[Dixielandjazz] How To Succeed in Killing a Trad Festival Without Really Trying

[Marek Boym]

I couldn't agree more!
True, I did prefer Breda when it was still "Oude Stijl" (old style),
but I did attend a few festivals after it had become just "jazz
festival," with all those zydeco/kleizmer/blues and other
(unlistenable to me) bands.  And I did despite the sound overlap (and
those non-jazz bands were so over-amplified as to make listening at
some of the outdoor stages impossible).
Cheers


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> How To Succeed in Killing a Trad Festival Without Really Trying
> By An Anonymous Trad Fan
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> 3 Steps to Killing a Trad Festival
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> #1) Ignore three basic facts:
>        a) The economy is in a recession.
>        b) The trad audience has been slowly and steadily disappearing.
>        c) With smaller Talent Budgets, festivals can't hire every band
> they'd like to.
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> #2) Stop attending festivals that were originally trad but now mix trad with
> swing, blues, zydeco and other music styles that are popular today. Boycott
> them even if they hire more trad bands than any other festival in the
> country.
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> #3) Write angry letters to newspapers, magazines, and the DJML (online
> traddies group) condemning festivals that were originally trad but now mix
> trad with swing, blues, zydeco and other music styles that are popular
> today. Encourage others to boycott these festivals even if they hire more
> trad bands than any other festival in the country.
>