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

Oct. 17th is a Friday and Paine's Promise, Lord Only, and Man On Fire are 
playing at the Library. Oct. 23rd is the first CJ's show if I read correctly 
(if I am incorrect please someone correct me here). I too hope to make it the 
17th, but due to working Tues-Sat 5PM-1:30AM I am not sure I can get off work 
yet since I just started. I will find out soon, if so I hope to see you all 
there. :)
Greg
> 
> From: Bill Kargel <wkargel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2003/09/27 Sat PM 03:46:14 EDT
> To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [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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> sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his 
> spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man 
> be trusted." --William Shakespeare 
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> 
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