Re: [guadec-list] The Drooling Macaque Band @ GUADEC2007

[Paul Cooper <pgc openadvantage org>]

Hi Lucas,

----- Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We from The Drooling Macaque Band are available to have a concert at
> GUADEC2007 in Birmingham. The conference agenda fits perfectly on
> ours
> because it starts in 15th July, just after our concert with
> Jamiroquai, and goes until 21st of July, just before our concert with
> U2 and Radiohead.
> 
> This means that we're available for the whole conference time and we
> can make GUADEC rock even more because:
> 
> 1. We rock!
> 2. We play "Wish You Were Here" and "Come Together"
> 3. We rock!
> 4. We organize jam sessions which makes everyone have fun
> 5. We rock!
> 6. We have Thomas Wood in the band
> 7. We rock!
> 8. Ah... we rock!
> 
> (Hmm, we could make a song out of it...)

I was there in 2006 and I know you guys rock!
 
> Of course we're a very organized band and have setup a wiki page for
> GUADEC2007 stuff:
> 
>   http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMusicianIndex/Guadec2007Concert
> 
> If you don't believe we rock, have a look at some pictures of our
> previous GUADEC concert at Vilanova (Spain):
> 
>   http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=band&w=96765951%40N00&m=pool
> 
> We need sponsors. In GUADEC2006, Nokia sponsored the equipament that
> we need and we played in their party. How can we handle this for
> GUADEC2007?
> 
> We need to practice. This means we'll need the equipament before the
> core days for a rehearsal. We are a one-rehearsal-to-rock-your-world
> band thus we only need the equipament once before the concert.

I think being in the Conservatoire (i.e. Music School) is the ideal venue. I have already discussed this a little with the venue managers. I'll see what the costs are and try and find a sponsor (I'm serious too!). We might also ask members of the local FOSS community to a) join in and b) loan equipment.

Regardless of equipment we have the whole place booked out (bar a few rooms for ongoing student practice & tution) so you should find plenty of space to practice or have jam sessions.

We haven't decided (argued) the schedule yet but I thought the ideal concert night would be the 19th - the last night of the core conference. What do you think?


> What do you think?
>

I can feel the amps going up to 11 already,

Paul

> --lucasr
> 
> ps: I'm serious.
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