Re: Announcing electro-music 2008

[Scott Kellogg <bassnut@gmail.com>]

It's in Tennessee now.  I met the guys who are putting it on back in  
2005 in Philly and they are super-cool.  I think we're in for a treat  
this year.  When I went, they had a few kegs of good beer at night at  
the venue.  It was awesome.

Scott

On Apr 22, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Warren Sirota wrote:

> I was there last year (which is where I met Kevin).
>
> I don't get the outrage - you don't like it,
> don't participate. The ticket cost was minimal. It was fun - lots of
> interesting people there. I doubt that the organizers were turning
> much of a profit. I don't think there was hardly anyone there who
> wasn't performing. The space was out in the Philly burbs - no walk-by,
> no hip urban environment (or hip beach college town environment) to
> speak of. Food is included, although it's pretty spotty - but there is
> no place in walking distance to eat. And it's a big space (if it's the
> same) - don't know what the rental is, but there is a concert hall, an
> addl performance room and an events room, along with a jam room
> upstairs. something happening pretty continuously everywhere, it
> seemed to me.
>
> Hey, I used to belong to bands where we payed for rehearsal space -
> that was about as much "pay to play" as this is, really.
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:41 AM,  <kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com>  
> wrote:
>> Quoting Bob Amstadt <bobld@amstadt.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Yea, unless a festival can secure enough corporate sponsors, you are
>>> forced to run it this way.  Basically, you can think of it as a
>>> convention.  People are gathered to share their art with their  
>>> peers.
>>>
>>>
>> That is how I view electro-music -- as a convention.
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>

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