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I am, at this very moment, writing an email to my friend at Princeton about this idea. The venue I played there last November, the Frist Auditorium, is an acoustically wonderful venue and will hold upwards of 250 people. (I also just saw that one of my cohorts from Buffalo just posted to this thread, too!) It might be a happy convergence happening ... more as it develops! Dennis On 5/21/08, Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> wrote: > So maybe it's timely. When I left Y2K last October Rick sort of "passed >the > torch" in a sense to me and Michael K (Philly) with the edict of why >don't > you guys get a eastcoaster going. I'd really like to get after this this > time and will do my best not to "flake out" as I did last time partly >due to > feeling overextended at the time and just partly feeling like it was >kind of > just sitting on the fence as the Jungle Book vultures. > > I know it's not that hard has a former project of mine called the >Language > of 3 which was like a mini-mini-festival in a sense, a performance >concept > similar in scope to the Int'l Guitar Night, I put together half dozen >shows > managing the additional artists involved. It is sort of a 'lonely at the > top' kind of gig and I'd like to see a northeast loop/experimental fest >take > place with several of us driving the boat. > > The chief obstacle seems to be a venue or host. Two years ago I went to >the > NY Fretless Guitar festival which was held in the Tap Bar of the KFactory > over a Friday and Saturday which kind of amazed me that the KF would give > that much time to it. The Friday PM draw was modest for KF @30. This >fest > had some sponsorship from Godin and a couple of other places and >musicians > attending globally. My point is I guess a host could easily be a bar >place > like that but in Manhattan it seems a tougher sell albeit Michael Vick > organizer of the above mentioned fest got in there. > > I would prefer something more of a performance space than a liquor wagon >but > that's me. I've even had the thought of something like this festival >could > exist running almost in a house concert atmosphere in a large enough home > and a generous enough host. Y2K's fest was in a modern office park kind >of > room almost akin to a corporate theatre. > > So a place, then a date. We're here in spring and something like this is > too late in the fall hits around Y2K time so maybe I'd say either >something > like a mini fest scheduled for August though that atleast in the City is > often dead time but possibly in NJ or PA or upstate NY probably not so >dead. > > I would do a website for the event. Another thought is what I'm sure >Kris > and Rick have dealt with is for msuicians traveling long distances if we >had > such, getting financial assist for them. I've got contacts with two > company's that I have prod endorsement through though neither has ever >given > me any sense of financial committment, those being GHS and Godin so >doubtful > they would kick in money though GHS has certainly support Muriel Anderson > who has an annual series at NAMM called Muriel's All Star Guitars. The >next > possibility is grant money which I understand is a long trail to success. > > These are all just idle thoughts but I'm pretty interested in getting >behind > getting an event going this time but I don't want to be alone in it. I >do > have a few shows this summer wtih Chinapainting and my other duo East of > WHere but have more time to give to this idea. As I think about it >August > might not be be as my family and I will be away a week, maybe early July >to > have a mini. > > Anyhow your thoughts? > > Best > > Jim > > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:42 PM, David Beardsley <db@biink.com> wrote: > > > > > Jim Goodin wrote: > > > > > It has led me to think though about helping getting something going >in > the northeast neck of the woods. This is easy to talk about but hard to >get > to come to be. I'd like to get behind getting a festival together out >here > but can't do it totally on my own energy/or dime. The most clear >obstacle > is finding a host venue which I'm game to start exploring seeking. Did >you > do your mini one at Princeton? > > > Anyhow I'd like to open up this kettle of fish again and hope that >it > might come to be. Ideas? Thoughts? > > > > > > > Strangely enough, just yesterday, I was just thinking about everyone >who > was interested > > last year flaked out and lost interest. > > > > -- > > * David Beardsley > > * http://biink.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Acoustic World Guitar of Jim Goodin - http://www.jimgoodinmusic.com > MySpace (solo) - http://www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic > Chinapainting - > http://www.chinapaintingmusic.com > Chinapainting on My Space - > http://www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic.com > The Jim Goodin label and home for 7 other creative souls - > http://www.woodandwiremusic.com > Jim Goodin uses GHS Strings - http://www.ghsstrings.com and Seagull >Guitars > - http://www.seagullguitars.com, Jim Goodin is published by Mel Bay > Publications, Inc. - http://www.melbay.com