CONGRATULATIONS to you all!! Your efforts, added to Dennis' and David's, created a huge, marvellous event. Really missed not being physically with you all, meeting some of the world's finest, and hearing all sorts and ilks of new music. Ahh, but there will be tapes (CD's?)available at some point. And I was with you in spirit during the whole time. But the main thing now is that you all accomplished a wonderful and memorable world gathering, and it will have many, many ripples everywhere. Thank you all for cooperating in this common effort...and then sharing it, via the recent chats; this gave me a good overview of the event. May you all benefit, be illuminated and inspired, and prosper - yes, even the chronic complainers.
I remain ever grateful to you all, and of course, especially to those incredible organizers!! (soooo good that I can't really believe they truly exist!).
Perhaps we may all meet later and hear more of each other's great creations. I deeply hope so.

hey all,

1st of everything, congrats to dennis and david! they did a damn good job....... i don't know about the anonymous weird named poeple who are complaining...... why do people say things like that and don't sign them?? about audience, i surprisingly had a cool one, mainly if you consider i had the first concert spot, saturday noon. they counted about 40 people, for that small town, and with 2 other concerts going on at the same time..... it was pretty good! plus, on my way to buy a gift for my hostess, i was recognized by the woman in the bookstore, which means there were locals attending to the concerts on their own will. about helping, maybe i didn't do as much as i could, but we set up most of our equipment, my dancer's friend installed the dance floor, that other poeple used as well, and everything went fine. so, asides of any *star* headakes (i.e., the non-named ones's complains), this was a really non-pop woodstock, and i'm looking forward the next one, not next year but, realistically in two years from now. that will be even better.

best to all of you!
if you wanna contact me, go to my e-mail.

elaine thomazi freitas

Stevie's last name is Balch, and she's married to Dennis so don't get any ideas.
I recorded Ill Wind. Maybe it's just me but I was unable to get enthusiastic about anything they did. Then I recorded Ms Hutchinson, but alas, I had DAT failure. Then I recorded Ms Kim and Mr Celli, and fortunately, Hutchinson and Celli did a duet which came out okay on tape. None of that excited me overly, but I was pretty sleepless. Nancy Bloomer Deussen commented that she felt like a composer from another planet at this festival, and I realized that the same applies to me. Which is part of the fun of it all. I think the pieces that I liked the most--John McGuire's piece especially--were the pieces that are least likely to ever resemble anything of mine.

Ohh, and we also missed Ill Wind, but also played their CD on the way back in the van. Serious, Silly, great fun! Really love their stuff. And I hope to catch them some time.

P.S. I enjoyed STS (Shootin' the Shit) with Tom Heasley, but I missed his performance (I had to leave because the preternatuarally beautiful Vermont women were threatening my circulatory health), but I played his CD on the way home in the van - beautiful, meditative, plaintive stuff... Wish I'd seen it...

P.S. Stevie - I don't know your last name, but you were wearing Noah's Ark around your neck - it was nice to meet you as well.

Sam:
Nice meeting you.
Margaret was just a nice friendly lady--I missed her music due to schedule, but I'm listening to her CD. But I understand that a bunch of machos tried to ask her out for drinks. Pavlovian, you know: see pretty female, ask out for drinks. Here in Ann Arbor, expectation is that any woman who wants to can get a free drink off of some macho, even if she's a lesbian--especially if she's a lesbian, actually.

Hey Matt: It was a pleasure meeting you as well........ and shaking your hand. ;->

P.S. Glad I didn't meet Margaret... My head might have exploded!

Samuel,
I think on your No.6, the answer was that Margaret was there, so the corresponding vibe was set in Vermont.

Matt

We played our asses off as well, and had a good time. We also know how to set up our own equipment (and made at least 5 other sets, including Ratgeyser possible with our spare parts, cables and expertise, without a word of thanks from Dennis or David).

We cleared out other people's equipment when (suprise, suprise) there turned out to be a Sunday service @ Trinity after all. We carried the PA downstairs for Logos and then set it back up upstairs.

In short, we did a lot of work that we didn't have to do, and it was a pleasure to lend a hand, when that hard work was acknowledged with a simple thank you (a la Tom Hamilton or the Logos folks).

It wasn't so much of a pleasure watching prima donnas wring their hands, or leave the place so cluttered with their stuff that no-one else could load in, or finding out that, after two months of promises, we had no monitor speakers. Dennis actually suggested (at our belated souncheck) that we turn the PA speakers around and monitor off of them, thus depriving our audience of a sound system - my only response was stunned incredulity, especially since, if you read past threads, it is obvious that I'd been asking about monitors for 3 months, and they were explicitly promised to us. So, we played without monitors, and it messed us up here and there, but what the hell: "that which doesn't kill me..."

Nontheless, we're glad we came and glad we met so many interesting people and glad we heard some interesting music (we could only hear stuff @ Trinity, because we were pretty much stuck there watching our equipment because there was no secure space to lock it up in, which was a shame because there was SO MUCH good music to hear!).

Highlights:

1) Getting Benzolated @ Trinity 12:00 Saturday - a whirling dervish set of skirling rhythm, Joseph channeling Eric Dolphy on Shenai, and all around multi-instrumental virtuosity by the whole trio.

2) The Black Box for Saxophone by Keith Moore - WOW what a simply beautiful piece, and amazingly played by Taimur Sullivan!

3) Beth Griffith's amazing performance on Saturday night - not to have been missed! Riveting.

4) Shaking Peter Zummo's hand (a longtime hero).

5) Sitting on a park bench reading a book on early Sunday morning and having nice folks drop by and tell me how much they liked our set (and buying CD's - yay! Gas money!).

6) Getting lost on the beautiful dirt roads north of Montpelior whilst searching for the holy grail of Maple Cream's (and buying one at last from the most beautiful young woman I've ever seen on the face of the earth). What is it about Vermont women anyway? Something in the water?

Peace Y'all - we outta here...

To repeat:

Kudos and high praise to Kalvos and Damian on a successful event.

When I arrived on Friday evening, both Dennis and David were readily accessible and though very busy attending to arrangements, warmly greeted arriving guests. David quickly informed me of a programming change and instrumentation glitch with one of my pieces. I had no need to worry, though. He had already resolved the problem and the end result exceeded expectations.

Among the many fine performances were

1. Vermont Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
2. Cipher String Players (members of the Montpeleier Chamber Orchestra Society)
3. Karen Kevra, flute, who played a wonderful extended work of the venerable Louis Moyse.
4. Margaret Lancaster, flute and dance
5. Maja Cerar, violin.
6. Christina towle, dancer,
7. et. al.

All of these groups and individuals gave first rate performances of a wide variety of attractive works.

Moreover, it was a joy being able to chat with Louis Moyse, one of the last direct connections to the French School of the 1930s.

The audiences were larger than those at many new music festivals and were most enthusiastic. And the Montpelier setting was blissful. It was to everyone's advantage that the festival moved outside the university setting. Some residents of Montpelier did attend. And I enjoyed walking down the street, having residents ask me what was going on, and inviting them to the concerts.

Altogether, a rewarding and enjoyable festival.

Hey! Next time I volunteer to do a festival, my role will be reduced to just shaking people's hands and being Matt Fields! Kinda like Bob Hope for the last 20 years with his birthday... I wouldn't even have to bring any music... just shake hands with people. Isn't that what the Dale Carnegie types teach you to do anyway? I think Joe Celli could get away with it easily, already.

Maybe I could do it with a special digital version of a joy buzzer, that would produce randomly chosen noises which I would advertise as assisting people in classifying their personalities....


:-)

Hold on there cowboys...relax and inhale! There is one thing that I have learned and that is not have any preconceived notions about anything! I'm assuming that putting together a festival of this size (both in body count and in egos) is a monumental feat. That it actually occured at all is a miracle! Yea, there were some screwed up moments and finding an electrical outlet at times was a bit difficult and soundchecks were rushed but from my perspective, I think it was a sucess in many, many ways:

1: We played our asses off (Crippled Symmetry at 12:00pm Saturday) to an audience of about twelve people. I was assuming that the audience would consist of only our three wives, so the addition of nine more people was a big bonus!

2: Talking to Michael Manion about Roy Haynes, Stockhausen, the MC5, 1960's garage punk, and vintage drum sets

3: Listening to James Bohn then playing a very succesful duet with him.

4: Meeting those crazy Loons in the Monestary and listening to a music which was a cross between Eno and Zappa. Plus, we also traded horrific childhood stories about growing up in NYC and are now in talks about conquering the NY music scene!

5: Listening to my two tape pieces in the dream room in eight channels...now that was cool!

6: Listening to Larry Austin disucss Cage's Williams Mix and then play an eight channel mix and remix that was MIND BLOWING!

7: Listening to Gary Barwin overcome tehcnical difficulties by playing an intense piece for solo soprano sax.

8: Shaking Matt Fields hands at least twice and chatting about bagpipe chanters and Southern Indian Shenai's.

9: Having my wife say..."Wow, that really did sound good!"

10: Talking about drinking beer with Jeff Harrington and listening to Espace Des Cloches with him in the dream room

11: Drinking coffee with Martín Alejandro Fumarola
who said he actually knew my work and I said that I actually knew his!!

12: Reaquanting my playing relationship with John Asta

13: Chatting with Tom Heasley

14: Enjoying the brisk Vermont weather

So...there were fucked up moments and really great moments but that does make up a festival. Did I like everyone I met and did I like all the music that I heard...NO! Would I come again...YES!

barbara: saying that there was "NO audience" is just great. it makes those of us who drove hours just to attend feel like damned fools.

("that's not the point!!", she said.)

folks, we've all attended contemporary music festivals --in boston, new york, trenton-- whose attendance was every bit as small as this.
too bad. the vermont version of the "village voice" puts the event on their front cover... and people don't come. boston's one 24-hour classical music station has a big signal.... but has also has a law against playing minor chords on the air. they certainly wouldn't mention, let alone publicize an event like this. and they didn't.
what you're describing happens here in boston all the time.

sorry, barbara, but i personally got a lot out of the wide variety of music in the last two days, lots of it difficult to find in boston, a "cultural capital." the person i came up with (and he drove up from new jersey) spent the whole trip back discussing the music. were we both deluded? you said the "only good" was everyone helping each other out. i guess we were. and i think we'll choose to stay that way.

greater, bigger, more attended venues would be nice, yah.... but.

as an actor, i've acted in some terrible theater spaces, in order to do roles in plays that win awards but not expensive productions. (one the Globe gave its #1 Best Of Boston award to had, on its last night, SIX people in the audience.)

plus la change, plus la meme chose, indeed.
i'd say being angry about it all is just as "predictable".

All promises fulfilled and then some. If you want to blame people for disorganization, first blame Goddard and similar sponsors for the unprofessional act of not fulfilling their pledges; then blame certain key visiting musicians for throwing hissy fits regarding requirements which they had not specified in advance; then blame a slightly larger crowd of musicians for not knowing how to set up their own sound systems; finally, after all that, you can reserve some small corner for the organizers, who (as one guest astutely observed) had accepted the job of herding 100-odd childish and selfish primas donas.

The comparison to a rock concert is unfair: we had 100 times as many "main focus musicians", 1/100th the staff, and 1/1000th the initial investment money. Reasonably speaking, to make this a slick and well-attended event we'd need an initial investment of half a million dollars just for starters--from which we'd hire staff to be full-time staff and organizers and not worry about making themselves look good... and another half-million dollars would be a good base investment in hired players...

The complaint that Dennis exerted effort to make sure his piece was teched correctly is a mean remark and misplaced. He spent so much time running around making sure that other people's music was properly teched, when those other people couldn't be bothered to do the footwork themselves (no names but the letter E figures prominently) that the complaint is ironic. If every composer took responsibility for the teching of their own stuff (or got booted swiftly off the stage), the show would have gone smoother.


I got out of this whole experience exactly what I hoped to: I got to meet a variety of players and composers in a friendly atmosphere. The concerts and audiences were really incidental to my expectations, given the venue and budget (Montpelier and negative $6K, respectively). But perhaps the raw energy which most (but, alas, not all) of us demonstrated at this show can convince sponsors that this sort of event can be done in a big way.

I suppose, if you must worry about how disorganized things were, the Woodstock model is really appropriate. According to reports I've heard from those who were there, the original Woodstock festival had barely a veneer of organization.

Another organizational model you could consider is an (ahem) SCI conference, in which the number of venues used at once is considerably fewer but better, because only one event is scheduled at a time (and the events spread out over more days). The savings on venues are nominal, and the costs for the extra days are phenomenal (but most SCI members make that up with university sponsorship of some sort, unlike, e.g., moi). Though you lose the "I can go try a different hall if I hate the music in this one" flexibility, you get a much simpler organizational strategy. Ah, what we could do with a million or two.

I started out being amazed at what crybabies and self-indulgent nudniks many of the musicians were, and ended up feeling pretty satisfied that the whole thing was worthwhile and that I'd even managed to hear some nifty music that I'd never heard before (though, admittedly, I also heard a lot of awfully familiar fashionableness).

If Dennis and David were guilty of anything, it was, above all, excessive idealism. As somebody who spent a few too many years in student coops, I soundly believe that this kind of event needs an iron-fisted (but benevolent) dictator at the helm.

Ironic headline: "Ought One Ready for the Crowds."

Wasn't Ready.

No Crowds.

I don't know about about all of you, but I don't think that this event 'did more for music'. I think it squandered many people's hard-earned money and energies in an orgy of inefficiency and distopic, dispeptic lack of focus,

many people worked really hard to get there, driving across country, flying in from Europe or BC etc., not only to find no audience, but no PA, no power, no extension cords, no mics, no sound people, no tech support, nothing that was SPECIFICALLY, EXPLICITLY PROMISED to some of them. I can think of at LEAST 6 different groups of performers/composers who shared their acute frustration about this 'bait and switch', two from Europe.

The only good that came out of it is that some of us banded together and helped each other. Without that, if we'd left it to the tender ADD mercies of Kalvos, who spent an inordinate time making sure his own pieces were adequately tech-supported at the expense of others (yes, I saw it with my own two eyes), people like Logos would never have had the opportunity to perform. As it was, they performed in a church basement with a tinny distorted PA for about 25 people - a world famous duo!!!

Kissing ass is so predictable. No one ever wants to call a spade a spade. You'd all just rather pat each other on the back and feel self-satisfied.

But it could easily have been better with 1 thousandth of the organization you'd find at a typical low-brow rock festival, even some of the college festivals I'v attended that were organized around miniscule budgets. At least they got the musicicans what was needed or profusely apologized when they couldn't. These folks only made excuses, shifted blame, or (frequently) just disappeared.

Rob Polansky has the temerity to call this festival 'well organized'? Breathtaking.

Sometimes this oh so cerebral community has its head so far up its ass that it can't find daylight.

Oh well, Plus ca change....

Congratulations to Dennis and David! High calibre performances, attractive concert venues, and a wide variety of programming all made for an entirely successful event. Obviously, much hard work went into a well-organized festival. Never had to wonder where to go or what to do. And the comraderie was great. The world of New Music owes alot to Kalvos and Damian.

those "incompetents" probably have done more for music (and not just american) than you ever have, or ever will, do.
(oy vey, these texas politicians. at least that's the only tom delay i found on Google...)

I HAD A GREAT TIME! Got to hear lots of music, put some faces with names, and do my thing the way I wanted to.

Thanks to those of you who checked out "Off-Hour Wait State" (and participated as well). So many choices, and so many priorities.

Much thanks to Dennis and David for all their hard work and generous spirit.

I just wish I had gotten to hear "_________!"

*TOM*

What a drag - No support, No Organization, No Audience, LOTS of attitude.

A collossal exercise in hubris wherein two total incompetents dream big, so big that they split a piddling audience into 4 venues, none of which have adequate tech support.

PA Systems? Sound Checks? Security? Recording of performances? All promises, blithely made, blithely broken.

One is only as good as his word.

Some of us came from Europe, Florida, California for this amateur-hour crap?

Ought-Zip would've been a better name...

Hi all,
FYI, I won't be rolling into Montpelier until about noon on Sunday... I'll use the changeover time to setup and soundcheck. should be fine. I just need 2 DI's to the board. My signal is already submixed.
Have a great Saturday. see you soon.
Martha Mooke

I desperately need information about the
sound check schedule for Christ CHurch
performances on Sat.

I need to set up and sound check sometime
before my performance at 2:30. I have a mono,
1/4" output from my mixer that I need to plug
into the main board.

I will be arriving tonight (Friday)
Help???
Brenda Hutchinson

If anybody is left reading the board :) ...

Check in to your hotel under Ought-One Festival.

Meet at 3pm Friday at Bethany Church for final brainstorm (bransigh, maybe).

We will try to do as many sound checks as possible on Friday night. Sound checks for Saturday begin 6am, roughly in the order you appear on the program.

The security system is on from midnight-6am at Bethany; please be efficient so no one gets bumped out of their sound check.

Sound checks for Sunday begin 6am, but are tricky because of morning services 9:30-11:30. Fortunately, there are fewer checks.

That's it, folks. We're 95% there.

Dennis

Everybody ... long day, checking in.

The whole thing is at the very center of Montpelier, State & Main. See the map at:
http://ought-one.com/ought1-drexions.html

The info location & meeting place is City Center, at the corner of State & Main. Look for Ben & Jerry's!

Dennis

Elaine. in case you get this, bethany's across the street from Trinity. While you're unplugging, we'll be setting up (still don't know HOW I can do it in 15 minutes!). So by the time you get over, we'll hopefully just be starting up @ 1:15 - 1:25

I'll try to call, you try to call, I'm sure there'll be a lot of milling around on Friday night, so see if you can stick around the downtown area. We'll probably be loading into trinity and run into you.

See you there.

Several people have asked me where the general
instructions for Ought One are located:
Sign in for Tickets, Map of locations, parking
instructions/advice, etc..... anything.
It's got to be there on the site but they
couldn;t find it and I cant find it right now to
pass along.
All I need is the e-spot for the info....

Bi

Cool!!

Bravo Samuel! Now we can all breath...... My concert is on saturday at Betanny (did i get the right spelling?....) at 12 noon, so it's just a matter of how fast can I move from one church to the other. I'll do my best, but I have some personal equipment I need to unplug before moving out the place. I'm arriving tomorrow around 6pm, but I'm going first to my hostess place to leave stuff and get installed. Her name is Sue, and her phone # is 802 223-5124, in case we get lost. I still don't know when are we doing tech stuff, but I'm assuming we'll need to be around early morning.
Do you know if Trinity has a phone I can call? I'm also without local transportation, so it'd be quite an adventure to get everything on track before the 1st performances......
Another thing: this is possibly the last time I do email. I need to take a bus at 4pm, so after that, I'll be off the net.

Thanks a lot again!
Elaine

Elaine two: I believe that Jennifer & I are playing guard dogs and sleeping @ Trinity on Friday, so if we're not in evidence by the time you get into town, I'd try there.

Elaine: Success! Mr. Mini-DV was found cowering like Peter Lorre in the movie 'M', in a bureau in my bedroom and has been taken into custody and is ready to roll, complete with a decent tripod (I also found my smaller-but-better one), AC adapter & firewire cable.

I was wondering: If you're not performing during our set, do you think you could come over and film our sloth-like stage presence?

We're playing @ 1PM on Saturday @ Trinity. If you can, I'd appreciate it, if you can't, I understand (but I will grouse prettily...)

We'll be in and around City Center & Trinity on Friday afternoon (sometime bet. 2 & 5, I expect), trying to get our bearings, offload our stuff, and going to Morse's for a couple a maple creams (I expect to see G-D again).

Peace.

Elaine: I will search for the DV cam tomorrow AM and put up a message As Soon As I Know. Sorry for the ambiguity. Assuming I find it, I DO have the firewire cable, ac adapter etc.

See ya all there on Fri afternoon.

wunderground.com says probably clear on saturday and partly cloudy/maybe a bit rainy on sunday. Lows in the 50s, highs maybe up to 80.

dennis,

if this is a dv video camera, it can be small, it's not a problem. the only thing i need is to be able to get video into the computer, but now i really don't know what does he mean by "small". I don't think you can get one of those at
staples for 49.99, other than that i would buy one..... they use to be a few hundreds of dollars.....

don't you need me for the concerts? i'll be there on friday at 6pm, arrival time at susan's place. since my concert
is the first one on saturday, and i have nothing else to do afterwards, feel free to include me in your help list.

see you soon,
elaine

The following has just been sent to the email list.

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We've been reminded that Vermont can be nippy in the evening. Don't forget a sweater.

Also, Vermont is nonsmoking in enclosed public spaces, including restaurants.

At this point, housing should be set for everyone.

Urgent: Manfred Clynes just lost his ride up from NYC. Anybody who can: MCLYNES1@aol.com

We have but need a few more volunteers from among the guests. We can always use help, but don't miss concerts you want to hear.

If you haven't sent program notes and wish to have them in the program supplement, please send them by tomorrow midday.

We're still short two pieces of equipment: a digital video player, and a firewire video camera. Let me know.

We had to purchase some expensive items for the Fest, which will be for sale when everything is over. Roland speakers, Samson amps, etc. Let the info desk know if you want them.

We'll try to get a sound-check schedule out in the next 24 hours.

From here until the Fest, both David and I will be in and out, and hard to reach. Because my computer is being used for the Festival, I will be out of email touch after Friday morning. Emergencies: My home phone is 802-485-3972 and my cell phone is 802-371-9385. David is 802-485-4528. Onion River Arts Council is 802-229-9408.

If you need anything at the Festival on Saturday or Sunday, go to the info desk at City Center.

All for now -- see you there!

Dennis

Samuel,

We'll take 7, 15, 18 ... great, many thanks.

Here's how it looks...
Bennett Shapiro: 1, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 22, 25, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36
John Levin: 11, 13, 17, 23, 26, 36
Hunter Ochs: 4, 10, 14, 24, 34
Samuel Claiborne: 7, 15, 18

That leaves 2, 3 (John, are you acoustic only?), 5 (only one piece), 8, 21, 27, 29, 33, 37

Elaine: Samuel mentioned the camera is small. Is this the sort of camera I can get at Staples for $49.95, like a PC camera?

Dennis

hi,

i might be able to help with most of the concerts, since mine is the first one, saturday @ noon.
samuel, any news about the camera?
i'm starting to get the stress feel...... but maybe that'll be good adrenaline for the weekend.
anyways, i would do fine even without the adrenaline......

see you soon
elaine

The 01CIE can meet Friday at 3:00 p.m. (15:00) at Bethany

I can mix or otherwise help out on satuday @ trinity concerts 7,10,15,18.

As for Sunday, I can pretty much help out wherever I'm needed AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT MY EQUIPMENT REALLY IS SECURE (do we pick up a paranoid motif here?).

Would prefer wierdo electro-acoustic and/or dance to modern classical, but I want to help out however I can (with breaks for food, drink, sleep and shmoozing, of course).

Who can mix?

Please check the grid at http://ought-one.com/ought1-events.html

The following concerts could use an extra sound person:

2, 4, 5 (maybe not needed), 7, 8, 10, 15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 33, 37 (maybe not needed).

Hunter Ochs (who's mixing the Bilitis Songs) is going to take some of these.

PS to John Levin: Thursday after midday is good. My place. We'll sit down with David and others to see where we are and share the panic.

Dennis

Hi, Kalv,

Me again... Early Crew Questions this time:

Where and when should I show up on Thursday to report for duty?

Thanks,
--John

Hi guys,

My laser printer just died. One of those camel straw things.

Friday ... let me talk to David about this. I'll see if we can get Bethany, as the piano will be delivered (I think) Thursday.

We're almost ready. I was doing banners today, programs are printed (sans supplements, which will be done next week), sandwich boards are done, and most tech is ready to be packed up.

We're renting a van for the weekend to do stuff like pick up the dance floor, transport crates of speakers and amps, help Bennett bring in his two sites worth of sound equipment, and pick up our own rentals.

Still outstanding are a computer/S-video projector, a few VHS VCRs, a DV player, and a dozen speaker stands. If necessary, we'll dub the DV at the local video place.

Gotta get some rest. Try to get answers before everyone leaves home.

Best to all,
Dennis-the-Exhausted

Hi Kalvos!
Where is headquarters on Friday? Thom & I expect to arrive Friday afternoon. How can we make ourselves useful?

K&D;

The 01CIE needs a place to meet on Friday at around 3:00 p.m., before everyone is busy with sound checks.

who said "day of the concert, law of the jungle?"

at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fields/improv.pdf I just put up an improvisational score that might work okay.

hey samuel,

i keeping my fingers crossed for you! these baby cams are so tiny that they can hide anywhere......
my phone in nyc is 212 866 6050. i don't have the phone# at sue's place in vermont, but i'll let you know
as soon as i have it. i don't have that many options, but i'll try, and let you know if i can find another
one.

good luck for you!
elaine

Elaine: I can't find my video camera!!! I hope it wasn't stolen. I've got the firewire cable the adapter but no camera! I have looked all over my apt. in Brooklyn to no avail. I'm going up to my studio upstate on Wed. and taking the place apart and will let you know if and when I find it. In the meantime, you might want to look for backup (so sorry). I DO think I'll find it, but I can't guarantee.

I will arrive in Montpelier on Friday circa 4pm and will hang around city center/trinity (I'm supposed to be sleeping @ Trinity for the duration of the festival).

Please give me you phone #

Thanks - and sorry

hey samuel,

just to make sure you don't forget on your comprehensive package the important firewire cable and the power adapt for the camcorder.....
i'm planning to arrive on friday around 6pm. we're should i go, in the case of setting up the concert hall, since my concert is the first one on saturday? i'll be staying with sue bettmann, which is about 15min drive away, but i'm willing to be available as soon as i step on vermont lands. please, lemme know.....
see you all very soon,

elaine

to Dru Macy: Just curious as to whether and how rehearsal(s) is/are going on the trio sonata. Any questions? I'll be most happy to provide you with my thoughts about approach to each movement, e.g., or tempi, etc. Please clue me in when you've a moment...not that I'm antsy or nervous or excited or anything, you understand. Many thanks for undertaking and premiering it!

How about power conditioners? (I'm flying in with my reduced 'travelling rack' and trying to avoid excess luggage charges)

Continuing the tech conversation...

Does the PA system at the Unitarian Church have two monitor speakers?

Is there a sound tech person for the 12noon Sunday concert (Unitarian)? If so, can you give me the name?

Last question, when will know the rehearsal/sound check schedule?

Thanks much!

Finnish Champagne?
I don't do alcohol, generally, but if this stuff is really really good I might be willing to give it a taste. That's 1 finger in the bottom of a thimble, not an overside brandy snifter....

No, it's not a question:

I've just cancelled my reservation @ the Comfort Inn in favor of cuddling my gear @ Trinity, so there should be one room available @ Comfort for SOME LUCKY WINNER.

Now, how to phrase this so it's not a question....:
I'm assuming I'll have to bring mattresses for sleeping but if not, t'would be nice ta know... And It'll sure be nice when I learn if there'll be a shower somewhere for me so I don't stink up the stage on Sat or the jam on Sun (I'm not dead, but I can smell funny if I ferment in my own self-basting juices fer too long) and NO, I don't need answers for this right now, I'm sure we'll all muddle through...

And bravo on the monitors (boy, can I squeak with the best of the wheels or what).

P.S. besides power amp, camcorder & tripod, I'll be bringing a box of mics, mic cables, 1/4" cables and my tackle box full of adaptoids for tech support. I'm not bringing soldering irons etc. because I presume you'll have them on hand.

And of course, if ANY PERFORMER has need of my processing/performing gear, I'll be happy to help out. Gear:
1) 1 Sansamp PSA-1 programmable analog preamp
2) 2 Lexicon PCM-70 multi-effect units
3) 1 Lexicon PCM-42 delay line
4) 1 TC Electronic D2 delay line
5) 1 Eventide H-3000 Ultra Harmonizer Multi-FX
6) Switchblade GL programmable analog 16X16 mix matrix
7) A cheesy but servicable viola with a contact mic on the bridge.
8) Sennheiser 441 Mic.
9) A guitar or two...
10) Some Shure Sm-57 mics (I'll bring the lot, at least 3, so don't go too crazy worrying about mics @ Trinity as I should be brining a minimum of 4 in toto.
11) 1 Mic Stand
12) 2 or 3 guitar stands
13) An ampule of adrenochrome with self-contained burner/hookah attachment
14) A compromising photo of Dubya with an overly amorous parakeet
15) A quart of Finnish Champagne

One more thing before I go:

If anyone would like to make available material to be inserted in the program "wraparound" cover, please bring 200 copies, 8.5 x 11 or smaller.

Gone!
Dennis

Folks,

I'm out until about 6pm (It's 1:30 now). Gotta do printer & banner stuff, etc.

If by the time I get back, rooms are all gone at Comfort, please try the Vermonter (you need transportation; it's down the hill from Comfort Inn). It's a little old-fashioned, but reasonable. I checked earlier today and they have 4 rooms left. As usual, double up, please, if you need any reimbursement. Their number is 802-476-8541.

The Econo Lodge is expensive (about $70) but is 5 minutes walk. If your budget allows it, you can reserve there. The number is 802-223-5258. I'm working on a group rate still with the owner, who's grumpy & unwilling. We'll see.

Finally, more luxurious accommodations are at the Capitol Plaza. 802-223-5252. They are also group-rate-reluctant, but I have a call into them yet again.

I will have about a dozen rooms here in my town (Northfield) with local people. Four are assigned now, and when I get the rest, I'll be back to everyone.

Last questions: With Alesis in bankruptcy, obtaining that ADAT is getting tougher & tougher. Anyone got one? Yes, I know they don't travel well. :(

Dennis

More info:

Loons: You can sleep in Trinity with your equipment. We'll make sure it's comfy.

Loons2: Just got off the phone with Bennett Shapiro, who's mixing Bethany, and from whom we're renting the Trinity equipment. The PA has stage monitors for you.

Loons3: Ask me one more qvestion, I keel you.

(You can tell the Loons haven't been on K&D yet. Heh heh heh.)

Dennis

eRR - Any news on guard dog duty @ Trinity (if the gear's really secure, Id prefer to keep my room @ Comfort Inn), equip. security, monitor speakers...

Attention folks!

I had a conversation this morning about housing. The Comfort Inn still has many rooms left that are reserved for us. Here's the number left:

Friday = 6
Saturday = 11
Sunday = 17

I'm gonna put that out in the email as well.

These are doubles, so if you're a single, post that here so you can double up.

The rooms are definitely reserved and waiting but you must identify that these are the rooms reserved for Ought-One Festival and you want to take one of those rooms!

Their number is 802-229-2222

Thanks,
Dennis