Re: [loop NY] 3 alternatives?

What about North Six in williamsburg? two floors...They have thier own sound system...

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>From: Tom Ritchford

>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

>Subject: [loop NY] 3 alternatives?

>Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:14:22 -0500

>break it up:

>1. gig: one or more evenings.

>2. jam: a full day.

>3. meet: two or more full days.

>So a gig could be a couple of nights or a repeating series

>at the Knitting Factory.

>A jam could be a day on the weekend at some fairly large space

>perhaps out of Manhattan where we could set up and jam in the day

>and have a concert and a party in the evening.

>A meet would be in some not-for-profit space for several days

>as in the last message.

>Let's throw away 3 as being too complicated right off the bat.

>My personal preference out of 1 and 2 is 2. the full day hang.

>Option 1 seems to be pretty high-stress because the chances

>of failure seem better than even; failure being defined

>as "being unable to sustain a crowd over several shows".

>If we tried to do nine shows at the Knitting Factory,

>what are the chances that one act won't be able to

>play because of technical difficulties and the

>time pressure?

>Option 2 gives us the chance to actually hang out in some

>loft somewhere and play around with the gear and show off

>tricks before the show. Sure, we might have to do some

>more work, like getting a PA in (I have a 600 W/channel PA

>but that might not be quite enough) but we'd have a chance

>to iron out the bugs and to have a lot of fun doing it.

>The "loft" might still be Chashama... we'll see

>how it goes with them.

>Thoughts?

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