[Dixielandjazz] Club Manager Quote - Was musicians quotes

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

This is so true and sums up the music business in a nut shell.

Pass the TP
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:41 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Club Manager Quote - Was musicians quotes


> This said to a young Artie Shaw on one of his first gigs after forming 
> his first band. He was talking to a ballroom manager about how the  Shaw 
> band was so wonderful musically,  producing interesting, original  music 
> and why that would be good for the venue etc.,  . . .
>
> Said the manager:
>
> "You listen to me, Shaw. My problem is to get the dough to pay you and 
> your goddam band and the rest of the expenses I got to pay to run this 
> joint. Your problem is to get people in here. And if you want to take 
> your pants down on that goddam bandstand every night and take a crap  up 
> there, and if people will pay to come in here to see you do it,  I'll pay 
> you to take a crap up there every night. That's how much I  give a good 
> goddam about what kind of music you're playing. You hear  me?"
>
> I guess that's "Music Business 101", if you want commercial success.  The 
> band stands of the world are littered with the corpses of great  bands 
> that did not realize this. While lesser bands/musicians who put  some 
> showmanship into the act made fortunes. <grin>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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