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We must remember that Santa Cruz (no offense) is not the Center of the Looping Universe <GRIN> ... likewise, The East Coast isn't simply New York/Jersey. While many of my fellow brothers and sisters over here on this side of the US seem painfully averse to traveling more than 10 miles for things, a Festival SHOULD be a gathering together, from some distance. Wherever we wind up doing this, let's be a little less concerned with the specific geographic location and more concerned about what the physical venue has to offer us as performers (yeah, I know gas prices have gotten insane for us and I don't want to have to drive 12 hours, play and turn around and drive 12 hours to get home ... but I can't fly across the country to Idaho or Santa Cruz as easily I can drive to Princeton or Pittsburgh or even Buffalo). We need to have a venue nailed down ... if several of us can come up with different ones, even for different dates, that would be good. I'm still waiting to hear from my friend about the Princeton venue. If Travis can nail down a slot at Berklee, that would be fantastic (I'm MUCH closer to Berklee than to Princeton ... it would be a 40 mile drive for me!). If someone can snag a venue in New York or Philadelphia, that's great too! Several important points would be ease of access to the venue including parking, house sound systems, lodging for overnighters, publicity, free or fee for use, and how long can we play. I know there are other concerns, too. I, for one, would like to be able to do a simulcast of the performance, either as streaming video or audio ... or even a Second Life simulcast. So Internet access would be an additional consideration for me. I wonder if it would be easier to get a venue and let that determine the date? Dennis On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Teddy Kumpel <teddybut@mac.com> wrote: > I think Berklee is a great idea. > I love beantown. > great venues in Berklee. > all good... > > teddy kumpel > > -- > http://teddyjam.com > new live recordings > -- > http://myspace.com/mistershifty > friend me > -- > Teddy K and Mister Shifty shows > May 29th at Nightingale Lounge, NYC > May 30th at Il Piatto, Oyster Bay, Long Island > > On May 27, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Jim Goodin wrote: > >> Travis >> >> Though yeah its a hike for those of us based in NY area I'd say >> Berklee is a wothwhile consideration. Certainly would have some >> built-in audience. Stay tuned >> >> Jim Goodin >> www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic >> www.myspace.com/jimgoodinviolinelectro >> >> On 5/27/08, Travis Lund <tlund@berklee.net> wrote: >>> >>> People seem pretty centered on the NY/NJ locale, but the suggestion of >>> somehow tying this into an educational/symposium situation basically >>> demands >>> that I at least offer this: I'm a Music Synthesis grad student at the >>> Berklee College of Music in Boston, and I'd be enthusiastic about >trying >>> to >>> put something together for this if people were up for making the trip >to >>> Beantown. Berklee has one huge hall, two decent-sized venues and a >>> number >>> of slightly smaller spaces we could invade. I'd need to get on this >>> several >>> months in advance if it were going to happen, since we have performers >>> coming in all the time and booking conflicts would need to be avoided, >>> but I >>> think I could pull it off with enough advance time (And I have a few >good >>> friends who would definitely be down for pitching in their efforts). >>> Someone else brought up the "no place to crash" thing as regards this >>> situation, and that would be an issue, but maybe interested students >>> could >>> host people? Anyway, just throwing this out as a possibility. >>> Otherwise, >>> heck, it's a pretty cheap bus ride to NYC for me if it winds up there. >>> Anyway, just throwing that out for consideration. >>> Loop it up good, y'all >>> -Travis >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> Original E-mail >>> From: Warren Sirota [wsirota@wsdesigns.com] >>> Date: 05/23/2008 01:16 PM >>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >>> Subject: Re: East Coast Festival of some level >>> >>> Adam, if you've got a space in Philly, I'm in. I don't know just what I >>> can >>> do to help organize it, but I'm available for tasks. I can do web-based >>> programming or host a page or mp3s on my web site, or get a fresh one >for >>> cheap and do it there, for instance. or writing, or probably some other >>> things. > >