Okay, I've Got To Brag A Little
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Jessiah331
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I won't be back down from school then! I'm actually an Atlanta (ok, N Georgia) native, just up in the dreary north for schooling, so I've heard alllll about the festival. My high school director went eeevery year and told us all about it! Always sounded awesome, I just never found time to go. Do try to get someone to take some footage or somethin!
Congratulations, I love playing festivals, it's the best way to check out other bands. I have a similar story. I had a band with my brother about 12 years ago. Really good band, made one record, got a nice write-up from a local critic, lasted a few years, played the Chicago Jazz Fesival side stage, and that was about it. Well, a couple years ago, my brother is reading the newspaper and sees the Chicago Jazz Festival line-up, and sees his name. Well, we kinda laughed it off assuming it was a mistake, buy my brother thought he should double check to make sure it was just a mistake, and sure enough, we were booked! We didn't ask for it, hadn't played together in 10 years, and they never asked us to do it, but we were booked. Crazy! Fortunately, we were all open, had a quick rehearsal, and had a great gig.
jon e rotten
Senior Member
It aint braggin if you can back it up.....that's awesome.
If something like that ever happened to me, I'd be looking for that
dude who dates Demi Moore.
If something like that ever happened to me, I'd be looking for that
dude who dates Demi Moore.
con struct
Platinum Member
My Myspace page is here. But I don't think it's all that good. We were basically just jamming on some of my tunes. We recorded live, all in the same room so there's a lot of bleed and clams and such. I don't think I played very well at all. We were just messing about, really, just goofing around. There was beer and all that, a bunch of people in the control room hanging around.
dairyairman
Platinum Member
yeah man, i listened to your music and i LIKE it! no wonder you were selected for the festival!
Congratulations! I have never seen another forum member in person that I know of,so since I live in the atl I will have to check it out.Not a large jazz scene in Atlanta,you would think it would be better considering it is a large metro area and has a lot of people from jazz cities living here and a large african american population,but I can only think of three jazz clubs,and a smattering of places that have jazz nights,so I imagine competition for gigs is fierce.It's nice to see one of the forum brethen catch a break.
con struct
Platinum Member
Hey, another Atlantan!
This city was once a most cool place, a really happening and vital scene, but that was back in the seventies and eighties. There was so much music going on, almost 24 hours a day it seemed. Those were great times, but it's all different now.
Catch a break? Well...just playing again will be wonderful. And I promise to make it point to keep an eye out for my fellow DW members. Come on up and say hi, okay?
bobdadruma
Platinum Member
Congrats, and I hope that it is the best performance of your career!