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

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

where I live in central arizona there are plenty of hard rock clubs but two places to place jazz.  

At my regular noodle house gig (3-6 shows per month) I was told NO DRUMMERS PERIOD.  No last night I was told we have to be more entertaining and add a singer mayboe somebody who can sing like Nora Jones.  Without notice our pay got cut from $325/night (3 hr gig) to $175!!!  When I mentioned the descrepency the owner said "You don't have a drummer".

We've been playing this place regulary for four years. We have the largest draw and I have some of the best players in town in my group but he doesn't care. So now I have to get a singer and a BOSE PAS. I can't wait to use it... nobody else that I know uses this BOSE thing but dagnapit since iceman (who is one of my favorite x-men btw) swears by it, it must be great. But then again maybe I should sleep on it because Summertime cometh.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: fjm [mailto:mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 08:04 AM
>To: 'h-l'
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] death of live music?
>
>Where I live, southern Arizona, the club scene is alive and well.  There 
>at least 10 live music venues within walking distance of my house.  None 
>of them tolerate cover bands.  Lately I've been heartened by the focus 
>on musicianship and the number of clubs supporting live music.  The 
>people who stay all night then come up and talk to the band after the 
>last set have all been young lately.  Subjectively I think the 90's were 
>a lot worse.  I know my access to listening to live bands has greatly 
>improved.  I do live in a large college town.  fjm
>_______________________________________________
>Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
>Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
>http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
>