[Dixielandjazz] Selling OKOM was Where are the Young People?

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

>  I have sure used Steve's suggestions on audience building
> and selling a band and OKOM would be better off if more people listened 
> to him.

I certainly do and I enjoy and profit by tips from other musicians.  Nobody 
in your market will tell you anything but everyone on the list realizes that 
we have a mutual problem. I could care less about the latest Louis Armstrong 
story but when it comes to sales and finding new audiences I am all ears.

I wish more of you would discuss what they find useful to promote OKOM. 
Steve is about the only one who does this (Tom Wiggins too but is off list) 
and I have found him to be very useful and knowledgeable.

While Steve and the guys on the coasts have a different market from those of 
us in flyover land many of the suggestions are useful.

I try to be as forthcoming as I can to tell about something that I have 
found success with and I pick up things from others.   I also talk about 
equipment I use, where I get the info for my data base and how I sell.

I don't remember which one, Tom Wiggins or Steve Barbone that told me about 
www.Vistaprint.com but that one has made me money so I tell others.  I send 
postcards out fairly often to my client list.

I don't mind talking about these things on the list because the people who 
book in this area aren't on the DJML and those who are, are friends.

I wish there was more discussion because until someone sells OKOM we don't 
exist.
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, October 20, 2011 10:39 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Where are the Young People?


>> "Henry C. Mason" <hmncro at gmail.com> (wrote)
>>
>> Listmates...  is there a tinge of jealousy here?   As most of us  know, 
>> it
>> ain't how good you are it is how well you sell it.   Steve is a good 
>> player
>> and his band is probably as good as a hundred others.  What he does  is 
>> sell
>> it very well which is why he gets so much work.     I do more big  band 
>> than
>> Dixie but I have sure used Steve's suggestions on audience building  and
>> selling a band and OKOM would be better off if more people listened  to 
>> him.
>>
>> Rant mode off
>
> Thanks Henry. Yeah you are right, there seems to be a bit of that  among 
> the older farts. They focus on negatives. I think it goes with  aging 
> badly and guess it has always been that way in the music business.
>
> Of course we play to old people too, in fact we have an equally large 
> following among old folks as among young folks. I've been saying that  for 
> a decade but there is always 10% that don't get the word. If you  good 
> people (and snipers too)  want to see Barbone Street with young  people in 
> the audience (lots of them), visit our myspace page, below  my sign off, 
> and peruse the photos there, of if that's too much  trouble, go to:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxpXV38b8Q
>
> Then, instead of sniping, eat your hearts out.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
>
>
>
>
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