[Dixielandjazz] FW: I seem to have accidentally bought a jazzclub...

Thu Jun 4 22:22:02 PDT 2015

Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:

live remotes?  good heaven's where have you been?!  Radio stations don't do
relevant live broadcasts anymore, not unless it is a sports match!  Or
perhaps a car dealership having a barbecue.

He is talking about a non-commercial station.

I did a 3-hour Jazz show once a week in the Los Angeles market. One time we 
were doing a remote from a nearby park. I can't remember what the 
celebration was. But they came to me and said that I was going to interview 
the Mayor of Los Angeles.

I had no idea what to talk about. It was just before the 1984 Olympics so I 
got him talking about that - He was happy.

There is a pic of me interviewing him on my web site at

www.ringwald.com

they interviewed me for a real-estate show though; they wanted to know how
I was able to do the financing to buy such a place.

Did you tell them that you robbed a bank?

Do you have a projected opening date?

-Bob Ringwald

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net> wrote:

> Radio station?  Ohooo, Will they do live remotes?
>
> Ron L
>
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> From: Dixielandjazz [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On
> Behalf Of Gary Lawrence Murphy
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:11 AM
> To: Ron
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> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] FW: I seem to have accidentally bought a jazz
> club...
>
> 11 years would be just fine by me, but I could see myself still hosting 
> the
> jams well into my 70's and let my son take over dealing with fridge relays
> and inspectors.
>
> we have a really good spot for music, no neighbours, a bank on one side, a
> yoga centre on the other, both are long gone home before the nightlife
> starts. Behind is a parking lot and two doors over is the live repertoire
> theatre and another bar. Across the street is a bank and a parking lot 
> with
> the region's newspaper and radio station offices down the block a bit.
>
> and I have a very good team of high-profile and experienced people who are
> well connected to the local scene, and they have a keen interest in making
> it work, so I'd have no qualms about leaving the shop in the hands of any
> one of them if I needed to play a gig or just take a break.  Like I say,
> there was the accidental confluence of forces beyond my control and there 
> I
> was, standing in the doorway with the keys in my hand.
>
> And while the mood of the place may be 1920, I'm realistic enough to
> recognize that to say 'jazz' needs to stretch from the Newsboys all the 
> way
> up past electric Miles and some of the brass-backed hiphop (the kids are
> alright) but Saturday afternoons at minimum are MINE for OKOM  and 
> probably
> a few more slots as well :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Gary,
> > Open your eyes, but do not let people to discourage you!
> > True, the owners should be present as much as possible, but my son,
> > who ran a bar in Tel-Aviv, had a different experience.  While, at
> > first, both he and his partner were there all night long, but later
> > they started taking turns, and be there only a part of the time.  They
> > just found good shift managers (the bar was open from 9PM to the last
> > customer).  If they were forced to close it was because of harassment
> > by the Municipality.  They were there 11 years - a long time for that
> type
> of business in this country.
> > Yes, it is hard work and constant worry, but may not be as bad as Bob
> > makes it look.
> > As I've already said, I wish you success!
> > Cheers,
> > Marek
> >
> > On 3 June 2015 at 19:25, Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym at teledyn.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Long time ago it would have been the mob wanting protection money ...
> >> Some things never change ;) we don't expect to get rich; breaking
> >> even would be really nice though...
> >> On Jun 3, 2015 12:23 PM, "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Bob Ringwald wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >Employees have no business sense. They don't realize what it cost
> >> > >you
> >> to
> >> > operate a business. They see the money come in but they don't see
> >> > it go out.
> >> >
> >> > Although Bob wrote a fairly black picture of the business scene, if
> >> anyone
> >> > has ever played a steady club gig over a period of time, you will
> >> > have
> >> seen
> >> > the waiters/bar staff come and go on a regular basis. It is usually
> >> > due
> >> to
> >> > money disappearing from the til!
> >> >
> >> > The places that are successful are where the boss is always there.
> >> > Certainly not an easy life, so I also wish you well, Gary.
> >> >
> >> > I agree with Bob that musicians often find it difficult to
> >> > understand
> >> the
> >> > costs of running a club or even a festival.  It's not just the
> >> > expense
> >> of
> >> > the band, but all the other costs of running a business...., even
> >> having to
> >> > pay the "composer's society" (or whatever it is called in your
> >> > area) for the songs being played by the band AND recorded music
> >> > played during the
> >> rest of
> >> > the day/night.  There's the food/liquor consumed, the help,
> >> > business licenses, electricity, trash pickup.....etc., etc.
> >> >
> >> > Jim
> >> >
> >> >
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