[Dixielandjazz] Where is the music going?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Well folks   I have to agree:

Today saint Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band played a Church service 
which started with all things A had out to all in attendance of Mardi 
Gras Beads  ( not by Us but by the Pastor of the church )   Hummm 
wonder if she had any clue what the significance is of handing out 
those beads :))   I sincerely doubt it :)) but folks were happy to get 
them and join into the festivities.

We did not disappoint them and quickly had them all Dancing in the 
aisles back and forth through out the church for the entire service.

They could not get enough of it, and immediately after the service 
booked us for a repeat performance.

So all you bandleaders go reach out and touch somebody, they are hungry 
for it but have no idea where to find it.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 4:12 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Where is the music going?

    Where is the music going? Not to us DJMLer Bands it seems, but  to 
Harry
Connick Jr., & Marsalis Music.

"Chanson du Vieux Carre" - Marsalis Music
Recorded in 2003, Released January 30, 2007.

You can hear it at:
http://www.amazon.com/Chanson-Vieux-Carre-Harry-Connick/dp/B000ICMFNK

1. Someday You'll Be Sorry
2. Panama
3. Ash Wednesday
4. Chanson du Vieux Carré
5. Bourbon Street Parade
6. Petite Fleur
7. Fidgety Feet
8. Luscious
9. New Orleans.
10. I Still Get Jealous
11. That's A Plenty
12. Mardi Gras in New Orleans

YOU MAY NO LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR ON IT. HOWEVER IT IS FAR BETTER THAN WHAT 
I
JUST SAW ON ABC NEWS TV AT 6:55 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME, USA.

A 2 minute news blurb about the lack of Jazz this year at the clubs in 
New
Orleans. Showed the Jazz Vipers complaining about lack of audience. 
Talked
about the lack of customers going to hear jazz, America's only art form.

Customers, it said, "are voting with their feet and going to the Rock & 
Roll
Clubs, not to jazz venues." Etc., etc., etc.

Now that is a damned shame. When are we OKOM jazz musicians going to 
learn
how to market our music? How to connect with the young audience? Why 
doesn't
every OKOM band on the list have at least 5 Mardi Gras gigs this week?

Can't be done? Nonsense. We have met the enemy and they is us.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone



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