[Dixielandjazz] Do subs de-legitimize a band?

[Allan Brown]

Perhaps it's a sort of musical homeopathy - the more you dilute the original line-up, the stronger it becomes?

Best,

Allan Brown

On 12 May 2011, at 14:38, Stephen G Barbone wrote:

> A while back, we had a thread about the use of subs in a band. Some musicians felt that by doing so, you could no longer use the band's name to accurately describe the band. That the use of subs some how made it a pick-up band. Some bands refuse gigs if one regular can't make it. They deride Barbone Street and other bands that occasionally  books two gigs in the same time slot  and uses 3 regulars and 3 subs in each band, for somehow cheating the customer.
> 
> Other musicians and bands felt that if the subs are competent musicians, then the customers get good music which is what they bargained for. That individual musicians and bands think far too much of their ability compared to that of subs
> 
> Fans are also split on the issue.  Some say  it doesn't matter and others say the use of even one sub was disappointing to them.
> 
> What can happen when a sextet uses 4 subs? Below is an interesting example.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband