[Dixielandjazz] FW: Plastic Artisis

[Mike]

tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:
>Just bringing in other types of music to attract a wider audience is, 
> one of he major problems with the OKOM festivals is that the older folks 
> in charge set in their ways SEEM to only bring in their non threatening 
> friends bands to maintain their own gig security and seek out reciprocal 
> gigs for such bestowed favors.  And these same Entertainment committees
> hire bands from other genres the same way, not for the quality or 
> notoriety of the bands that can actually sell tickets and entertain the 
> folks who come to see them but more so just to throw something else out 
> there hoping that it will attract additional tickets sold to primarily 
> bring in enough money to keep things at status Quo for the powers that 
> be. 

  Very true. I wonder what some of these bands will do when the 
older crowd has completely died out? The tricks and gimmicks 
that work on today's older generation won't fly with the younger 
  generation. It has nothing to do with the younger generation 
not appreciating the music. Bands are going to have to raise the 
bar musically to attract the newer younger audiences.


> Having volunteers is wonderful folks, but just because you don't have 
> to pay them does not make them all a Bargain either, some organizations 
> in OKOM are lucky that they have actually survived as long as they have. 
> Much less grown and actually perpetuated and expanded the audience for 
> OKOM or anything else.

Hopefully some of these "organizations" will realize that times 
are changing and the younger generation is about the music and 
not the extras. Organizations that don't understand that will 
not last; at least that's how I see it. If I'm wrong I will 
stand corrected.

Mike