[Dixielandjazz] Lead a band. Be successful in buiness USA TODAY 1/15/07

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

BRAVO MAD DAWG:

I THINK YOU ONE UPPED HIM AND BEAT DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR WITH THIS ONE.

He'll be proud however, cause you joined the Army and the revolution :))

And you found a good one too,  thanks for posting it, words to live by, 
for far too
long many musicians have simply not been listening to each other but
mainly to themselves slipping and sliding down the me me me road trying
 to be ALL Stars before they were ever really even a STAR.

"United we STAND Divided we fall,"


I have not seen anybody comment on listmate ROCKY'S excellent
DISSERTATION either which I found to be right on the mark.
Cheers

Tom Wiggins



-----Original Message-----
From: verbose at daktel.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:13 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Lead a band. Be successful in buiness USA 
TODAY 1/15/07

    The trouble with the digest is that you can not tell if you are 
ahead of
Steve with posting articles relevant to music and jazz in particular!
Thus I will not quote the whole article on 3B of the Business page. By
other then the band leader Wynton Marsallis, whom I am sure you are all
familiar with. It was an interview supposedly.  Regardless of your
personal opinions of Wynton, he did make some valid points in the
article comparing business and music. The following may not be one of
them. Your opinions if you choose.

The artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center was named as one of
America's Best Leaders in 2006 by Harvard's Kennedy School of 
Government
and U.S. News & World Report. What more authority can you ask?


Title of Article: Hot corporations know how to swing.
Sub Title of Article: Wynton Marsalis shows how to put jazz to work.

The article also addresses the subject near and dear to the DJML in the
past, and recently discussed again, making it doubly relevant.

(snip)
Question: What is "swing" and how can a business get it?

Answer: Swing is a rhythm, an era in American history, and it is a 
world
view.  In this world view, there is a belief in the power of a
collective ability to absorb mediocre and poor decisions. When a group
of people working together trust that all are concerned for the common
good, then they continue to be in sync no matter what happens. That is
swing.  It's the feeling that our way is more important then my way.
This philosophy extends to how to treat audiences, consumers, staff or
dysfunctional families. This may seem idealistic, but think about how
church congregations recite, nearly together and completely 
unrehearsed.
They proceed by feel. Swing is the single objective. It is the core 
that
makes us all want to work together.


Unquote.

(You have heard the word. Now go forth and multiply.)

Other quotes:

When you listen to great jazz musicians you hear the respect they have
for each other's abilities.  During a performances, most of the
musicians time is spent listening to others.

Everything in jazz and business starts with integrity. Listen to 
others.
Respect them. Build trust.




Submitted to the list by Mad Dawg

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