[Dixielandjazz] The new OKOM audience

[Marek Boym]

I've encountered this more than once.  I've heard people say that they
hated jazz, but liked R'n'R and Dixieland.
Only a few weeks ago someone said to me he hated jazz, but when I
mentioned Armstrong and Goodman he qualified his answer.

Accidentally, tonight I watched a film about Margareth Thatcher.  When
her party colleagues suggested speaking at a party meeting, she said
that it would be preaching to those convinced, but to gain new voters
they should go out where labour voters were and comvince them.
Cheers
On 16/07/2009, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Don: & DJML Listmates:
>
> This is the face of "new audiences". It is why most bands and festivals are
> not gaining audience. Simply because they are preaching to the choir of old
> folks who heard the music 50 years ago. New folks like this lady haven't
> heard it and never will unless we target them by playing where they are, or
> figuring out how to get them to festivals. They surround us.
>
> This from a new OKOM Jazz Fan gained through the H.L. Mencken Chat list
>
> **** begin note
>
> " Hi Steve:"
>
> "Norm Vickers said I should drop you a note and tell you what I told him
> after visiting your my space page. Your page was included in your most
> recent response to him."
>
> "From my note to Norm,"
>
> " I never thought I liked jazz, but if that's jazz...I'm a believer. I've
> bookmarked it so I can play it anytime. I checked iTunes to see if he was
> available thru them, but they don't have him listed in their huge
> collection. I'd never heard of him and I guess that's because he started in
> 1992 when I was long gone from the Philadelphia/South Jersey area."
>
> "Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy listening to your band, and I look
> forward to listening for a long time."
>
> "Thank you for sharing it."
>
> ********** (a member of the H.L Mencken Chat List)
> Virginia Beach
>
> ****end note
>
>
> I e-mailed a thank you note and snail mailed 2 CDs of Barbone Street no
> charge. The CDs should arrive tomorrow. There must be millions of people
> like this in the USA who don't know what OKOM is, have never heard it, and
> are not aware of bands playing it. Reaching them is our challenge.
>
> BTW, this is not an isolated incident. It happens to Barbone Street all the
> time when we play at public venues (not jazz oriented), for regular folks
> from 8 to 80 years old. They love the music. Fortunately we have developed a
> large following in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area because we play where
> the people are.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>
>
>
>
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