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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 17:24:48 GMT -8
I'm fucking serious. I stood around thinking about it all die. We all have festival experience, we know what makes one good or bad. We can totally do it.
So who's down?
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Post by Pea on Apr 23, 2012 17:28:04 GMT -8
I stood around thinking about it all die. |
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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 17:30:17 GMT -8
I stood around thinking about it all die. I was british for one sentence. |
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Post by Pea on Apr 23, 2012 17:31:56 GMT -8
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Post by Cysquatch on Apr 23, 2012 17:37:26 GMT -8
Who has the financial backing, or who can get a loan for a giant sum of money?
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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 17:37:36 GMT -8
Haha oh god. No but seriously. How do you get this started? Sasquatch started with one day and like 10 bands. Couldn't we do something similar? |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Apr 23, 2012 17:39:21 GMT -8
First, which one of us is the secret millionaire?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 23, 2012 17:39:30 GMT -8
We could call it the Sasquatch Board Festival.
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Post by Pea on Apr 23, 2012 17:39:38 GMT -8
Unless someone here has a bazillionaire for a grandparent, I think (know) you're working with a hell of a pipe dream.
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Post by Pea on Apr 23, 2012 17:40:29 GMT -8
We could call it the Sasquatch Board Festival. Lumpy's band can headline. I might be able to assemble some old band members for the metal tent. |
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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 17:44:22 GMT -8
As for the money, we'll use kickstarter. If we can get support from the internet, we might be able to get enough money. I'll post the link on Reddit, /mu/, and other music communities.
I mean people are just THROWING money at kickstarter projects lately.
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Post by Cysquatch on Apr 23, 2012 17:44:34 GMT -8
Can it be an EDM festival?
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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 17:52:23 GMT -8
Also, to guarantee it will be a success, we'll have Animal Collective headline.
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Post by stamper on Apr 23, 2012 18:07:15 GMT -8
If you're get this thing off the ground, you're gonna need to get in touch with Del Preston.
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Post by Warily on Apr 23, 2012 18:15:58 GMT -8
Lets say we have the money...where would this be at?
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Post by Geoff on Apr 23, 2012 18:20:57 GMT -8
Lets say we have the money...where would this be at? 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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Post by Warily on Apr 23, 2012 18:22:52 GMT -8
We can ask fairowen if anything probably.
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Post by kymess_jr on Apr 23, 2012 18:28:50 GMT -8
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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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 23, 2012 18:38:37 GMT -8
If you're get this thing off the ground, you're gonna need to get in touch with Del Preston.  Now, the shopkeeper and his son... THEY were a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. |
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Post by Cbats on Apr 23, 2012 19:19:03 GMT -8
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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