordings I haven't heard since the 1960's, or
giving me a link to vintage movie clips. I've been introduced to several
working bands I'd never have known about. I've found the personalities 
and
points-of-view help to broaden my perspective. So bring on the guys who
question whether it was Oliver or Nelson soloing on a 1928 Dixie 
Syncopators
recording. Bring on the musicians looking for work. Bring on the leaders
looking for lead sheets. Bring on the evangelists for a new band out of
Scotland. It's just one big pot of gumbo.



As long as everyone remembers and respects the group's name, we should 
get
along OK.



Martin Jelsema









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