Yes, we have a gong. I'm not sure when/why exactly it gets used. Maybe for a new sell? I'm not sure if it's a weekly or bi-weekly meeting or if it's multiple types of meetings. It's more than monthly, I'm pretty sure of that. And just in case you're still confused: Yes, we have a gong.
@craigmaloney I was a little skeptical at the beginning of https://voron-nest.bandcamp.com/album/weird-things larger due to the experimental tag, but once you get past the electro-spacey intro, heavy as a ton of bricks (which is the same as a ton of feathers I realize, but doesn't sound nearly as heavy...) !metal
Here's our latest snowfall forecast for the back-to-back events we are expecting this afternoon, then late tonight through Tuesday. #mnwx#wiwxpic.twitter.com/tEk7P4iFrM http://dlvr.it/QN984z
Is it really "tech" or is it tech that comes from Silicon Valley where there is no weather? I don't know the answer, but I'm wondering how Nokia phones hold up in the winter, for example. Of course, I'm not 100% sure Nokia phones are even still a thing.
First local I asked to be involved said 'That's as great idea it allows musicians to sort of "try out" CC license. Yeah I'd be interested in it' -- waiting on some others
@pete you know of a good place to do something like this around here? I asked Brent, who is a musicians. My connections are pretty limited here atm, but there's no hurry.
in the case of Open Everything, we had organizers in multiple places, but in this case we're starting from scratch. Chicago seems like an obvious place if we were going to do midwest, but the problem is I'm not there, and I don't have a ready-made person to work on it there. It's just more work to get them in the fold. We probably know enough people in Madison to make it happen, even with me not there, but Twin Cities probably makes the most sense if it's something I'm going to be doing. I should talk to Ty though. He's already doing Mad with Power. Hell, maybe Mad with Power could just do this in 2019.
...and the question still remains about how large to try to promote this show (I'm thinking this specifically since you aren't so far away in Michigan). After working with Open Everything ~10 years ago, I'd say trying to coordinate shows in different locations is not going to be worth it.
It's interesting that you're both podcasters. I wish I had a breakdown of who voted for what. I think netlabels don't see this aspect since we (speaking as a blocSonic owner here) take care of the licensing. It is, admittedly, super-annoying when a netlabel release is under one license and the band doesn't take the time to use that license on their own page. I don't personally see this as a huge problem, but it does require some book-keeping.
But it does bring up an interesting thought about non-CC netlabels. I don't think there are a ton of them, but it's not something I've done a ton of research on.
Also, while Music Manumit is a podcast, it's an entirely different sort of beast than what the two of you do. There's a lot less searching for us on a per-week basis, although we did formerly have to deal with the whole -ND thing...which we finally got sick of a removed...plus, we decided it might be interesting to see why bands pick -ND. So, I guess there's an educational component there.
Also, it's worth noting that Music Manumit got started out of the thought of doing something exactly like this, and we thought we needed to build up more community involvement.