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Get Special Gigs Listed
Band leaders affiliated with PRJC can get their special gigs listed on the “
Upcoming Jazz Events” page of this website at no cost. Send e-mail to
prjcweb@prjc.org. Regular or continuing gigs can be listed free in the “All That Jazz” page of the "Tailgate" by contacting
Audrey Van Dyke, editor of the “Tailgate Ramblings” newsletter at
Audrey@callitmusic.com or phone at 703-684-5322.
“All That Jazz” lists gigs for the current month only.
In addition, band leaders or managers may submit gig info for publication in
“The American Rag,” a monthly newspaper serving traditional jazz and ragtime music fans throughout the country. Instructions: To ensure accuracy of these listings only gig information submitted by bandleaders/managers who are
“American Rag” subscribers and who contact the “Rag” directly will be included. Mail non-festival related gig information to Don Jones, Publisher, 20137 Skyline Ranch Drive, Apple Valley, CA 29308-5035, or by phone to 760-2478-5d145, or e-mail
don@americanrag.com. Information must be received by the 5th of the month preceding the event. Gigs are listed by the state where the performance will be.
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Starting a Record Label
NOTE: The following information, sent to the PRJC Web site, may be of interest to musicians trying to break into the independent recording business. This is not an endorsement by PRJC.
“In the Right Direction” - A Beginner’s Guide To Starting A Record Label (3rd Edition) by Samuel D. Gilleylen; $16.25. Future Mix Publications; ISBN 0972304207
If you are trying to break into the independent recording business this book may help. Learn to promote, market and sell your own independent CDs. A book for young songwriters, aspiring recording artists, studio owners and music producers. Visit the website to check out the table of contents www.futuremix.biz.
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Taking Your Band to the UK?
The following information is excerpted from an item which appeared in “The American Rag” in the column “Sticks & Stones” written by A.C. Stone:
A while back the Clevedon (England) Jazz Club initiated a free, email based jazz venue search facility for bands planning UK tours. Go to the club’s web site at
www.clevedonjazzclub.co.uk
The service is accessed from the “gigs” button of the site. It allowed bands from anywhere in the world to select and print a copy of the registered venues listed in nine separate regions of the United Kingdom. The name, town, contact and email address for each venue is listed.
This service is not only of benefit to bands contemplating a UK tour, but also useful for any jazz fan who plans travel in that part of the world.
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Want to Jam? Come Along. Bring Axe.
The PRJC is bringing back open jam sessions, providing opportunities
for novice or accomplished dixieland jazz musicians, and all skills in
between, can get together and play in a relaxed setting. Free to
musicians with their axes. For others a $10 donation is requested.
Get details.
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Tips for CD Producers
Hoping for airplay for your latest CD? Make the job of the radio
announcer easier. How? Here are some tips from the host of a
well-known jazz radio program. Include the following on your CD card
insert:
- The track numbers.
- The run time of each track.
- The date the recordings were made.
- The full name(s) of the tune’s composer(s).
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Used Musical Instruments Needed
The Common Denominator, “Washington’s Hometown Newspaper,” has a
feature in its November 17, 2003 edition on the lack of funds, uniforms
and instruments for the DC High School Bands, once the pride of their
neighborhoods. You can access this story at
http://www.thecommondenominator.com.
According to “CHIME” (Community Help in Music Education), which promotes
music education in District of Columbia schools, the kids are doing
their best to raise their own funds, helped by donations from the
teachers’ own pockets, but this cannot overcome a school budget so
squeezed that there is no money in it for instruments, instrument
repairs, uniforms, or, for that matter, for music instruction, other
than as an option in competition with other needed school “enrichment”
optional activities.
The benefits to children and to the city of supporting school music,
bands in particular, are well known, yet ignored at funding time, CHIME
says. “The politicians have let the schools down, despite all the
rhetoric, and so the Community must step in to help.” CHIME, which is
mentioned in the article, has been collecting and distributing donated
instruments in good repair to DC public schools for four years. But
this year the organization would like to make its instrument drive more
widely-known, and involve other partners in the effort, so that “every
child with an interest can get in a band and have a decent instrument to
play.”
Besides band instruments, CHIME is also interested in donations of
pianos in good condition, 1/2 and 3/4 size violins (for a new string
program at Amidon Elementary School), and rhythm instruments for very
young children.
Those who would like to join in working on this drive, have an
instrument to donate, want to make a donation to purchase or repair
instruments or buy uniforms, or want to help with any other CHIME
program, may contact the organization at info@chime-dc.org, or visit its
Web site http://www.chime-dc.org, and click on the CHIME In! page.
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DCjazz Offers Websites to Local Musicians
Local musicians ought to check out the DCjazz website which offers to
build them a website and promote them. The site welcomes new artists
and says it now has 2,500 visitors a day. Its mailing list now has more
than 7,500 names. DCjazz offers artists an opportunity for hosting,
sales and promotion. Click on “Jazz Links” at the top of this page and
find DCjazz under “Miscellaneous.”
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Exposure Opportunity for PRJC Bands
PRJC-affiliated bands may want to visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/mp3
to check out the site’s new feature which offers “self-publishing by and for the Metro region’s
music community.” Musicians can log on and arrange to upload a
sample of their band’s recordings in MP3 format for access by
visitors.
As explained on the site, MP3 (short for MPEG-1, Layer 3) is a
computer file format that allows you to compress large files into
smaller ones that can be easily sent via the Internet. MP3 music can
be played on almost any computer system. The format allows songs
to be downloaded at the relatively small size of roughly 1 megabyte
per minute with excellent sound quality.
The site also offers an opportunity to create a musician page and
contains information on workshops of interest presented by the
Washington Area Music Association. Subjects include, for
example, copyright law and MIDI Pro Audio.
PRJC bands which do arrange to have recording available on the
Washington Post site can notify PRJC at prjcweb@prjc.org
so we can arrange a link from your listing on
the “Affiliated Bands” page to the MP3 site.
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Wanted
The Traditional Jazz Educators Network (TJEN) has issued a call to all musicians and record
collectors to share their LPs, CDs, and unpublished arrangements with young musicians through
the TJEN Resource Library. The TJEN Resource Library makes a variety of resources available to
educators for use with their students at no charge. Arrangements for traditional jazz band
(five to eight pieces) are needed at all levels of difficulty. Also needed are traditional
jazz recordings for study by young musicians learning the genre.
“If you would like your band to be heard and studied by young musicians, please consider
donating copies of your recordings to the TJEN Resource Library,” says Dave Robinson,
TJEN founder. “Even better,” says Dave, “donate copies of some of your band’s written
arrangements for the use of young players! Lack of good arrangements is a major inhibitor to
many beginning youth groups.”
Donated items will be made available at no charge to jazz educators who request them.
Unpublished arrangements will be provided for the use of youth groups only; they will not be
disseminated to any adult group. The borrower will agree to acknowledge the arranger each time
the youth band performs the arrangement.
“It’s an easy, painless way to help the cause,” says Dave. Materials may be sent to Traditional
Jazz Educators Network, 5537 Belle Pond Dr., Centreville, VA 20120. For more information about
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