tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22027522.post3069183083051354925..comments2023-10-29T07:25:21.432+00:00Comments on Babel blog: Jazzahead - some thoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22027522.post-11749805124535946412016-05-02T16:00:12.416+01:002016-05-02T16:00:12.416+01:00Great piece by someone who knows and hears more ja...Great piece by someone who knows and hears more jazz than I guess anyone in the UK, which makes him more qualified than anyone. All of this makes sense. Re showcases, they're really for promoters. For journalists they are artificial. Re media shifts, national newspaper coverage speaking generally is less immediate than it used to be. Blogs are usually ahead of the game but are impoverished and shut out by the industry. Podcasts are less interesting than Soundcloud or YouTube promos. Live streams were a fad but don't achieve much apart from making you wish you were there. One final thought: funding should be aimed at grassroots gigs. Commercial gigs (meaning in halls of 3,000 people or more) should benefit only from funding for the hall. The promoter should be able to make money so why fund the promoter at this level as in effect the gig is funded twice (hall and promoter) and so there's no money left for the small venues as it is eaten up by such waste?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com