[Dixielandjazz] How do you respond?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Jon:  with all respect for whatever it is that you do,  you are 
definitely limiting yourself to the gigs you can actually secure with 
those words.

Most people hiring bands to day don't even know what the Hell WWII was, 
they also do not know h=who Elvis was, or even the Beatles who replaced 
him on the stage.   You immediately place your band as dinosaurs with 
those kind of answers.

How can you expect young folks to hire you if they don't have ANYTHING 
even remotely to associate your music with.

Never never never assume that these kids have a clue as to what you are 
talking about.

Pre War Jazz means to them what ever was just before Iraq.  Most of 
them still don't even know about Viet Nam.   So when you speak of pre 
war you will almost always get that deer in the headlights look, just 
before they walk off.

And if it had not been for Hurricane Katrina most of them would have no 
clue where New Orleans is either.

Ya'll older guys really do need to get a lot hipper to the Jive, no 
wonder OKOM and Trad Jazz is so far down the list, many of  ya'll are 
60 years behind in MARKETING, and still talking as if it is 1950.



-----Original Message-----
From: jon at jonstutler.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] How do you respond?

   > > You wrote:
> >
> >>To all successful band leaders:
> >>How do you respond to the question "What kind of music do you play"?


We say, "Original, Traditional Jazz, a. la. New Orleans".  If there 
remains
a puzzled look, we borrow Jim Cullum's definition of "Pre-war Jazz".  If
there are STILL puzzled looks, we say "B.E. - Before Elvis".  That 
usually
guarantees some level of understanding.

Thanks,
Jon Stutler , Razzmajazz    www.razzmajazz.com
Office/Mobile 817-233-4149





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