[Dixielandjazz] Thanks Dan Barrett

[Bert]

Thank you , Dan Barrett.
Last weekend the Dixieland Crackerjacks played in Bremen at a Jazz Festival.

There I tried your announcement, that video taping was allowed, but only if the person who recorded also was willing to buy at least one of our CDs.I then explained that otherwise musicians never would earn anything anymore.To my big surprise , it was met with great approval from the entire audience, and one person who actually was filming, immediatly bought two copies. As many more people did later.
So, a trick that might as well work in the future.
Thanks, very well thought out!
Bert Brandsma


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> Regarding the video taping of various jazz groups, this is of course now a wide-spread practice. Older members of the DJML will remember when any type of recording--whether audio or video--was banned at most performances.
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> Musicians now have no control over this sort of thing, although most of the playiers I know really don't condone it. 
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> One response is this: In many performances, I'll volunteer to be the "bad guy."  I'll make an announcement to the effect that those videotaping (or making an audio recording) of our performance could--and should--do us the courtesy of buying at least one of the CDs we have for sale; this in exchange for the recording they just made (or are about to make), for which they paid nothing.
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