RTP-area local music and culture

[Reese Gibbs <rrgibbs53 AT yahoo.com>]

Do I know Hepler or do I know Hepler??

Reese Gibbs <rrgibbs53 AT yahoo.com> wrote: I think people airing their 
grievances is good and can be healthy for the community but I also think it's 
important to avoid rumor and speculation.  How could anyone know a band was 
turned away for personal reasons?  When people go from what was experienced 
to what may have happened it begins to feel like a character assassination.  
In the words of James Hepler: let's stick with what's legitimate.  Is that 
what James said?  If it isn't I would think he would say something like that. 
 Big ups, Hep.

Reese Gibbs McHenry


hannah gush  wrote: I think Joel hit it right on the head: Troika *is* a 
beautiful thing and no
one thinks organizing these things is easy.  I am the girlfriend of a Durham
musician and a HUGE local music fan.  To some it may seem I have no right to
say anything but right up until last weekend people are still talking about
how disappointed they were with Troika.  I thought if people were still this
upset maybe there were some questions they wanted to ask the organizers, who
I know post here on occasion.

I know the issues I saw last year were mostly based around disorganization
(three different times the various venues didn't know there was a show
there, bands didn't know where and when they were playing).  Some of this
may be an issue with the band/venue but the multitude of those problems says
to me it was disorganization.

The other issue is when we pay to get a ticket and then have to pay again
for the main shows - there are big enough bands to headline the main show
right here in Durham. One of the biggest bands here in Durham was turned
away because one of the organizers doesn't like them personally.  If they
would have headlined the main show there may have been enough money to pay
them and the show could have avoided cancellation.

Why are there out of town bands asked to play the Durham Music Festival?  Is
this to boost attendance?

Why were the Durham musicians that volunteered in the past blocked from
volunteering again?

Hannah


On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Joel Peck  wrote:

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> It puts a lot of area bands together on really big ecclectic bills.> But
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Hep, I think you have now been re-christened amch's cyber buddy> Date: Mon,=
 24 Mar 2008 18:58:13 -0400> From: hepstyle AT gmail.com> To: ch-scene AT lists.i=
biblio.org> Subject: Re: Ahh, Troika> > Again, very legitimate points in th=
at post which should be addressed, but> really, the personal stuff is conje=
cture. I wasn't involved last year, but> I don't recall hearing anything ab=
out the festival turning a band down. I'm> hoping, as amch's official cyber=
 bully, that we can leave the gossip out and> focus on fostering (or fester=
ing) a productive community feedback thread can> yield improvements, not dr=
edge up bad blood. I don't think one of the> bigger bands in Durham is itch=
ing for a dust up about it.> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:32 PM, hannah gush=
 <hannahgush AT gmail.com> wrote:> > > I think Joel hit it right on the head: =
Troika *is* a beautiful thing and> > no> > one thinks organizing these thin=
gs is easy. I am the girlfriend of a> > Durham> > musician and a HUGE local=
 music fan. To some it may seem I have no right> > to> > say anything but r=
ight up until last weekend people are still talking> > about> > how disappo=
inted they were with Troika. I thought if people were still> > this> > upse=
t maybe there were some questions they wanted to ask the organizers,> > who=
> > I know post here on occasion.> >> > I know the issues I saw last year w=
ere mostly based around disorganization> > (three different times the vario=
us venues didn't know there was a show> > there, bands didn't know where an=
d when they were playing). Some of this> > may be an issue with the band/ve=
nue but the multitude of those problems> > says> > to me it was disorganiza=
tion.> >> > The other issue is when we pay to get a ticket and then have to=
 pay again> > for the main shows - there are big enough bands to headline t=
he main show> > right here in Durham. One of the biggest bands here in Durh=
am was turned> > away because one of the organizers doesn't like them perso=
nally. If they> > would have headlined the main show there may have been en=
ough money to pay> > them and the show could have avoided cancellation.> >>=
 > Why are there out of town bands asked to play the Durham Music Festival?=
> > Is> > this to boost attendance?> >> > Why were the Durham musicians tha=
t volunteered in the past blocked from> > volunteering again?> >> > Hannah>=
 >> >> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Joel Peck <joelpeck88 AT hotmail.com=
> wrote:> >> > >> > > But I'm sure there's an example that proves me wrong.=
.. > Troika is a> > > beautiful thing, it brings us together as music lover=
s and local> > supportees.> > > It puts a lot of area bands together on rea=
lly 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. Hen=
ce, the thin crowds and disappointed> > > attendees.> > >> > >> > >> > >> >=
 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > Watch "Cause Effect," a show about =
real people making a real> > difference.> > > Learn more.> http://im.live.c=
om/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=3Dtext_watchcause> > >> > > -- ch-scene: the li=
st that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill -->> > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mai=
lman/listinfo/ch-scene> > > _______________________________________________=
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