[Dixielandjazz] How do you respond?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Well then if the young people have no idea what we are talking about then 
just what would you tell them we play?
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tcashwigg at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] How do you respond?


> 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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