RE: gigs gigs gigs

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

And Boston is a great example. The question is, to whom would I direct
someone inquiring about a gig? Is there a manager at Johnny D's who is
more receptive, or a way to have someone referred, such that the booking
person would listen to the tape with a positive ear?

For Boston, I can put together a list that would suggest those two clubs
(but who to contact?). For a good touring band, the World Music series, 
or Scullers, might also be possible venues. Maybe something at the New
England Conservatory? If it's new Jewish music, then certainly the JCC
or a synagogue might be open. But, again, who to contact, and how much
lead time is needed?

It's also tricky because to put a list like that on the web, complete with
contact info, means that those same people, once open to klezmer music or
new Jewish music, now get bombarded by any would-be touring band with
access to the web. That may not be the best policy for anyone.

At 08:23 AM 7/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't really know of any "venue" for Klezmer music in Boston other
>than the occasional show at Johnny Ds or once in a blue moon Club
>Passim. (I sorely wish there were more). The JCC in Newton also seems to
>occasionally have something Jewish (like a play).
>
>Dick
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ari Davidow [SMTP:ari (at) ivritype(dot)com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 2:13 PM
>>To:   World music from a Jewish slant
>>Subject:      gigs gigs gigs
>>
>>About once a month I get an e-mail from someone trying to find contacts,
>>either in the Boston area where I live, or elsewhere, so as to get some gigs
>>to finance a tour. It is, indeed, a vital area of supporting the people who
>>make the music that I love so that they can afford to make the much.
>>
>>I haven't a clue as to how to help them. Is there an online resource of clubs
>>that are hospitable to wandering performers of various types of Jewish music,
>>be it traditional or ranging to the avant garde? Is there a better answer
>>than to suggest that the artists contact everyone in the cities they wish to
>>visit, whose e-mail addresses they can glean from the klezmershack
>>directories?
>>
>>Ideas? Things of which I should have been aware prior to asking the question?
>>
>>ari
>>
>>P.S. The immediate cause of this e-mail is the suggestion that the brilliant
>>Argentian Klezmer/Jazz duo, "Klezmer en Buenos Aires" who were just at the
>>Jewish Music Festival in London, thence at the Knitting Factory in New York,
>>should do some serious touring in this hemisphere.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Ari Davidow
>>ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>>list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>>the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/
>>
>
>

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