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You skipped me... Todd reynolds On 10/21/01 11:33 PM, "Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com> wrote: > had a splendid weekend (see next post) but here's the goods on the > NYC Looper's fest. > > 1. Chashama > > I talked to someone in the know (Benton!) who gave me the phone number >of the > Chashama booker. They are only open till March of next year! So we'd >better > hurryr. > > My contact told me that they might be MORE into the seminar/concert > combination which gives me some interesting ideas... see below. > > I still don't know about what sort of PA they have. > I know that they have SOME sort of PA, and for my > purposes any PA that can put out respectable sound > is fine. If we need to get vocals out over a rock > band, then we'd need a bigger PA. > > He's in Tuesday-Friday so I'll call Tuesday. > > > 2. People who are interested this time. > > LET ME KNOW IF I SKIPPED YOU! > > "David Beardsley" <db@biink.com> > Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org> > kenn lowy <klowy@wrinklemuzik.com> > "brian mulvey" <bdmulvey@earthlink.net> > Nemoguitt@aol.com > Tom Ritchford <tom@swirly.com> > Steve Sandberg <stevesandberg@earthlink.net> > "jeff snyder" <josnyder@students.wisc.edu> > "Rick Walker \(loop.pool\)" <GLOBAL@cruzio.com> > Andreas Willers <A.Willers@t-online.de> > > Did I miss anyone? > > > 3. People who WERE interested last time but haven't responded yet. > > (* == I contacted them again tonight) > > Robby Aceto > antonio melo > Elias Faingersh (*) > David Lee Myers(!) > Phil Raath (who has contributed on the thread so I assume is interested). > Todd Reynolds (*) > Paul Sullivan <paulsull@gis.net>/Shrub Monkeys (*) > David Torn > The Moving Sidewalk > Christina Wheeler (who isn't on the list and thus doesn't know -- I'll > contact her when we have a date.) > > > > 4. Faraway places that people come from that sound good in advertising. > > California > Wisconsin > Switzerland(!) > Germany(!) > > > 5. Proposed and tentaive new plan for show. > > I'm starting to think that the standard concert hall is not > going to be the best idea for what we have. > > 5.1. There are several problems with a standard hall. > > 5.1.1. There are many acts. There are varying degrees of skill and > varying complexities of setup. So we realistically need quite > a lot of time to set up AND we have to be prepared to debug > some people's setups. > > 5.1.2 There are too many acts to fit into one night. > > 5.1.3. One night isn't really worthwhile for people who are coming from > far away. > > > 5.2. A workshop, then a concert! > > I know that I slagged the workshop plan initially but if I keep an > open mind I'm going to have to change it sometimes, right? > > I really think that Chashama is the ONLY space in the city > that's appropriate for this, so I'm going to rustle it up > as soon as I can -- or fail to do so so that we know what's > happening! > > 5.3. So my new thought involves the following plan. > > 5.3.1. Set up everyone in the morning. > > 5.3.1.1. Many chances to debug. > > 5.3.1.2. Even possible to rent or buy gear if needed. > > 5.3.1.3. Chashama is close to Times Square, thus great for gear and > rentals, though shitty for parking. > > > 5.3.2. Have a free workshop in the afternoon with some scheduled > demonstrations. > > 5.3.2.1. Everyone is set up already. > > 5.3.2.2. People can show off how their gear works. > > 5.3.2.3. People can sell their CDs and T-shirts in a relaxed environment. > > 5.3.2.4. We can have short demonstration shows at various points. > > 5.3.2.5. Chashama is closed to Times Square so we get a BIG walkin crowd. > > 5.3.2.6. Free advertising for the show! > > > 5.3.3. Have a $10 concert in the evening. > > 5.3.3.1. Organized setlist. > > 5.3.3.2. If there are too many acts, we can cut some down because they'll > have had a chance to play earlier. > > 5.3.3.3. Have several free-for-all jams too (perhaps one drone and one > pulsed?) which can also include other members. > > 5.3.3.4. We have more time than a conventional show because we can start > early and end late, at the risk of having NO clients at > certain points. > > 6. What happens next? > > 6.1. You respond. > > Do you like these ideas? > Or, do you hate 'em? > Do you have great ideas yourself?? > Do you now want to play? > Have you now lost interest? > etc. etc. > > 6.2. I secure Chashama or at least find out what the deal is. > > 6.3. I get back to you by Friday with information about how it's > going. > > > Seems good? > > /t > > > http://whatGoes.com ................ extreme NY calendar. > http://ax.to/fortune ......... a new fortune every minute. > http://clikTrik.com .................. Many, many photos. >