STAGING YOUR HOME WITH NEW ORLEANS-STYLED MUSIC (C) 2014 Wayne D. Lewis, Sr.
Guide to Preparing Your New Orleans-Styled
Home for an Open House
If your home is on the market in New Orleans,
one of the essential components to selling your home may not lie in whether the
furniture is properly staged, but what is playing on the radio, stereo, or
component set. (Component set? How old
are you?) If your home is located in the Garden District, the Irish Channel,
Gert Town, 9th Ward, New Orleans East, Gentilly, Algiers or the “Cutoff”,
it shares a common bond with all of New Orleans: music. Gui
Just as great as New Orleans music is how New
Orleans celebrates those who have made that music what it is. So, if visitors just happen to hear a funeral
procession in your area, they are likely to join in the “going home” of one our
beloved musicians. The music, no matter
the occasion is as enveloping as any concert, because it’s New Orleans music,
as only New Orleans can do.
UNCLE LIONEL BATISTE JAZZ FUNERAL 7-23-2012:
New Orleans’ identity is her music and how, the
world over, if anyone who hears the name of New Orleans doesn’t instinctively
here the sounds of New Orleans, it is beyond me. Just click on the links included here, and
hear what others who long to visit, and do visit New Orleans’ various
neighborhoods, want to hear whenever there is an Open House in New Orleans.
If for example, when potential buyer come to visit
your home on Bayou St. John, it’s possible you have the Olympic Brass Band
playing softly throughout your 3 bedroom cottage. Can visitors who come to see your home
modestly staged, hear those brass horns, the shrill sound of clarinets, and
that big, deep bass? ”Boom, Boom-boom”?
Dejean’s
Olympia Brass Band:
It is her music, born as far back as Louis Armstrong
who, in his rendition of “Mack the Knife” is as celebrated as Mardi Gras
itself.
Louis
Armstrong:
The history of our music in New Orleans continues
today with the likes of outstanding notables as Trombone Shoty, Irvin Mayfield,
Allen Tousant, Professor Longhair, Pete Fountain, the Late Al Hert, the
Nevilles, the Baptiste Family as well as the Marsalles’, just to name a select
few. Obviously, I left out a tremendous number
of notables, both past and present.
Count it to my head and not my heart, because so many of our muscians,
as individuals, families, and collaborators have contributed significantly to
New Orleans’s past and, her future. Now
what does this have to do with marketing your home?
You better second line! Jazz funeral in New Orleans:
Music is very much New Orleans’ infrastructure. Most cities would die to have the kind of
music that makes New Orleans the historic and classy lady that she is. Whether you start in the French Quarters, or
uptown, or the 9th ward, New Orleans’ own music flows through her
the same way the Mississippi River flows through the pipes in our homes. The only thing is, that music has flowed back
up the river, and across the great oceans, lakes and rivers around the
world. And now, the moment someone comes
to New Orleans, it would only be fair that they are reminded of the historic
value that our music has not only played in making New Orleans what she is, but
how it has also shaped the world with many of our great musicians who have travelled
as ambassadors for this great city.
By including their music in the showcasing of
our homes, it speaks to the connection that we all feel to the spirit of those
who have created such great music, but who today, invigorate our city and the
world with music beyond compare.
Festive Atmosphere
Sure, you can play any music you want to when
you hold your Open House. But what music
is going to capture the essence of this city that you live in so well? And, for the most part, those who are
visiting Open Houses, aren’t just people looking to move from uptown to
downtown, they are looking to move in to town.
They are not just coming from the Northshore, they are coming from the
North (Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, and/or Memphis). Buyers are coming in from the
West(California); Buyers are coming from the East (Florida and
Mississippi). But that’s not all, buyers
are coming in from China and Europe, to name a few places. The atmosphere is extremely
important in any home that is on the market.
And if you can’t think of any atmosphere any easier to create, putting
New Orleans-style music on through your IPad, Computer, or whatever means that
you may have, is sure to make the few minutes that someone visits your home on
the market, truly memorable.
The Neville
Brothers Fire on the Bayou:
I have only thrown in a few links from
youtube.com. But I am sure you can find
a few of your own. Plus, you probably have
a few 33’s, 45’s or LP’s hanging around that you can throw on that old
component set, that will sound just as clear and crisp as the day it was
waxed. New Orleans’ music is as key to
helping you market your home as a fresh coat of paint, and improving the curb
appeal. Visitors who hear New
Orleans-styled music as they walk up to your door, are automatically excited
and thrilled just to be in a home that features the best of New Orleans. And unquestionably, New Orleans music is
nothing short of the best.
Make Your
Best Offer, New Orleans!
"Twelve's It" // Ellis Marsalis Quartet at The
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2012:
Speaker:
If you are looking for a speaker to for your community group or school,
please contact Wayne Lewis at waynelewissoldit@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
Not to be considered as legal advice.
Not intended to solicit the business or clients of another broker. Information here is believed to be from
reliable sources but not guaranteed.
Labels: New Orleans Homes, New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans Music, New Orleans Real Estate, Second-lines
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