RTP-area local music and culture

[Joel Peck <joelpeck88 AT hotmail.com>]

Troika is a beautiful thing, it brings us together as music lovers and local 
supportees. It puts a lot of area bands together on really big ecclectic 
bills.
 But last year, it seemed like 3-4 band line ups featuring an unknown out of 
town act or 2 were more common. Hence, the thin crowds and disappointed 
attendees. > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:00:31 -0400> From: hepstyle AT gmail.com> 
To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: Ahh, Troika> > I don't think 
people were angstified by anyone's hard work and efforts. I> think a number 
of people were turned off for a number of reasons, some of> which I believe 
are perfectly legitimate and should be brought up here and> some of which are 
personal and should be left to the past.> > One thing that I think has been 
addressed nicely is that bands don't have to> pay to submit.> > If there are 
other issues that made people mad here that can be addressed by> Troika '08, 
speak your mind! I think I heard from some folks that last> year too many 
bands were billed in a couple of venues. With clubs that> can't keep 
themselves operating for more than a year at a time, Troika will> have its 
work cut out finding the variety of venues it needs, but they are> well aware 
of that.> > I've heard other people share that there isn't a clear idea of 
what the> festival is supposed to be about. I would say that Troika will do 
its best> over the course of the next several months to let people know what 
they're> about. The Pin Projekt will be fun.> > So yeah, what else is there? 
Share here or get involved or just wait and> see.> > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 
at 3:35 PM, pineview <quicklikeabunnyreviews AT gmail.com>> wrote:> > > As 
someone who came in at the last minute to help with the organizing,> > it 
makes me feel bad that my efforts and others hard work seemed to> > leave 
people with angst. I can tell you that the people that are> > there to help 
this year are there because they want to make Troika 08> > a really fun and 
great experience for the bands and fans.> >> > On Mar 24, 1:10=A0pm, 
hannahg... AT gmail.com (hannah gush) wrote:> > > Is it possible for us as a 
community to have a conversation about what> > > happened during Troika last 
year? =A0Bands were mad, Venue owners were> > mad=> > ,> > > musicians who 
had volunteered in the past felt excluded and punished...> > > instead of me 
saying "everyone feels this way and that way" we could all> > s=> > ay> > > 
for ourselves - especially since there's another Troika on the horizon.> > >> 
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