I was asked for clarification of a badly worded 2nd last paragraph in my note sent yesterday so I'm reissuing the note below with hopefully more understandable wording. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ottawabluesandjazz(a)lists.ncf.ca goes to about 300 subscribers, some who are also part of this ottawamusicians(a)lists.ncf.ca you are part of. Each week, when there's enough on the Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide calendar to justify my sending a note to my subscribers as there was this week, I send an alert such as the one this week that's also on line: http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/OJAB14Jn09.htm here as well as on Facebook. There's no guarantee that I'll pick up on what's on the calendar and give it a mention. The only guarantee is that if it's not on the calendar, it WILL NOT be covered. The rest is, as I tell my ottawabluesandjazz(a)lists.ncf.ca subscribers "it's musician/venue optional to post, and amend the listings as needed". If a bend or venue is satisfied with whatever existing promo they do wherever they already do it, and don't think it's necessary to offer some detail on the Ottawa, Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide calendar or elsewhere, there's not much I can do to help by highlighting the gig in my Ottawabluesandjazz list newsletter. If you don't manage to get a satisfactory audience out for the little compensation venues offer in the first place, they may not have you back for as little as that is. For the bands that are doing all that works and brings in the crowds, not much is needed on your behalf. For others who feel that maybe something is missing, possibly it's the promotional part of your art? Who knows? That's left up to your own judgment. Jim Roy Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide Phone: (613) 829-3725 www.ottawabluesjazz.ca bluesandjazzguy(a)ncf.ca Subscribe, Unsubscribe or change your list options info here: http://lists.ncf.ca/mailman/listinfo/ottawamusicians -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ OttawaMusicians mailing list OttawaMusicians(a)lists.ncf.ca http://lists.ncf.ca/mailman/listinfo/ottawamusicians