tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post2405280895696369844..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: Who will save your filthy, filthy soul?Andrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-27887721442355672632009-12-02T01:03:42.237-08:002009-12-02T01:03:42.237-08:00Yeah, the flexibility to experiment without pushba...Yeah, the flexibility to experiment without pushback is inversely proportional to the number of people who like your current sound.<br /><br />That could be a whole 'nother post. :)cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-71650667551974954962009-12-02T00:51:16.887-08:002009-12-02T00:51:16.887-08:00Hey, thanks for the comment, Susan. Obviously, the...Hey, thanks for the comment, Susan. Obviously, the bottom line is being true to whatever your inner muse is, even if that inner muse involves naughty words, or being "mainstream," or... wizards. (Thanks for introducing me to the "Wizard Rock" genre, BTW!)<br /><br />In my own case, though, while I am perfectly happy to stake out a given niche, I also like change. I certainly don't want the IJG to be pigeonholed for all time as "that foul-mouthed, clownish big band." And that's the only reason I was imagining a future time when perhaps we might be doing a show that wasn't quite so bawdy (though personally my affection for bawdiness will never diminish). I like to stay open to the possibility that we could evolve in a lot of different directions. And then evolve back. Or not. And so on. The problem is that audiences aren't always supportive of / patient with those sorts of shifts. (Which may be one reason while this early Jewel recording is not more widely known.)<br /><br />The only way to navigate the situation, as you suggest, is to stick to what feels right. <br /><br />Good luck to us all!Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-40227431884411002052009-12-01T00:46:15.237-08:002009-12-01T00:46:15.237-08:00Do what you want.
If you don't have a label c...Do what you want.<br /><br />If you don't have a label capable of putting out enough payola to get you on the radio (do jazz stations do payola?), you might as well just be you. If you invent the niche, you OWN the niche.<br /><br />Seriously. How many other jazz bands do you know that put out songs with names like "Big Ass Truck"? <br /><br />Funnily enough, I worry that my band is too mainstream. We're not about to change the sound -- we make the kind of music we want to hear -- but when you're not famous, <a href="http://cinderbridge.blogspot.com/2009/01/limits-of-mass-appeal.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">mainstream appeal does you little good</a>.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-49533583212797866592009-11-30T10:58:22.616-08:002009-11-30T10:58:22.616-08:00Ha, thanks for that! At first I couldn't get t...Ha, thanks for that! At first I couldn't get the link to work, then I realized there was a small typo. In case other readers have a similar problem, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/nov/24/catullus-mark-lowe" rel="nofollow">here it is, amended</a>.Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-45095637073262460452009-11-30T10:45:40.750-08:002009-11-30T10:45:40.750-08:00Easier to get away with if you can quote latin
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