[atlantaprog] Re: Lord Only at the Masquerade, ARIA at CJ's, and more...

Not to poo-poo on the plan Matthew, but there are a
few things to consider about the "attendance policy".

I totally agree that if an ARIA musician has another
gig on the same night that it would be impossible to
make it to the CJ's shows, and that is excusable.  A
perfect example would be Cobweb Strange, as they also
have their McFly band obligations to meet.

 If I WANT to go but CAN'T go because I have to work
late that night and can't work around that, I would
hate to penalized for that.  Now, if I was ABLE to go
and had ample opportunity and CHOSE not to go...well,
that is a different story...my loss!

What I am trying to say is that we need to make clear
what is considered a clear attendance mark...or not. 

Otherwise, it is an excellent plan!  I am making an
effort to be certain that I have the night of October
17th off so that I can make it to the first CJ's show!

Cheers,

Bill



--- Matthew Trautwein <absolute_music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> I just got home from seeing Lord Only at the
> Masquerade, and 
> congratulations, guys, on a great set! I thought the
> band was really on, 
> and the sound was actually pretty good (Karma Lingo
> has had some really 
> bad experiences there, and the volume later on this
> evening went through 
> the roof for Nik Turner and Spaceseed!! Ouch!!!).
> I did a rough head count tonight, and I saw 20
> people or so in the 
> audience for Lord Only. OK! I think that it might be
> a fun idea to start 
> keeping track of how many people are coming out for
> our ARIA shows, and 
> let's see if we can start beating our score each
> time!
> So, the next ARIA-related show that I know about is
> Lord Only, Man on 
> Fire, and Paine's Promise at the Library on 10/17.
> I'm going to be in NC 
> at the Carolina Ren Fest with the Lost Boys that
> weekend, but for 
> everybody still in town, let's see if we can get
> ***25*** people to come 
> out to this show! Obviously, nobody wants to limit
> anything (we'll hope 
> for 200!), but in real numbers, actual fact, let's
> get 25 people in that 
> room to see these bands.
> To the groups performing: can each of you come up
> with 8 individuals, 8 
> specific people that you can talk into coming out
> that night? Wives, 
> husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends, and family
> members count! Just to 
> keep yourselves organized, make an actual physical
> list of the names of 
> people who say they'll show up, and just keep asking
> folks to come until 
> you fill it.
> If each of the bands do that, that'll mean we just
> need one other person 
> from the ARIA list to show up and we've made our
> numbers; one person! 
> Who's it going to be? Who volunteers to go down?
> Write to me and let me 
> know who you are!
> In addition, I can't be there, so I need someone to
> take a tally of the 
> room for me. I really want to know how many people
> we draw so that we 
> can make a new goal for our first ARIA night at CJ's
> Landing the 
> following week. Is anybody willing to do that for
> me? Please let me 
> know! Lets shoot for 25 on 10/17, and we'll go from
> there!
> 
> /////
> 
> As far as the Thursday nights at CJ's thing goes,
> here is the list of 
> bands that have expressed interest in participating
> so far:
> 
> 1. Karma Lingo
> 2. Paines Promise
> 3. Solution Science Systems
> 4. Lord Only
> 5. Z-Axis
> 6. Noise.com
> 7. Man on Fire
> 
> Anybody else? My plan is to set up a strict
> rotation,* and we simply go 
> in order, 2 bands a month, from now until the end of
> time. After you 
> play, your band gets put back in line, and we go
> again! Easy!
> 
> * Some of you have requested to be matched with
> certain other bands, so 
> we may do a slight adjustment to the list from time
> to time to make sure 
> we get a good pairing or accommodate a specific
> request (and we'll try 
> to set that kind of thing up way in advance! The
> same thing goes for any 
> out of towners that express interest or that any of
> you would like to 
> invite in). *
> 
> The success of these shows will be completely down
> to us drawing a 
> consistant audience time and time again, so towards
> that end, I'd like 
> to try right off the bat instituting the following
> attendence policy for 
> the groups involved.
> It's unrealistic and impractical to expect every
> member of every band to 
> show up every single time (I certainly hope it
> happens, but we all know 
> how it goes...), so what I propose is that we
> require each group to make 
> sure that you have at least <one person> there every
> single time; just 
> one! It doesn't have to be the same person, but make
> sure that your band 
> is represented every single time by someone that
> performs on stage with 
> you. By all means, bring the whole group if you can,
> but all I'm asking 
> for is one person at each and every show (and if
> you're a trio versus a 
> six-piece, I'm just going to have to ask you deal,
> this time; life's not 
> always fair...).
> And if you don't make it? No biggie, we'll just bump
> you to the bottom 
> of list (and for the sake of justice in the
> universe, we'll put you back 
> in <after> the groups who's show you missed!). Cut,
> dried, and simple, 
> and hopefully fair to everyone: the bands that show
> up the most get to 
> play the most, and if you never show up, you never
> play, end of story.
> The one exception we'll make is if your group has a
> gig that night 
> somewhere else. Obviously, the whole point of this
> deal is to drum up 
> more work for ourselves, so if you can be out there
> spreading the faith, 
> that's even better than filling a seat! Just let me
> know ahead of time, 
> and go get 'em!!!
> So there we go! Things look good, guys. Curtis
> sounds really excited 
> about this, so let's make it happen!!!!
> 
> This email has been way too long, but hopefully not
> too boring. Let me 
> know what you think, and I'll see you all soon!
> 
> Take care till then,
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 


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