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Thread #106217   Message #2193909
Posted By: Brendy
14-Nov-07 - 06:37 PM
Thread Name: Stealing gigs from the pro's
Subject: RE: Stealing gigs from the pro's
I'll link to it on my webpage.

I do passionately believe that the audiences are out there.

Over here, we had to change people's perceptions (Riverdance, for all it's faults helped a lot here).
But where 'Irish Pubs' abroad have put the majority of their focus on 'Come all ye bold heroes' kind of stuff, I, and others like me have been pushing the music of East Clare and Donegal, and proving that 'Matty Groves' is a hell of a lot more powerful a song than, for instance, Whiskey in the Jar.

English pubs, abroad, generally are football/sports places with absolutely no lip-service paid to your rich folk tradition.

You know Paul, I'm sure, that if the audience isn't immediately evident, you have to go out there and canvass them. That's what you seem to be doing, and more power to you.

B.