[Dixielandjazz] To All DJML Members

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

fwiw, by all metrics available, the 'kids' are fleeing Facebook.  The
predominant audience there is either under 17 or over 40.  Not to say
it's a bad idea, only that an appeal to kids isn't a good selling
point.

On 1/9/14, Jim O'Briant <jobriant at garlic.com> wrote:
> Steve Voce wrote:
>> A lot of us wouldn't join Facebook at any price.
>> I think it would be a foolish move.
>
> Bill Haesler added:
>
>> So do I.
>> You would lose me immediately.
>
> ===================
>
> I find it ironic that we go on and on and on about how we need to court
> younger audiences for Traditional Jazz -- yet when someone suggests that we
> make our information and discussions available on a social media site where
> our potential younger fans do most of their communicating, we get all huffy
> and threaten to take our toys and go home.
>
> First of all, the way I've read the message in this thread, the suggestion
> was to create a DJML Facebook page as a supplement to -- NOT a replacement
> for -- the DJML mailing list.
>
> I agree that island.net isn't meeting our needs, especially when it comes
> to
> user support for technical issues (such as rejecting all messages from
> EarthLink addresses). There are several other options for housing mailing
> lists. My own recommendation would be Yahoo Groups. It's far from perfect,
> but it works. I personally own about ten Yahoo Groups for various purposes,
> and I subscribe to about 80 more, mostly music-related or RV-related
> groups.
> 99% of the time, if the list owner is conscientious, these work just fine.
>
> I also agree that a DJML Group on Facebook would be a superb idea. It gives
> the many musicians and bands who are already on Facebook another way to
> network, and it gives us an entry into a place where we will find MANY more
> young fans. As an example, we recently created a SBTJS (South Bay
> Traditional Jazz Society) Facebook Group; about half the members are
> long-time San Francisco Bay Area musicians and jazz fans, and about half
> are
> 20-somethings who are primarily interested in dancing -- and who are now
> attending our monthly sessions because we have the music they love to dance
> to.)
>
> If the "powers that be" at DJML decide to do both -- find a new home for
> the
> list and also create a Facebook Group -- it will be a win-win for all of
> us,
> and also a win for the new young fans who will find us that way.
>
> Those who choose not to join Facebook would still have the mailing list,
> just as they have now, and those of us who are willing to change with the
> times to reach new audiences will benefit from the dual approach.
>
> That's my two cents worth, and it may cost you even less than two cents....
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers
>
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