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> >Any web designers here (after all the abuse you've taken here recently?) yes. > >If we are going to do a show like this then surely the > >manufacturers would want to have a little chance to > >show off their wares and answer questions? let me take this moment to scream STOPPP! honestly, do we really need a trade show? a convention? WORKSHOPS? *shudder. the general music-listening public understands the concept of looping. i don't think we need to turn a good idea for a concert into some sort of high tech show and tell. > >If we do such a large thing (and I'm still VERY open to > >having two or three groups get together and play a > >night at the Knit) I'm going to need help with the > >organization of this. why only two or three, and when did the knit become a far-off alternative? > >I'm of two minds about whether we should allow full bands > >with a live drummer to play. i'm pretty sure i'm the only person who specified this setup. > >The moment we introduce live drums, we move the PA requirements > >up if he's a hard-hitting rock drummer. but how is running a couple drum mics and a vocal mic that much harder to running several line feeds, which I imagine the majority of laptop/rack gear performers to be requiring? i dont really follow the upping the pa requirements line. perhaps you mean in that case you'd need something that can handle a few mics, and have those mics. i think if THAT were a problem, there would be some serious issues all around. > >I'm going to write up a logistical plan based on about two dozen looping > >performers attending the conference (meeting? collective? hang? > >activity? thing?) > >perhaps another three dozen drop-ins who'd come to see the workshops yeah, i mean, if this has officially morphed into a conference, i apologize. but if it's still open to debate, i couldn't be more adamant about keeping this simply a performance. i dont think this should cost anything. i realize this is perhaps a tall order, but for this to succeed i think it's the only way. $10-$15 is a bit silly. $20-60 is unfathomable. overextending, definitely.