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  • From: "Jeremy Blair" <jerblar AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: best way to support bands
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:12:09 -0500

Does UNC or Duke have rules for or against street performances on campus?
Day of show, get street side and play acoustic while handing out passes.....

On 2/17/06, James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting! One idea would be to bring the
> local acts to campus. Not to take away from Glenn,
> but there's already an apparent issue with getting
> students en masse to clubs. But what about having a
> BYBBQ in the Cabaret (is it open yet?), maybe the
> Great Hall or Union Auditorium? Early shows so the
> kids can make it out to the clubs and bars is they
> wanna.
>
> I'll keep trying the CUAB folks.
>
>
>
> --- lbrenner AT email.unc.edu wrote:
>
> > I would like to speak to the issue of promoting
> > local bands on campus
> > via organizations like the student-run radio station
> > WXYC FM and the
> > Carolina Union Activities Board (CUAB). As the
> > Events Planner for WXYC
> > and as some one who has worked intimately with the
> > CUAB Music Chair,
> > I'm familiar with the resources of both of these
> > organizations as well
> > as the logistics of project planning. Both WXYC and
> > CUAB are invested
> > in local musicians. WXYC holds a (usually) monthly
> > event called the
> > Backyard Barbeque at the Local 506, which is linked
> > up with our local
> > music show of the same name. The BYBBQ show
> > features music of local
> > artists and interviews too. The monthly concert
> > hopes to realize our
> > mission to bring local music closer to the student
> > body. In our
> > experiences, we have found attendance at the BYBBQ
> > shows are often low.
> > As a management team, we are currently evaluating
> > this situation and
> > brainstorming ways to bring students to the local
> > music community. The
> > ideas that have been expressed so far include the
> > desirability of
> > including a wider variety of local music groups in
> > these live shows and
> > additionally focusing more on student bands an
> > on-campus events. If
> > members of this listserv forum wish to employ campus
> > organizations such
> > as WXYC FM and CUAB to increase the listenerships of
> > local bands, then
> > they should try sharing their ideas with high-level
> > members of these
> > groups. You can contact me, Lauren Brenner, by
> > e-mail at
> > lbrenner AT email.unc.edu or you can call (919)
> > 962-7768 or come to my
> > office hours at the radio station on Wednesdays from
> > 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
> > The CUAB Music Chair's name is Robert Gurdian and he
> > can be reached at
> > rgurdian AT email.unc.edu. He holds office hours
> > Mondays and Wednesday in
> > the CUAB office at the student union from 1 p.m. to
> > 3 p.m.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Miss Lauren Rose Brenner
> > Cultural Studies
> > WXYC Events Planner
> > (919) 260-7125
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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