Comments for Swing Street Band news and talk http://swingstreetband.com/swingstreetblog Information you may find useful (and some stuff that might help get us ranked higher:-) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:16:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Swing Street blog is live!! by Tom http://swingstreetband.com/swingstreetblog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-4 Tom Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:16:17 +0000 http://swingstreetband.com/swingstreetblog/?p=4#comment-4 Hey Greg! Sorry about the "Schedule" page. I've never gotten it set up properly, for a couple reasons. First of all, the schedule just never seems to have any public events on it. When I decided to re-start Swing Street here in North Carolina a few years ago, we did have some public concerts as part of our efforts to let potential clients know we existed. However, those events seem to have dried up. But they did serve their purpose by getting some paying clients for the band. Unfortunately, all the gigs we get these days are private events--we never seem to get hired for night clubs or restaurants. On a couple of occasions, we have played public concerts in the Pinehurst area, and if/when that happens again, I will be sure to post those dates here. In the mean time, if you like big band music, there are a few other options that you might want to check out. In addition to running Swing Street, I also occasionally play with the <a href="http://www.raleighjazz.com" rel="nofollow">Raleigh Jazz Orchestra</a>; the <a href="http://www.casablancaorchestra.com/" rel="nofollow">Casablanca Orchesta</a>; and the <a href="http://www.carolinajazz.com/" rel="nofollow">Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra</a>. You should check out those sites and watch the schedules for public dates. Also, there are a couple other big bands in the region that I'm aware of, including: North Carolina Repertory Orchestra and the Jazz Alliance. A Google search should get you to their sites. Finally, I hope you'll keep checking here... I haven't been as good with updates as I should be the last couple weeks, because I've been so busy with teaching and other smaller events. And also, quite frankly, because I haven't seen any indication (up 'til now) that anyone was actually reading this stuff. I'll get back at it right away. Thanks for your interest!! TTB Hey Greg! Sorry about the “Schedule” page. I’ve never gotten it set up properly, for a couple reasons. First of all, the schedule just never seems to have any public events on it. When I decided to re-start Swing Street here in North Carolina a few years ago, we did have some public concerts as part of our efforts to let potential clients know we existed. However, those events seem to have dried up. But they did serve their purpose by getting some paying clients for the band. Unfortunately, all the gigs we get these days are private events–we never seem to get hired for night clubs or restaurants.

On a couple of occasions, we have played public concerts in the Pinehurst area, and if/when that happens again, I will be sure to post those dates here. In the mean time, if you like big band music, there are a few other options that you might want to check out. In addition to running Swing Street, I also occasionally play with the Raleigh Jazz Orchestra; the Casablanca Orchesta; and the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra. You should check out those sites and watch the schedules for public dates. Also, there are a couple other big bands in the region that I’m aware of, including: North Carolina Repertory Orchestra and the Jazz Alliance. A Google search should get you to their sites.

Finally, I hope you’ll keep checking here… I haven’t been as good with updates as I should be the last couple weeks, because I’ve been so busy with teaching and other smaller events. And also, quite frankly, because I haven’t seen any indication (up ’til now) that anyone was actually reading this stuff. I’ll get back at it right away.

Thanks for your interest!!

TTB

]]> Comment on The Swing Street blog is live!! by Greg Bryan http://swingstreetband.com/swingstreetblog/?p=4&cpage=1#comment-3 Greg Bryan Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:01:41 +0000 http://swingstreetband.com/swingstreetblog/?p=4#comment-3 Hey, I have always had an interest in big band music and would enjoy hearing your group play if you ever come to Raleigh area. I could not get the schedule part of your web site to work as it just kept giving me the news sections. If you are coming this way any time soon please drop me a note as I would enjoy coming out to hear you. Thanks, Greg Hey, I have always had an interest in big band music and would enjoy hearing your group play if you ever come to Raleigh area. I could not get the schedule part of your web site to work as it just kept giving me the news sections. If you are coming this way any time soon please drop me a note as I would enjoy coming out to hear you. Thanks, Greg

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