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Hi Rick, am i still in? or would you like me to submit :-) margaret --- RICK WALKER <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > This is the official call for submissions of artists > who wish to perform at > the > Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival to be held > October 19-21st, 2007 in Santa Cruz, California. > > Applications for the festival will be closed April > 15th > except for foreign artists who's applications I'll > take on a > case by case basis. > > and I will publish the Performance Roster by May > 15th so that > out of town artists have time to make plans for > transportation. > At that time, I'll include an alternates list. > Frequently we will have > cancellations > as late as the actual weekend of the gig so you > should let me know > how late you can decide to play the festival if such > an cancellation occurs. > > If you are interested in performing this year please > read the following > requirements for submission to perform. > > yours, most sincerely and respectfully, > Rick Walker > > > *********************************************************************************** > > > APPLICATION to PERFORM at the Y2K7 Live Looping > FESTIVAL > > Dearest applicants for performance at the Y2K7 > International Live > Looping Festival. > Thank you so much for applying to perform on October > 19-21, 2007 in Santa > Cruz. > > Due to the very large number of applicants for this > festival and limited > performance spaces, > we have decided that all performers will go through > the same process of > applying for performance > from now on. > > The festival took over 4 1/2 months of my life last > year and I realized that > in order to keep having the energy > to making it such a wonderful festival that I was > going to have to make the > whole process more professional, > streamlined and , hence, more standardized. I'm a > casual guy so this > makes me a little sad but we have, thankfully, > gotten big enough that it's > time to start acting like a world class music > festival. > > I know so many of you, so this may seem a little > over the top but in this > way, I can determine > who will play, where to put them (stylistically) to > make the show good and > also to insure, in one fell swoop, > that I have recordings, publishable .jpeg > photographs and short publishable > bios of every artist. > > IF you'd like to perform please send the following > information to me via the > snail mail. I regret that, > though convenient for the artists, I do not have > time to go to websites or > myspace pages to read or > listen to mp3s. There are just too many performers > vying for spots on the > festival and I want to have some > kind of a personal and artistic life during the > ensuing months. > > Please send the following submission package to > > Y2K7 SUBMISSION > 412 Darwin Street > Santa Cruz, California, USA > 95062-2629 > > It needs to contain: > > 1) CD or CDR of representative material. Remember > that this is a live > looping festival so artist who rely primarily on > triggering premade loops in > programs like Ableton's Live , Acid or Garage Band > should not apply. > Please no MP3s.........I just don't have the ability > to play them and most > of my perusal occurs in my car driving to gigs. > > 2) A second and separate CD with .JPEG digital > photographs (suitable for > printing in a newspaper or magazine) of your act > > 3) include a very short and pithy musical biography > and description of your > life act on the same CD. > > Please make the music CD and the photo/bio CD be > separate. > > 4) reproduce the following rules of performance and > please sign it just so > I know that everyone is on the same page about > making the whole thing work. > It' s a logistical nightmare and only works if > everyone works > for the whole team of artists. > > > reproduce and sign the following: > ******************************************************************************************************************************* > > Y2K7 RULES of PERFORMANCE: > > Performances all occur on two adjacent stages. 50 > artists perform > continuously for a 24 hour period > over two days. There are no breaks between acts so > the music is > continuous. > > Because the stages adjoin in view of the audience > members, set up and > break down can be very distracting > to the audience so it is imperative that loading > Artists be as sensitive as > possible not to draw focus > from who is performing. > > Artists have 20 minute maximum completely silent > load in (Line checks can > be accomplished with > supplied headphones, also silently) > Artists have 30 minute maximum performance > Artists have 10 minutes maximum complete silent > evacuation of the stage > > Importantly: > > 1) Artists who take longer to load have time cut off > of their performances > > 2) Artist who perform to long or take too long to > evacuate the stage at the > end of their sets result in the next act having time > shaved off their set. > > > ARTIST COMPENSATION: > > We run in the red every year (out of my pocket > always) and there is no > compensation for the artists, unfortunately, > consequently. > > Over time, I am researching new ways to get granting > and to get subsidies > from music companies. These > invariably will be offered, first, to the artists > who travel from out of the > country to come perform. > > > GUEST and COMP LISTS: > > We charge at the door and don't allow guests at all > because the venue is > usually too small and we wouldn't be able to do the > festival at all if we > let everyone in for free that the artists bring. > > I have read the above rules of performance and agree > to them. > > > signed ____________________________________ > > _______________________________________________________________________________________ > *********************************************************************************************************************************** > > It pains me horribly to state those last rules but > they are the only way > that we can continue doing the festival. > === message truncated === Margaret Noble Audio Artist http://www.myspace.com/margaretnoble ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. 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