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Also, one of us must have some contacts at Time Out New York and/or the Voice. I think an article on the LD site and the event could go nicely hand in hand... Any ideas on that? todd On 7/22/01 10:26 PM, "Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com> wrote: > I had a nice long conversation with dt today (who very kindly > called me back when I was less hung over... memo to self, don't > forget to eat next time!) > > 1. diversity. > > We need to make sure that we have as much diversity in the show > as possible so that we can showcase as a wide a range of looping > as we can -- and so that we can attract as wide a range of > audience as we can. > > > 2. short sets. > > We're, sob, probably going to have to have fairly short sets > because there are just so many people involved. This will take > some fine logistical planning, too... I know that I rehearse > my setup and have all my cables color coded just to make > setups easy. > > > 3. get a proper space. > > No use fucking around with someone's garage in Brooklyn, > let's bust ahead and try to get the best space possible. > > > 4. get a draw to headline. > > Get someone who loops and also has an actual draw > to head the bill. > > > 5. get corporate sponsors. > > Even a little sponsorship would go a long way. > Traditionally, sponsorship pays for advertising costs: > so.... > > > 6. advertise effectively > > We need advertising and we don't want to spend > tons of money. We should pick targets that > might be interested in loopy music, like: > > universities (fliers and posters), esp. NYU which is right there. > music stores, rehearsal studios and places where musicians go. > head shops -- if Giuliani hasn't closed them all down yet. > comic book shops (or is the audience too young?) > > > 7. we need a name > > We can't call it Looper's Delight > > So we need a name. Nothing has jumped out yet. > > dt had an idea so dreadful I can't put it on paper > (well, I don't remember the exact name is the truth, > but it was about regurgitation...) > > looplooplooplooploop is my best try so far. > it's quite euphonious if you say it out loud. > > > it's my best try because it shouldn't be funny > and it also shouldn't be pretentious and all > the other ideas I've had are both. > > other ideas solicited. > > 8. split the profits > > We should split the take evenly after expenses. > It could be that there will be more expenses > than profits... better make a tight budget. > > > 9. tape it all > > I believe we should get a DAT tape of the whole thing. > I always bring a DAT machine anyway hooked right to > the output of my digital board... so we can get anything > that's not going right to the house mix that way > by just running a line to/through the board. > > If we do get somewhere with this, we can knock out > a limited edition CD of it, just for own amusement > if nothing else. (My personal goal this year is to > release a lot of very short run CDs, 100 or 200 copies > only -- you can get them done in the $5/each range -- > number them uniquely and try to sell them to collectors > at a reasonable price...) > > > 10. division of labour > > We'll all do everything in some sense but I'll handle > the logistics and make sure that nothing falls on the > floor, dt will talk to the correct people we hope, > and we can all wander around with fliers and posters. > > > Appendix: on the audience > > I believe that our "natural" audience is a group of older males > who already like things like progressive rock, space rock, > "serious electronic music", "twentieth century music" (now > what do we call THAT now we've left that century?) and that > sort of thing. > > I also believe we'll die in the water if we rely on these > people to support our work, though we should certainly reach > out to them. > > I think we should pull out all the stops and try to get > all those OTHER people, younger people, women, people > who don't necessarily care about weird music. > > If we can get them, us geeks will show up automatically > anyway... > > > Coda: for your consideration. > > <http://domainsurfer.com/ssearch.cgi?dom=loop> > > <http://domainsurfer.com/ssearch.cgi?dom=ny&se=Search+within+these+res > ults&res=LOOP> > <http://domainsurfer.com/ssearch.cgi?dom=looploop> > > > > .......all legal games of chess ><http://solveChess.com/chess?refresh=0>...... > .....programmer's documentation ><http://solveChess.com/doc>.................. >