[Dixielandjazz] Foreign bands

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Jim Said: Spaniards curiously believe everything "homegrown" is less
valuable/important/good as something from out of the country.

We must have an awful lot of Spaniards here because I have seen that happen 
for years.  For some reason people think that bands from out of town are 
better than the home grown ones.  Sometimes that is true.  I'm not talking 
about the super star groups but the working bands.  My bands or groups that 
I have played in have been imported when I knew that a very good band was in 
town and available.  By the same token I have been passed over for bands 
from out of town who weren't as good especially when I was in college.

I don't think this is as much of a problem in a large city with a lot of 
bands but the smaller towns do it all the time.  A couple of years ago I 
traveled with the band to a town about 100 miles from here and the people 
paid a premium not only for the time but for the travel which doubled the 
price.  Since it is a college town I would bet there were several good bands 
made up of college students and several local bands all of which I imagine 
were pretty good.

I haven't a clue as to why they do it.  As they say "The grass is always 
greener on the other side of the fence."
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:12 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Foreign bands


>
> Tom Wiggins wrote:
>>who has played in Catalunya ,, and as Jim Kash says it is indeed
> a different Country than Madrid or even Barcelona.
>
> Actually, Tom, Catalunya is the region in which Barcelona sits.  Call it a
> province, if you like.
>
>>I managed to sandwich them in between two much more economically generous
> festivals and with their blessing to do so is how we did it.
>
> That is what most of the foreign bands do...they travel a circuit of
> festivals through Europe, so their prices may just be on an even keel, or
> even less, than we would charge.
>
> Something no one would understand, if they haven't lived here as long as I
> have, is that Spaniards curiously believe everything "homegrown" is less
> valuable/important/good as something from out of the country.  And, 
> festival
> people are aware that we can be heard at the local club down the street, 
> so
> why pay us big bucks to do their concert.
>
> We play local clubs (a lot!), and travel throughout the country for 
> concerts
> (normally sponsored by the local City Hall).  I get to most of my gigs 
> with
> a 10 minute drive! Back home by 2 or 3am, and ready for work the next
> morning at 9am.  (I run my own prof. audio business, and am quite busy.)
> Festivals don't form a part of our scene.
>
> Jim
>
>
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