Re: [Harp-L] Do Blues Jams turn the public off?

[Maurice Nazzaro <mauricenazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most places that host jams do not charge cover. So people come out to listen or play without charge. The same people will NOT pay a cover to see some of the best Atlanta has to offer. 
My band is the host band for the Best 100% Blues jam in town. We packem in. That being said, when we have a weekend gig its difficult to get folks to attend. The lesson here is, if people can see your outfit once a week for free they will NOT pay a cover to see your entire show.
This is more of a complaint than anything else.   

Maurice Nazzaro

On Oct 13, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Bill Hines <billhines4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey don't blame the problem on us blues jam hacks! In Harrisburg, PA our jam
> is a celebration of the blues, a very cooperative situation where the big
> guns light up the crowd and often act as mentors to the folks who are just
> coming up (which leads to them being entertaining, crowd pleasing big guns
> later someday too!). We get a pretty huge crowd at our jam, normally host 8+
> sets of *pure* jam (no host band). sometimes it's magical, sometimes not,but
> it's always entertaining. Now if we could get all those people to show up at
> the regular band bar gigs, but we have a core group that does. I agree with
> whomever said earlier that a jam doesn't have to suck, it's all on who is
> running it and how.
> 
> Bill Hines
> 
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM, david robbins
> <drobbins5658@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
>> That's a really good point. The public doesnt know any better. They think
>> the blues jam is the best the blues has to offer and they do not make the
>> effort to support the legit blues act on the weekend.
>>