[Dixielandjazz] Where are the young people?

[Dixiejazzdata]

Being a good personal friend of Tom Wiggins, I can  say that yes he was influential in launching a very successful Peruvian band on a career building
campaign across the USA  and the band leader of that Peruvian Band  "Inkari" launched a franchise operation based upon the success of their marketing plan from Tom Wiggins.    which netted them in excess of $200,000.00 a year in income playing only in the daytime,  Just think what might have happened to OKOM if more of us had even inquired about that plan, paid attention to that plan and done the same with OKOM.    God Forbid OKOM might be popular all over the world as well.  :))   No young people do not want to hear this old timey music.  The Peruvians didn't think the Americans wanted to hear them either at that time.   But they were soon embraced by young and old alike.   How many OKOM bands on this list are making $200,000.00 a year or more just playing music with a five piece band ?    "There will always be a good market for Good Music"  ...Tom Wiggins  but somebody has to get off their butt and take it to them.

Indeed send the boys around to see if Tom Wiggins might take on OKOM too :))

Cheers,

Bart,  



Pat Ladd wrote on 24/10/2011 11:04:38:

> inundated by Indian flute groups from Peru and
> Ecuador.  >.
> 
> I dont think there can be anyone left in Peru. Those groups are all over 

> Europe and England. (I know that most Americans think that is the same 
> thing. It is not!)
> 

I seem to remember Tom Wiggins saying he was responsible for the "Pan
Pipe" franchise. Maybe someone should send the boys round :^)

Andy Ling



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