[Dixielandjazz] Home concerts--Steve Cheseborough responds

[Norman Vickers]

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From:  Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola

 

Re:  author/ guitarist/ blues vocalist and harmonica player Steve
Cheseborough of Portland, OR expands  on Kathy Lyon’s discussion of home
jazz concerts.

 

Thanks for clarification and addition  Steve.  As you can see.  I’m sending
it to both lists.

( Musicians’ listmembers—I’ll be on vacation for about 10 days, so keep the
e-mails coming, but I’ll be unable to forward to the list for that period)

-----Original Message-----
From: steve cheseborough [mailto:chezztone at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:38 PM



Steve Cheseborough wrote: 

House concerts are great! It's a way of eliminating all the middlemen and
bringing the music directly to the people. I love playing them. Kathy Lyon's
info is good but let me add a few more comments/suggestions for people
thinking of hosting a house concert:

1.	Generally a house concert is totally acoustic. The room is small,
the audience is attentive -- there is no reason for microphones or
loudspeakers. You get to hear music the way it's supposed to be heard --
from the voices and instruments, not from electronic amplifiers.
2.	"The audience is attentive" -- well, as host, you remind them of
that. There are two key differences between a house concert and a house
party. One is that the audience pays for the experience at the house
concert. The other is that they sit and listen (unlike a party, where the
music is background to the chatter and mingling). So explain those
differences in the invitation and again at the beginning of the show. They
can chat and mingle during the break and before and after the show.
3.	Chairs! Kathy mentioned them but yes, that's the only thing you'll
need, besides a list of invitees. Borrow or rent or buy, but get them and
arrange them in a way that makes it clear we're here to listen. That makes
#2 easier too.
4.	Once you host one house concert, you'll find it easy to do more, if
you want to. Music acts will start contacting you to ask about playing at
your house. The people who attended one of your concerts will trust your
judgment and look forward to coming back, even for artists they aren't
familiar with.

Feel free to contact me (HYPERLINK
"mailto:chezztone at gmail.com"chezztone at gmail.com) to talk more about house
concerts -- or to have me over to do a 1920s-30s-style blues concert/talk at
your home! One of the many things I (and the audiences) love about house
concerts is I get to talk between songs, about the music, history, geography
etc, and people actually listen (unlike at most bars or restaurants).
Cheers, SC
-- 
Steve Cheseborough
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