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Hi Rick, Would there be a possibility of getting a slot myself? Thanks, Ricky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Cc: "Y2K LOOPFEST SAVES" <y2k6loopfest@yahoo.com>; "Mr Dick" <purplehand@hotmail.com>; "Rick Walker/Loop.pooL" <looppool@cruzio.com> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:45 AM Subject: SUBMISSIONS Y2K8 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL > Kevin Kissinger wrote: > > "One of the highlights of 2007 was the Y2K7 Live Looping festival. I > really want to participate in 2008 -- do we have any word on a 2008 > festival yet? I heard rumors that it will be in Pittsburgh, PA...: > > Because I have produced this festival for the past 8 years and because I > am > leaving on a long 10 week tour of Scandinavia, Germany and the British > Isles > in May, I had seriously discussed the possibility of farming out the > festival to Pittsburgh this year. > > Unfortunately, it just didn't work out after we put some serious >thought > and > advanced work into it. > > So............. I have decided to produce the Y2K8 LOOP FESTIVAL > in Santa Cruz again this year on October 18th and 19th. > > some changes this year: > > There probably will NOT be a Friday night concert like last year unless >I > score a really big > headliner (Bill Frisell, David Torn, Imogen Heap, Kellar Williams or > someone of that stature) > but I reserve the right to change my mind at the last minute (smile) >and > there > won't be additional bay area gigs. > > I feel a little badly about this because I"ve always tried to get gigs >for > our travelling headliners in > past years to make their stays more memorable, but it's just gotten to >be > too much work > to juggle this enormous responsibility every year (especially in a year > where I 'm already > juggling gigs in 10 countries ahead of time). I will, however, open up > to my booking information > to travelling loopers so they can book gigs around the event. > > Additionally, there is a strong possibility that there will be > a Southern California version of the Y2K8 International Live Looping > Festival > the weekend after the Santa Cruz main festival. I'll wait for the > promoter of that event > to officially announce it with details in his own time. > > > I, unfortunately, just do not have the time to make the festival be as > elaborate or as large as it > has been in the past years due to time contraints (it took me 4 1/2 > months to produce > in 2006 and it took me 6 months to produce in 2007), > > so what I'm going to do is this: > > I am going to give priority bookings to the artists who come from >furthest > away > and to artists who have never played the festival in the past first. > > Anyone who is interested in participating again this year should >download, > read and mail me the official Y2K8 Submission Application. > > The mailing address is on the FESTIVAL SUBMISSION APPLICATION FRORM > > available here: > > http://www.looppool.info/Y2K8submissionAPPLICATION/ > > Thanks a lot, yours, Rick Walker > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1350 - >Release > Date: 30/03/2008 12:32 > >