Django in June 2016

andoatagn · January 2016

I'll check in with both Michael and Samy about it and see what's possible...

Jazzaferri · January 2016

Way cool.

kungfumonk007 · January 2016

Sigh - the unfortunate thing is when you make your living playing GJ you can't afford to go to DIJ - kind of ironic. . .

andoatagn · January 2016

kungfumonk007 wrote: »

Sigh - the unfortunate thing is when you make your living playing GJ you can't afford to go to DIJ - kind of ironic. . .

It is ironic, and for some folks, true...which sucks, I know. For better or worse, I've made one decision after another that has increased everyone's cost: hosting on a college campus, not in a cow pasture; inviting a bunch of Europeans; asking artists on staff to teach many classes; making those classes small, and organized by level...etc.

Still, a lot of working musicians make it here one way or another, and not all pay full freight. If you want to be here and have any budget at all it never hurts to check in about financial aid, work/study etc. I can't quite make it happen for everyone, but I try.

~Andrew

kungfumonk007 · January 2016

:0) Thanks Andrew - your festival is perfectly reasonable and I know you make every effort to make it affordable for everyone. The travel, plus the shows I miss from traveling and everything - I really hope to make it sometime. Maybe when I become a B list guitarist instead of a C list I can take it easy for a week and go. It is just one of those things - the Doctor who plays as a hobby has the $20,000 guitar, I cut my teeth on the $700 one, just the reality of being a musician.

Gene Rawe · January 2016

Canadian exchange rate be damned! I had so much fun at DFNW last fall and met so many great people, I made it a priority to make it to DIJ 2016, looking forward to it!

anthon_74 · January 2016

kungfumonk007 wrote: »

Sigh - the unfortunate thing is when you make your living playing GJ you can't afford to go to DIJ - kind of ironic. . .

You can make a living playing gypsy jazz ???

kungfumonk007 · January 2016

It is about 30% gypsy jazz, 20% schlopping Jimmy Buffet tunes with a steel drummer to alchoholics for their 50th b-day parties, and 50% teaching. Somehow it all adds up to just enough.