Re: [Harp-L] death of live music?

["Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Down here in South Florida, there is a living music culture but it's not
filling extra large rooms except for bands like Sting and The Police etc.

There is a very enthusiastic number of folk and acoustic music afficianados
and there are regular "house-concerts" and several local venues that cater
to that genre.

There are also a number of well regarded Blues venues.  From North to south,
there's the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, Buzz's Blues Bar in Ft. Lauderdale,
and the world famous Tobacco Road in Miami.  Those places get pretty
crowded, especially when artists like James Cotton show up.  And of course,
Key West is loaded with clubs and live music.

In Central FL besides places like Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando, there is a
vibrant live music area in Mount Dora and in Eustis there's a blues club
downtown.

Hollywood, FL has a thriving cultural area in the downtown district and a
cool little Sushi-Blues Cafe with live music every night.  Good food too!

There are smaller clubs that host live blues around if you know where to
look.
So, if you are looking for live music down here, it's not hard to find.

Even the little bar in Umatilla, which has the karaoke on weeknights, has
live music on weekends.

PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Roscoharp@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:40 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] death of live music?


> Hey list,
>
> I've been polling musicians I know all over the country about an issue
that
> is pretty important to those of us who love playing out in front of music
> fans.  In my area of the country, (upper mid-west) long established live
music
> clubs are switching to DJs, karaoke, comedy, etc. This trend seems to have
> really accelerated in the last couple years. College age fans who drive
the  music
> scene aren't very interested in what I'll call 'real' music. There are
fewer
> places to play & many of the venues that are left are only interested  in
> cover bands. Original bands are often grouped as multi-act shows where no
one
> band makes much money. There are quite a few regional blues bands out
there
> chasing a few low pay gigs. I'm not very in touch with the jazz scene, but
it
> seems that only the big names are drawing. Very few clubs of any kind
seem to
> have a built in crowd.
>
> I've seen a big turn around from even 3 or 4 years ago.
> .
>
> Is the live music scene at the club level dying?
> Are casual  music fans dumbed down to the level of generic hip  hop,
> programmed pop beats, & soul-less country?
> Is it just my  imagination?
> What are y'all seeing?
>
> Later,
> Rosco
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