[atlantaprog] Re: Here's our chance...!

I have to vent here....CJ's is one of the places I contacted before about a 
monthly prog deal so I'm a bit fumed that its suddenly being handed to someone 
else...BUT....I will admit that its a great opportunity!  
I do think that 'Noise.com' would like to be included to play one of those 
Thursday nights Matthew:-)  Anyway...glad to hear about this...even if it bugs 
me in a way;)LOL

Good luck with it...since its Thursday there's no chance of me ever getting 
there....sorry!  Two hours each way won't fly on a week night. :-(   

PEACE
Beth
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Kargel 
  To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:26 AM
  Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Here's our chance...!


  Sadly, I won't be able to make the ARIA meeting
  (working)...  :-(

  However, just a short comment on what Matthew has
  brought to the proverbial table:  

  "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

  The monthly "prog night" gig is practically being
  handed to us on a silver platter!  And a nice, clean
  venue in Butthead, I mean Buckhead, no less!  :-P

  I don't know about the rest of you, but I think we
  should be all over this one like white on rice, like
  ugly on an ape, like flies on...well, you get the
  idea, I think!  ;-)

  I will pay my five bucks and be there in October!  :-)

  Cheers,

  Bill


  --- Matthew Trautwein <absolute_music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  wrote:
  > Hey everybody!!!
  > 
  >        This is Matthew from Karma Lingo with a
  > late-breaking opportunity 
  > for all of us!  KL has been so busy doing everything
  > else <but> Karma 
  > Lingo in the last year or so,  that this summer has
  > found us in the same 
  > situation that many of the ARIA bands seem to be in
  > at the moment:  we 
  > can't <buy> a gig in Atlanta by hook or by crook!
  >        Less than a month since KL was told by CJ's
  > Landing that they 
  > couldn't afford to book us because our draw wasn't
  > big enough,  Curtis 
  > sent out an email over the weekend trying to drum up
  > some support for a 
  > heavy metal karaoke night he's trying to get going
  > on Mondays (sounds 
  > like fun,  actually!).   In it he asked for some
  > other ideas for his 
  > Monday nights at CJ's,  so I wrote him back and
  > pitched the monthly prog 
  > night idea that we've all been talking about for
  > awhile.  He emailed me 
  > within an hour to say that he was interested...
  >       I called him today,  and we had a good long
  > about it.  While he's 
  > got a few conditions and is going to pretty much
  > leave it to us to run 
  > and promote the event,  he likes the idea and he's
  > going to give us a 
  > monthly <Thursday> if we can make it fly.
  >       The test case will be 10/23,  and while I'm
  > still waiting to hear 
  > back from everyone in KL,  the line up would be
  > Karma Lingo and Paine's 
  > Promise for this first one (I talked to Veronica
  > today,  too,  and 
  > they're totally in).  
  >       If the show turns out to be a success,  I'd
  > like to act as the 
  > ongoing organizer for this event, even on the nights
  > when Karma Lingo's 
  > not playing.  We <all> need this gig,  and the only
  > way we'll get it and 
  > keep it is if we all commit to coming out once a
  > month to support each 
  > other.
  >       Here's how it will work:  Thursdays are no
  > longer a regular "band 
  > night" for CJ's these days (weekends only, 
  > apparently),  so Curtis will 
  > run sound and supply a bartender for the back room
  > for a guarantee of 
  > $100.  We supply someone to run the door (between
  > the sound desk and the 
  > bar,  I think),  and we charge a $5 cover and handle
  > all of the guest 
  > list/freebies issues.  If we get 20 paying customers
  > and cover his 
  > costs,  we get the gig;  if we don't,  we still pay
  > him $100,  and we 
  > don't get the gig;  pretty simple.  Any money we get
  > beyond the first 
  > $100 we split between the two bands (and he wants to
  > keep it to always 
  > being two bands).
  >      He's into the idea of making it an early night
  > (as are some of the 
  > ARIA folks,  I think),  so we're going to keep it to
  > hour-long sets with 
  > the first band going on at 8:00 and the second band
  > going on at 9:30. 
  >  That will give the second band a full half hour to
  > set up (same as 
  > Roguefest),  and we'll all still be out of there by
  > 11:00 PM or midnight.
  >      I think we can make this happen,  but it only
  > <will>  happen if we 
  > all make the commitment (and stick to it!) of
  > getting out of the house 
  > once a month and coming down to see the show, 
  > <especially> on the 
  > nights when our group isn't playing.   I know I've
  > not been the best 
  > about getting to all the ARIA meetings,  myself, 
  > but this is an 
  > opportunity for all of us,  and if it works over the
  > long term,  it'll 
  > mean a regular gig for each band every three for
  > four months that we can 
  > all plan for and count on.  
  >      As I said above,  I'd like to be the ongoing
  > organizer for the 
  > event,  and assuming that we get past the first one,
  >  I plan on being 
  > there for every single show.  Hell,  I'll run the
  > door...
  >      If we can get this thing rolling,  I'd like to
  > set up a regular 
  > rotation of bands,  so if this is a commitment that
  > you think your band 
  > can make,  please drop me a line and I'll slot you
  > in.  The key to the 
  > whole deal is that we make this an event that we all
  > go to every month, 
  >  so let me know your thoughts...
  >      I'll be at the ARIA meeting for a little while
  > tomorrow,  but I'm 
  > going to have to take off after a little while, 
  > hence this long email! 
  >  I'm actually going to write up the details for this
  > situation so that 
  > the folks who come to Manny's tomorrow night will
  > have some hard copy to 
  > take away with them,  so please come out and let's
  > get some dialogue 
  > happening!  If we can make the event fly,  there'll
  > be a lot of 
  > potential and a lot of possibilities,  for
  > ourselves,  and for 
  > regional/national/otherwise touring bands as well.  
  >      But we gotta get ourselves on the map first; 
  > go team!
  >      
  > See you all tomorrow!
  > 
  > Matthew Trautwein
  > Absolute Music
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 


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