[atlantaprog] Re: Attendance Policy for CJ's

Hi all,

I agree with Wade completely on this CJ's thing.  When I forwarded Matthew's
original post to the rest of MOF the unanimous response was "that's a pretty
smart way to try and guarantee the Club keeps this going", along with "Sure,
at least one band member a month's no big deal".

That said, the promotion is the critical other aspect to make this work.  It
will stagnate into nothingness if the sole crowd each month is only a single
member of each band that's on the rotating roster of performers.  Good to
see the ARIA website updated, but it really does come down to each band
doing whatever they can to promote the entire series as an ongoing monthly
event, regardless of whether that band is performing or not.

This is quite literally "exactly" what we all talked about wanting to try
and achieve at the inception of ARIA.  Well, here it is...  time for us to
all step up to the plate.

Steve
www.manonfireband.com


> From: "Wade S" <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Attendance Policy for CJ's
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:22:51 +0000
>
> Hi Everyone,
> I completely agree with Matthew on this one and I think Matthew is way too
> nice of a guy to say something this blunt, so I will:
>
> If the members of A.R.I.A. aren't going to make time to be at these shows
> then it is absolutely ridiculous to expect anyone else to be there.
>
> It's frustrating to me that asking one member of each band to show up each
> month if they want their band to play is being met with any kind of
> resistance at all.  When we have played Cobweb Strange shows, if you guys
> aren't there then it's pretty empty.  When I'm at your shows, it's the
same
> deal.  No one from Cobweb Strange can be at the shows because we have gigs
> as McFly on Thursdays, so Cobweb Strange should NOT be put on the bill if
we
> DO end up with a night off.  If I have a night off, I'll be there
supporting
> whoever is playing (all four of us would probably be there), but if
someone
> from Band XYZ has been there supporting this thing every month, they
should
> be up on stage that night, not us.  It seems logical to me.  If EVERYONE
in
> your band can make time to play at the shows, I would think that ONE of
you
> could make time to be there to support everyone else.  Matthew is only
> asking for ONE person from your band ONE night a month.  If you can't do
> that, fine, show up to support the other bands when you can and let people
> who support the event regularly perform.
>
> As for other promotion, I really do hope that everyone in this group helps
> to promote the events by whatever means possible - regardless of whether
or
> not they are playing.  However, even if we put out 10,000 flyers, have a
> dedicated website, get an article in the Creative Loafing and send emails
to
> all of our email lists, I think it's totally unrealistic to expect enough
> people to show up to keep this thing going who aren't either Band /
A.R.I.A.
> members or friends of one of the bands playing.  We put on a two day
> festival this year ON A WEEKEND and I suspect that there weren't 20 people
> there who weren't either band members, A.R.I.A. members or friends and
> family of one of the bands performing.  Does anyone really expect that
there
> will be a significant number of people out on a Thursday just to see just
> two of us because they saw a flyer?  If you really think Matthew's plan is
> unrealistically harsh because you, a fan of this music and a member of
this
> community, don't think that one member of your band can be at each show,
how
> can you possibly expect someone with less of an interest in our community
to
> support these events?
>
> -Wade

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