Pimpin' the "J" word

Yeah that "j" word.
Everywhere we turn there are "jazz" festivals being advertised in well known media locales.
It seems that now a days there are hundreds of Jazz festivals every month;
but don't be fooled.
Very few of these festivals have what most of us would consider anything resembling Jazz.
Yes, its just a word: but that word is used to justify all sorts of reasons not to play real Jazz music;
and yet- to call every festival a Jazz festival.

Not only that, but when are we going to redefine what the word "mainstream" really means.
All of these "terms" that the industry uses are just jargon to justify doing what they have always done.
"sell quick"
"sell in volume"
Just as long as it can
"sell ".

Come Visit us on OUR STAGE

We thought we'd try an experiment on the new website 'Ourstage'. Its a site where fans judge songs and artists are ranked based on those judgements.

Well, so far the results for us have been pretty good- we're in the semis for the JVC Jazz festival.

Since we don't want to say anything negative about the competition, we'll just say go ahead over, sign up and vote if you get the chance.
Its certainly an interesting concept, and as far as I can tell, no read downside since it is a free site.

http://www.ourstage.com/welcome