[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: [Eventsgroup] Noisebridge fundraiser in October?

Sat Aug 22 21:27:26 UTC 2009

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:46 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Sorry I'm late to this discussion. Too much craziness in the pre-BM days.
>
> A few things, and hopefully they haven't been addressed.
>
> CELLspace sounds like a great idea. Holding a fundraiser like this at
> Noisebridge seems cool (bunch of people get to see the space, etc),
> but ultimately it's a bad idea, and I would actually block a large
> scale publicly advertised party at NB.
>
> We need to be able to set boundaries so that all members are
> comfortable. If we have a large event with a crowd from the public,
> this will disrupt normal activity and piss off anyone who is there
> working on stuff. Nobody has run a sound test on the venue yet (and we
> really can't until we get the new walls up), so we have no idea how
> sound will carry within our own space, and we have NO idea how it will
> carry outside the space. It would suck to have a fundraiser event get
> shut down because there were 20 noise complaints in the first hour,
> which also sets a bad reputation for NB with the police. A venue
> created for a music event already has this stuff figured out.
>
> Next, we'd have to deal with security. Putting a few NBers at the door
> won't work, for a number of reasons. We'd have to go out and hire
> security, and when police inevitably come to check out this strange
> noise coming from what was an empty building, they'll ask a lot of
> questions. It's way easier to go with a place that already has an
> established reputation with a solid security team.
>
> All that crap (and unwritten liabilities, like selling alcohol) aside,
> if we have one event at the new NB, people will assume we can have
> more, start planning them, and get upset when we can't have any more.
> Meetings will last hours: "Wait, why can't we do this? The fundraiser
> was great!". It's important to keep a boundary between NB being a
> workspace and group collaboration area, and a party zone. There's also
> a very fine line between having a private event where we bring a few
> friends, and when we print up fliers, advertise publicly, and charge
> at the door.
>
> Blah blah blah blah blah.
>
> That said, a fundraiser is a GREAT idea. There are a lot of things
> need to be taken into consideration. Promotion wise, how do we plan to
> promote, and where? The kind of flier(s) we make and where we stick
> them determines a lot. Fliering an art gallery or a coffeehouse will
> bring a totally different crowd than fliering a bar. The kind of flier
> you make is also very important. Or maybe we don't want to flier, and
> want it simply spread by word of mouth. This is actually really
> important. Do we want a crowd of friends and people we know rule, or
> do we just want large numbers to fill the space? Does it matter if
> people come in and leave after five minutes as long as they pay, or do
> we want a full house all night?
>
> The lineup also matters a lot for this. Is this electronic music, jam
> bands, live PAs, or something else? If we're just trying to get
> friends to spin/play for cheap, that will bring one crowd. If we're
> trying to bring a headliner, that becomes expensive, but will also
> bring a larger crowd. Do we have a headliner we want to associate with
> Noisebridge? Is anyone friends with a headliner we could ask? (*raises
> hand*) What kind of diversity do we want? For example, with
> rave-style, some parties are all house, all dnb, all techno, or a
> variety. I usually prefer a variety, and set up a lineup based on how
> I want people to feel during the night. Put some really amazing heavy
> stuff between midnight and 2am (general headliner hours), and have
> lighter "come-down" music later on. If we're selling alcohol, take
> this into account. If we're carding at the door, take this into
> account. If the venue can only be open for X hours, take this into
> account. If there's another event we want to cross-promote going on,
> take this into account (October 18th is dangerously close to
> Halloween, and *everyone* wants to throw a Halloween party).
>

I believe I was going to headline the night with some classic epic trace -
my general sets are about 4 hours - so from 1 - 5am works if we're going
ofterhours.

>
> I'll stop rambling for now, but those are a few things people should
> keep in mind when planning all this stuff.
>
> aestetix
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ian<ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
> > i am down with that.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I'm thinking I'll ask about October 18th.  That's smack in the middle of
> the
> >> month and will allow enough time to settle out after the move as well as
> get
> >> a good production together.  Any other opinions?
> >>
> >> Christie
> >> ---
> >> Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust.
> >>     - RFC 1925
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Ian <ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> btw, do we have a tentative date for the event at CELLspace? i found a
> >>> date for fri oct 9th or something like that but i remembered that we
> >>> wanted to change it to sunday? if you know anything more concrete,
> >>> please let me know.
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> ian
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > I think if it fits together, it's good.  There's been discussion of
> >>> > bringing
> >>> > Moldover in, which I think is kind of a nifty idea.  As I've
> mentioned a
> >>> > couple of times, I think it would be best to feature noisebridge
> members
> >>> > primarily.
> >>> >
> >>> > That being said, our very own San Mehat, a "retired" internationally
> >>> > renowned DJ and club owner has offered to come out of retirement in
> >>> > order to
> >>> > help us out here.  I don't know that much about this business, so I'd
> >>> > rather
> >>> > defer to his judgement on what would be a great show.
> >>> >
> >>> > Christie
> >>> >
> >>> > On Aug 20, 2009 6:39 PM, "Ian" <ian at slumbrparty.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > are we only thinking about DJs? what about other types of music..
> like
> >>> > with instruments? ;)
> >>> >
> >>> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com
> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >> Yeah, San has offere...
> >>
> >>
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