[Dixielandjazz] RV: Check out my band playing Ellington's Awful Sad!

[Madison T]

Hey Jim! Yeah, I hadnt thought about the viability of obscure tunes vs
popular until this very moment haha. But honestly i just love playing,
performing and teasing out the lesser known stuff. At this point i think
"Blue Drag" is going to be the closest thing to a popular song on our
album.

The band is less business and more passion project for me anyways, though i
do wish it were both most of the time. But i think if i had to worry about
our commercial viability we might lose something about the  and that i
consider very special.

-madison

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 6:13 AM <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

> Madison T <maditayl at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> >We're about to start recording our first album. I've been sifting
> through more obscure selections of trad…
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> I have found, at least with our audiences, that people look at the list of
> songs on a CD, and when the recognize a few of them, they are more apt to
> purchase.  And, most are not avid Jazz fans.  We have included tunes by
> Ellington on our cds, such as Caravan, Mood Indigo,and The Mooche, but
> looking for “obscure tunes” seems to me to not be a commercial viable
> approach.  Perhaps one obscure number might be ok, but I wouldn’t search
> directly for those songs.  And, “live” recordings are more popular than
> studio recordings.
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> Anyway, it’s just my “commercial side” coming out, and needn’t be to your
> choosing.
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> J*i*m
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