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Re: [loop NY] 3 alternatives?



What about North Six in williamsburg? two floors...They have thier own sound system...

kid lucky

>From: Tom Ritchford
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: [loop NY] 3 alternatives?
>Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:14:22 -0500
>
>break it up:
>
>1. gig: one or more evenings.
>2. jam: a full day.
>3. meet: two or more full days.
>
>So a gig could be a couple of nights or a repeating series
>at the Knitting Factory.
>
>A jam could be a day on the weekend at some fairly large space
>perhaps out of Manhattan where we could set up and jam in the day
>and have a concert and a party in the evening.
>
>A meet would be in some not-for-profit space for several days
>as in the last message.
>
>
>Let's throw away 3 as being too complicated right off the bat.
>
>
>My personal preference out of 1 and 2 is 2. the full day hang.
>
>
>Option 1 seems to be pretty high-stress because the chances
>of failure seem better than even; failure being defined
>as "being unable to sustain a crowd over several shows".
>
>If we tried to do nine shows at the Knitting Factory,
>what are the chances that one act won't be able to
>play because of technical difficulties and the
>time pressure?
>
>
>
>Option 2 gives us the chance to actually hang out in some
>loft somewhere and play around with the gear and show off
>tricks before the show. Sure, we might have to do some
>more work, like getting a PA in (I have a 600 W/channel PA
>but that might not be quite enough) but we'd have a chance
>to iron out the bugs and to have a lot of fun doing it.
>
>
>The "loft" might still be Chashama... we'll see
>how it goes with them.
>
>
>Thoughts?
>
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>calendar.
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>York.
>


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