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Howdy, Is this an Oregon festival? Or a Northwest festival? If Oregon only, go on ahead. If this is a regional,(OR,WA), the only appropriate place is the Stonehenge replica in the gorge. I could even make it to that one. Not that anyone would enjoy my muzik, but you never know. Rig --- Dave Trenkel <improv@peak.org> wrote: > Hey all, > > Sorry to have been so silent on this subject, I just > got back from a 10 days > of gigs in Montana, Idaho and Washington. I have a > some experience > organizing alternative music festivals, and have a > lot of contacts around > the state from having played music of varying > degrees of experimentalism > around Oregon for more than 2 decades. My only > hesitation about getting > involved in such a festival is that we are just > starting our major > touring/gigging season and I will be on the road for > much of the spring and > summer, and don't practically see a way to be the > point person for a Looping > festival unless it was to happen in Oct./Nov. 2007 > or later. I know how much > work Rick must put into the y2k festivals, and > there's just no way I could > do that right now. I would however do whatever I > could to help such a person > with contacts, ideas, brainstorming, experiences, > whatever, because I'd love > to see suvh a festival happen. > > I live in Corvallis, and am pretty active in the > Eugene scene, there are a > few venues in Eugene that may be appropriate for > this type of show. There > might be some in Portland as well. It might be a > good idea to organize a > private mailing list to brainstorm on the scope and > scale of what we'd like > this festival to be, and then start investigating > when and where it should > happen. > > BTW, speaking of Ashland, there's a fairly hip club > there called Mobius, > seems like the perfect place for a loopfest, eh? > Seriously, we haven't > played there yet, but will probably some time in the > next few months, but > they have a rep for doing interesting > electronica/live band stuff. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:24 PM > Subject: OregonLoops > > > > > > Ted you've already listed more people than > produce the Santa Cruz event. > > Rick actually does most all of the organization > and preproduction > > himself. I know Bill does some too-I know he > procured that lovely Bose > > system last year. Same for Krispen in Boise ,I > believe. I can possibly > > get another friend who produces small concerts in > Eugene ,and is just > > getting into looping himself- (he did something > related w 2 echoplexes > > and the Suntar a double necked solid body > dulcimer,one neck fretless,made > > by one of the original Alembic guys)in the mid > 70s ) He also has lot's of > > experience,with all sizes of events ,and has > venues sound Promo hooked > > up.The right venue is the challenge,as I see it. > Somewhere outside,not in > > a town would be wonderful. It is possible to use > public lands for events > > sometimes but that means bringing in everything > incuding power.Would have > > to be summer. Portland or Eugene make the most > sense.Portland probably > > better draw, pulls from whole Willamette > valley,closer to Seattle .You're > > in Medford/Ashland area? far for you . Could also > do a series of concerts > > instead of a one off event ,say one each in > Ashland,Eugene,Bend Ptld? > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? > You'll love Windows Live > > Hotmail. > > > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507 > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com