[Dixielandjazz] Music for Dancing

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Very nice website.  It tells everything in a few well placed words - good 
photos.  This is a great description of the band and others could take some 
lessons on how to write a good, easy to read description of their band.

Now all you need is a couple of sound clips and you will have a real selling 
tool.  I direct people to my website in my advertising and I am finding that 
people are coming pre-sold on me and the band before I even talk to them. 
That's a great asset.  I have booked several jobs directly from my website - 
all by e-mail and the page that asks them to describe what they want.  Not 
everyone will use such a page but some will.  Saves a lot of time explaining 
what you do etc.  One of my jobs near the end of last year was booked 100% 
via internet.  Two e-mails and I sent out a contract.

If you don't know how to do sound clips you treat them like you would a 
photo or a page to be clicked on except it directs them to a tune not a 
page.

My webpage has been worth it's weight (do web pages weigh anything?) -- The 
cost is low and the initial setup is time consuming but maintenance isn't.

Good luck on your webpage - A lot of this new age stuff is becoming 
necessary.  Who would have thought that you would need 21st Century skills 
to sell 100 year old music.

I think it's neat that musicians who are playing OKOM are becoming more 
aggressive in selling to the public and are starting to present in an 
interesting, fun way what they do.
Larry
St.Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Hopkins" <jazzclarinet at cox.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:03 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Music for Dancing


> Here are our most requested tunes for dancing:
>
> Jazz Society (older folks)
>
> Sweet Sue...#1 choice
> Love Nest...#2 choice
> South...#3 choice
> Basin Street
> Hesitating Blues
> Kansas City Man Blues
> Yellow Dog Blues
> Georgia
> I Would Do Most Anything for You
> I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
> I'm Confessin
> Tin Roof Blues
> Beale Street Blues
> Columbus Stockade Blues
> June Night
> Just a Little While to Stay Here
> Isle of Capri (cha cha)
>
> Lindy Hoppers (younger folks)
>
> Avalon
> Moten Swing
> Benny's Bugle
> Jive at five
> Charleston
> Don't Get Around Much Anymore
> One O'Clock Jump
> C-Jam Blues
> I Would Do Most Anything For You (on both lists)
> Rose Room (In a Mellow Tone)
> A Smooth One
> Satin Doll
> Runnin Wild...fast, they dance the Balboa to this
> At the Jazz band Ball
> Shiny Stockings
> Stranger on the Shore ...(they love it for some reason)
> Nuages (Bossa)
> Comes Love
> Stompin at the Savoy
> Deed I Do
> What a Difference a Day Makes (Bossa)
> Wave (bossa)
> Undecided
>
> Playing for ballroom dancers requires a different list....we don't it 
> often unless the $$$ is very good.
>
> I just got a website up......check it out:   www.joehopkins.org
>
> Joe Hopkins
>
>
>
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