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« Reply #15 on Apr 23, 2012, 9:20pm » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/new/buttons/quote.png "[Quote]") |
Apr 23, 2012, 9:15pm, Gang Warily wrote:| Lets say we have the money...where would this be at? |
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No idea.
Maybe we should just email AZ and ask him how he got Sasquatch all set up. Would probably make things easier.
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« Reply #16 on Apr 23, 2012, 9:22pm » | |
We can ask fairowen if anything probably.
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« Reply #17 on Apr 23, 2012, 9:28pm » | |
A friend of mine has some friends who've been holding a small music festival on their ranch somewhere in Oregon every June. Apparently they hire 3 or 4 local bands from the Portland area and then have some people who come and build a stage and do a whole sound and light set-up and everything. Everyone pitches in about $30 to cover the cost of the music, some drinks and a collective meal that is prepared on the Saturday. I think this year will be their fourth year. Last year my friend said about 200 people showed up, with some coming from as far as San Francisco, and that's just from word of mouth.
Obviously, it's still pretty grassroots right now but I think that's the kind of way to start something. It really just requires having the right mix of people at the beginning who can provide certain elements, like land, technical and musical hook-ups, etc. Another friend of mine hosts an electronic festival in the Oakanagan every summer (forget what it's called but a few thousand attend now), and he started it in essentially the same manner, just having his own farm and friends that put raves on in the city who could do the lights and sound.
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« Reply #18 on Apr 23, 2012, 9:38pm » | |
Apr 23, 2012, 9:07pm, stamper wrote:| If you're get this thing off the ground, you're gonna need to get in touch with Del Preston. |
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« Reply #19 on Apr 23, 2012, 10:19pm » | |
getting a small festival started would be incredibly difficult but certainly not impossible. I'll work on getting my old cover band back together so I can open for Lumpy.
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« Reply #20 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:08pm » | |
The main thing I would have no clue at (besides like, everything else) is how do you get bands? Obviously any band with a booking agency would probably be a little out of the budget, and if you are just going to use friends bands then it's pretty much a house party.
If this was to ever happen I would make an effort to attend. I have been semi joking with a couple co-worker about buying a place in Point Roberts since it is dirt cheap and an hour drive from Vancouver. If that ever happens you can have it there.
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« Reply #21 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:12pm » | |
Apr 23, 2012, 11:08pm, davers wrote:The main thing I would have no clue at (besides like, everything else) is how do you get bands? Obviously any band with a booking agency would probably be a little out of the budget, and if you are just going to use friends bands then it's pretty much a house party.
If this was to ever happen I would make an effort to attend. I have been semi joking with a couple co-worker about buying a place in Point Roberts since it is dirt cheap and an hour drive from Vancouver. If that ever happens you can have it there. |
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It really depends on how much money we get from kickstarter. That's what this will all be based on.
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« Reply #22 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:23pm via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
What the fuck is kickstarter?
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« Reply #23 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:28pm » | |
Apr 23, 2012, 11:23pm, Pea wrote:| What the fuck is kickstarter? |
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It's a website where you pitch an idea, and random people on the internet throw money at you if they like it.
Seriously. EVERYTHING is getting money from it recently. Someone wanted like $5,000 to fund a colored lightbulb or something, and he ended up getting hundreds of thousands. If we get enough support, and get the word out, this might work.
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« Reply #24 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:35pm » | |
This Kickstarter thing sounds like something rich people bet on (a la 'Rat Race').
Rich dude #1 (smoking a cigar): "Look at this guy, he wants $40,000 for biodegradable ski and snowboard wax because the stuff we use now is apparently hurting the enviroment."
Rich dude #2 (with a monacle): "That's absurd! No one would ever buy that!"
#1: "I bet if I gave him $400,000 he would be profitable within 2 years!"
#2: "You're on!" (chortle chortle chortle)
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« Reply #25 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:42pm » | |
Apr 23, 2012, 11:35pm, davers wrote:This Kickstarter thing sounds like something rich people bet on (a la 'Rat Race').
Rich dude #1 (smoking a cigar): "Look at this guy, he wants $40,000 for biodegradable ski and snowboard wax because the stuff we use now is apparently hurting the enviroment."
Rich dude #2 (with a monacle): "That's absurd! No one would ever buy that!"
#1: "I bet if I gave him $400,000 he would be profitable within 2 years!"
#2: "You're on!" (chortle chortle chortle) |
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It's a "pay what you want" model. So some people may give you $5, some may give you $500. It all depends.
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« Reply #26 on Apr 23, 2012, 11:45pm » | |
Apr 23, 2012, 11:08pm, davers wrote:| The main thing I would have no clue at (besides like, everything else) is how do you get bands? Obviously any band with a booking agency would probably be a little out of the budget, and if you are just going to use friends bands then it's pretty much a house party. |
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Getting bands is honestly the easy part. It's not difficult to convince local bands to play for dirt cheap/free. When they have booking agents it gets more complicated but you can still book some great bands for sub 5 grand.
What's more difficult is actually setting up the event. Assuming this is an outdoors thing not at a normal venue, you have to scrounge together a stage and sound equipment. Depending on how classy you intend to make this it can end up being incredibly expensive. Furthermore, depending on where the event is being held you might need to deal with sound permits and other local stuff.
Even after you've got all of the planning done, advertising an event like this is a huge hassle. You'd think it would be easy to convince people to come to a show but it's often not. Even getting people to come to a free show if its in an unfamiliar area can be really tough.
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« Reply #27 on Apr 24, 2012, 12:03am » | |
Cbats is right, the getting of bands and even most of the sound/light stuff is pretty easy. The hard part is the permits, security and marketing. Depending on how big the event is going to be, and whether or not one of us owned the land it's being held on, a lot of permits would need to be obtained and that's what could really hinder the event.
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« Reply #28 on Apr 24, 2012, 12:06am » | |
All that other stuff I at least have some sort of idea how to do. I know it costs money and all that, but I can wrap my brain around getting it done. The lineup (to me) sounds all but impossible.
If this was to happen, booking agent bands would be out I'm assuming. Besides getting my friends bands to play, which vary wildly in genre, how do you get other acts? I guess you could email them somewhat directly if they are small and local, but then is there contracts and stuff? And do you just go balls out and email everyone you have heard of and end up with a big mess of bands that have pretty much nothing in common (a stratagy that could work as it might attract the core fans from each act) or do you go for a more cohesive lineup and try to get bands that are a similar style?
I'm sure I'm over-thinking, but the advertising and permits and stages can all be done within various budgets, but the lineup has to be somewhat decent for the budget otherwise no one will come anyway.
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« Reply #29 on Apr 24, 2012, 12:11am » | |
How much do bands usually cost to book? Obviously we need to Dr. Garbanzoure that out before we do any booking.
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