Announcing electro-music 2008 Festival

mosc · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject:

Thursday will just be an evening concert: 8 to Midnight
Friday and Saturday: Noon to Midnight

egw · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

We might start at 7pm on Thursday.

velva · Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Posts: 21 Location: Chicago, IL

Will the kegs at EM08 take Roland expansion cards or flash media upgrades? I wrote a script for a smoother carbonization process, removing excess foaming. Cool

egw · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:49 am Post subject:

Today is the last day to apply for a performance spot at electro-music 2008. Any applications received after today will automatically be added to the waiting list.

State Machine · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

egw · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

We will send out the acceptance notices soon, and ask for confirmation from everyone that they are attending.
Once we have the final list, we'll publish the schedule, ask for bios etc.
This will take a few weeks.

State Machine · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:47 am Post subject:

JEM · Joined: Feb 05, 2003 Posts: 84 Location: Dover Plains, NY

Amos · Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 24 Location: Asheville, NC USA

Hi!

Mark has put forth a great deal of effort to get me on board, and I think he has succeeded. Thanks, Mark! Smile

I'm planning to bring a pile of Moog gear, possibly including a MultiPedal prototype to demo, plus my trusty rack of computer, microQ and nord modular (all in one tidy, 100lb. package!)

If possible I'd like to do some demos/tutorials on the Moog gear, including synth-programming tips if anyone is interested. I'm also looking forward to some time jamming with other synthusiasts.

Cheers, all!

-Amos

Mohoyoho · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Amos. For those who don't know, Amos is a tech for Moog Music and a heck of a good musician as well. He was telling me how he has been using the Multi-Pedal with his G2. The Multi-Pedal is one of the new innovations from Moog Music. http://www.moogmusic.com/controllers/?section=product&product_id=21114

I believe he mentioned that he will have the new Little Phatty Stage II with him as well.

State Machine · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks Amos and Mark ...... Great work and this all sounds very interesting. Wow, yes, a fair weight on the package indeed Wink

Bill

mosc · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:

Yesterday, Gerg and I reviewed all of the submissions. We are once again going to have a very fine event. Many different styles and approaches are going to be presented. Some good talks and demos too; we are looking forward to Amos's show and tells.

It is exciting to move electro-music 2008 to the beautiful facility in Kingsport.

We will notify the participant applicants very soon and after we get confirmations from them we will post a preliminary schedule. (The schedule is always preliminary until it happens.)

Very Happy

Supermarket · Joined: Mar 04, 2008 Posts: 23 Location: globe-trotter

I wish I could be there.. I'm just wrapping up a lil tour of north america though... rotten timing! i'll make it sometime in the coming years, no doubt... anyone here going to ISEA in Singapore? I'll be presenting at that...

saintshe · Joined: May 13, 2007 Posts: 5 Location: philadelphia

is there still talk of carpooling from philadelphia?

Amos · Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 24 Location: Asheville, NC USA

Thanks, guys!

Mark: correction, I was saying how cool it would be to try out the Multipedal with somebody else's G2, as I don't have one. Confused

I'll see if I can come up with some interesting demo patches for it on my G1 though... mostly I've been using the prototype Multipedal to create recallable presets for Moogerfoogers, and to do easy MIDI sync with the MuRF (which should work with most analog sequencers). More on this stuff later, of course. Very Happy

mosc · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject:

There will be for G2Xs there that I know of. You can use mine when I'm not.

droves

If no one objects, I would like to record the jams this year.

At eletro-music 2007 I recorded some of the jams, and they came out sounding pretty good. I did this as an afterthought; I happened to have a little IO box on me, and it seemed like a good idea.

This year I would like to come better prepared. I'll bring a Mackie Onyx 1620 mixing board w/ firewire card (though I doubt I'll go through the trouble of doing any multi-track recording), a computer, and some XLRs and mics for people who need them (along with some random cables and adapters and stuff that might come in handy).

I would like to just leave the recording gear up the whole time, but I'm a little wary of leaving it unattended. I don't think anyone at electromusic would run off with it, but you never know, and I can't afford to replace it. Is anyone interested in teaming up with me Please

so I we can keep recording and still do other things at the festival?

Can anyone bring a few mic stands?

What are the plans for the jam room this year?

Is there any plan to stream the jams?

I've been thinking about some system to keep track of who's playing on what. I thought I might have a mic recording to a separate track that people could just speak into to say that they're playing such and such instrument. I could use that information to say that person X joined the jam at time Y playing instrument Z. It would then be up to the listener to figure out when person X left the jam. And I might have trouble spelling people's names... Any thoughts/suggestions?

blue hell

droves

Mohoyoho · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:

Droves,
I hope you can talk EM08 up in the Knoxville area. Perhaps you know of some local internet boards, music stores, etc. We'd love to get as many people as possible. As far as gear left over night: This is a pretty secure venue, although I can't guarantee anything.

egw · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:06 am Post subject:

The jams won't be streamed, since they are concurrent with other concerts, and we can only stream one thing at a time. But the recordings could be streamed at a later time.

droves · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:

droves · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject:

smueske · Joined: May 02, 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Minnesota, USA

This festival looks really cool. I'd love to go.

Also, there's a really good festival in the Twin Cities area every year called "The Spark Festival". It's a mixture of electronic music and conceptual performance. If anyone attends next year, I'd love to hear from you.