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----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Ritchford <tom@swirly.com> > I'm going to throw out questions and my best answers to them. > > 1. a series or a single concert or...? > > My vote is decidedly for a single show (to start). > > If we do a series, we'll spread the crowd out over > multiple dates. > > If we want to get the largest possible crowd for our first > outing, we should get them to come all on one night. I'm for the single show. > 2. start small and go to bigger venues? > > I'm agin' it too. > > I think we should try to book the *largest* possible venue > we can. If that fails we can always try for smaller spaces. > > Reason: a big space gives us instant credibility. A big > space means a higher ticket price, more spectators, a better > chance of not losing money.(*) Sounds good. > 3. Lots of acts? > > I still think we should try to fit a lot of acts in. > > Each act brings their own crowd with them. And, I might > show up to see three acts that I'd kind of heard about > when I might not show up to see one (on the theory that > ONE of them might be good!) > > I'm not sure how to decide on who plays, though. > > There definitely needs to be priority given to > "headliners" (honest draws like dt) and people > from out-of-town (who are coming a great way > to be there and are also draws). > > I'd tend to favour some sort of voting system > if there's any sort of dispute, though. > > Let's hope we can resolve the issue of the bill > simply -- we were going quite nicely before! Let's find out who's going to play first! Here is an old list. Are all these people still interested? > 4. When? > > If you remember my last email, it looks as if > there needs to be approximately a two-month lead > time. We could cut this down somewhat but two months > seems about right. > > So let's shoot for early in the New Year... or am > I being too conservative? Jan./Feb. sounds right. > 5. Where? > > 5.1. The Knitting Factory. > Clearly the top candidate, we have some contacts there, > and they are the premiere space in the city for "this > sort of thing". > 5.2. Chashama > I know I mentioned them before and discarded them because > they didn't have a PA -- but they are expanding and I was > told that they do have some sort of PA there. > > They have the big advantage that they have a great location > (42nd St near Times Square!) and that they apparently don't > mind doing things that are experimental and lose money. > > I know some people there too, will roust them today. > > > 5.3. Galapagos. > I don't know if they actually have a PA there in their > back room but I'd believe so. I think so. > Advantages: large space; open to this sort of thing; > we have some contacts there. > Disadvantages: Brooklyn. Quite in demand. Not very good acoustics. > > > 5.4. Any other suggestions? > > Let me know if other venues come to mind! > > > 6. How to proceed? > > 6.1. Tell me if you are interested (again)! I'm in. > 6.2. I'll contact my Chashama contacts by email and see how to proceed. > 6.3. When I have my voice back, I'll call dt. > 6.4. I'll report to you folks as to the progress! Thanks Tom. * David Beardsley * http://biink.com * http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley