A note on tweet and how jazz (music) democratizes.

It's Sunday the sunshine is glorious, Bob Wilber is swinging on Spotify and I'm putting the finishing touches to an article for Films and Festivals.

There's been quite a bit of activity.

Adam, one of the wonderful members of Dune has started tweeting The Queen's Suite.

I've stayed away from the tweeting culture, primarily because I have been directing during the day and editing long into the wee hours of the morning.

Mornings one could normally find me at 0500 sitting in the garden and drinking a mug of Japanese gun powder tea, (now known as 'editor's tea as it keeps one awake) and smelling the roses after a long nights edit.

The outcome, a trailer and an offline edit waiting to go into post and the hands of the professionals, John and Frank. I also have one eye that now looks like a football. I call it the Tony Blair syndrome, recalling how one of Tony Blair's eyes became acutely pained looking.

Whilst the midnight oil is burning, Adam has been tweeting.

The power of tweeting dawned on me the other day when I received an email from Vince the director of Jazz and Blues TV.

He had read Adam's tweet and was really excited about the project. Could we speak?

Half an hour later I was chatting to Vince, a very friendly guy, with lots of ideas. He wanted to send the word out to the States, because he as me, Adam and you, wants to see the project succeed.

Who in the States could help? A jazz blogger who has a substantial following. She blogs and tweets under the name Donna M. Her blog is called Elementals.

Vince tweeted her, then called me to let me know the 140 letters tweet was sent.

Being somewhat not clued in to tweet, or the etiquette of tweeting, my initial thought was 140 letters, that's not much.

So I checked out Elementals and sent Donna M, the woman who set up Elementals a hello message.

The blog, by Donna M is a truly creative project which was in part triggered by the death of Donna's close friend.

Donna M says, 'I immersed myself into the world of jazz in late 2006. That was my way of dealing with the unexpected death of a dear friend. Jazz was the music that he adored. I began listening to and reading about it 24/7/365. What was initially a therapeutic process turned into a passion.

I decided to launch the EoJ website to explore new music with you, learn about the musicians & vocalists, and to blog about jazz shows & festivals. There is a vibrant, sexy world of jazz out there. Want to find out more about it? Let's find out about it together.'

Donna M is right, there is a vibrant, sexy world of jazz out there and it has enabled people to be the best that they can be, take courage, democratise, draw strength and come together.

The photo is of Nathaniel and Ellie who are part of the trombone section. The orchestra is enabling issues associated with race and gender to be quietly challenged. Just by seeing people playing together, we are asked to rethink race and gender. It is a great example of how jazz (music) democratises.

So to all you tweeters thank you, let's keep on tweeting.

Thanks to everyone who is supporting the Queen's Suite.

Have a great day.

Corine