I, the audience...

[Tanis8472]

Nice

 

[snorri]

I went along to hear our local MP present his views on the "EU in or out" issue and remembering previous political meetings at the venue I was hoping for a lively debate. There were only four in the audience, each of us supportive of the views of the MP.

 

[winjim]

Well had I been a named DJ that people were actively trying to avoid then I might have taken it personally, but it was either when I was first on and nobody had arrived at the club yet (every DJ gets a turn at that), or on a little Wednesday night thing we used to do that realistically nobody was going to attend and they just needed as an excuse to keep the pub open. I just used to get more and more pissed and play increasingly ridiculous records as the night went on.

As an aside, the pub I used to play in has since closed down and is now a Giant store. Now I'm not suggesting that this has anything to do with me stopping DJing and taking up cycling, but it is a bit of a coincidence.

 

[outlash]

I've been a DJ on my own outnumbering the audience!

Me & you both, I looked at it as an opportunity to play tunes I liked rather than what a crowd would expect.

 

[AndyRM]

To my mind ^^^^that is not jazz, more like supermarket background music, I'm not surprised they didn't have an audience.

Agreed. Duller than Lloyd Grossman reading the phone book. Actually, that would probably be more interesting, at least he's got some variation.

Are you sure the couple hadn't just fallen asleep and slid under their table?

 

[swee'pea99]

To my mind ^^^^that is not jazz, more like supermarket background music, I'm not surprised they didn't have an audience.

Agreed. Duller than Lloyd Grossman reading the phone book. Actually, that would probably be more interesting, at least he's got some variation.

Are you sure the couple hadn't just fallen asleep and slid under their table?

Ooh, you're hard!

It wasn't dull at all - it was perfectly enjoyable. And ok, so it's toward the 'lift-music' end of the jazz spectrum, but jazz is a broad spectrum, and I think it's very unfair to write off the entire genre just because of a few lifts. People like Joe Pass did stuff not a million miles from this, and it's great. Bitches Brew ain't the only game in town. (Not to mention the outer reaches of what someone hereabouts once memorably described as 'fire in a pet shop' jazz.)

It was The Maynard, Crouch End, BTW, GM.

 

[AndyRM]

Ooh, you're hard!

It wasn't dull at all - it was perfectly enjoyable. And ok, so it's toward the 'lift-music' end of the jazz spectrum, but jazz is a broad spectrum, and I think it's very unfair to write off the entire genre just because of a few lifts. People like Joe Pass did stuff not a million miles from this, and it's great. Bitches Brew ain't the only game in town. (Not to mention the outer reaches of what someone hereabouts once memorably described as 'fire in a pet shop' jazz.)

It was The Maynard, Crouch End, BTW, GM.

Justify it however you like, that ain't jazz.

 

[Crackle]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7i102quw344ujtr/VID_20160603_221704254.mp4?dl=0

Practising for their Saga cruise gig, no doubt.

 

[byegad]

I was in a Hawkwind tribute band a few years ago and we regularly had a following of two or three people at every gig.

So more than the original band then?

 

[Levo-Lon]

What about the publican,..he paid for an empty room for them to play in...
the pub may close with that amount of support, its a tough business ..
the jazz band had a very easy jam

 

[Julia9054]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork

Woman ends 20 year attempt to like jazz!

 

[swee'pea99]

Justify it however you like, that ain't jazz.

Gershwin wrote it; Ella & Louis were among any number of 'jazz' musicians who played it; I think if you asked most people to put it into a musical genre, they'd say 'jazz'. I'd call it jazz. What would you suggest...punk? Rockabilly? Dub?

 

[Levo-Lon]

I have been know to like Jazz as long as no one sings..though ive always struggled with it.
the cherry tree pub in Peterbrough used to have jazz every sunday lunch..pub packed and with a load of beer and good crowed it was a great few hrs..usually

 

[jefmcg]

Years ago I went to dinner in Australia with a cousin. There was a acoustic set performed by Shane Howard, who had fronted a band that had a huge hit with a rock anthem. After dinner, when we were the only diners left, he came out and played a second set just for us. It was clear he was doing it just for pleasure and to enliven what he probably assumed was our date.

Between numbers, my cousin asked him "didn't you use to be in Goanna?" "no, I WAS Goanna. ", then he stormed out.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Bit concieted of him @jefmcg ,not a bad sound for a group of musicians



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