7 days to go, to meet the new fish in town! Things moving faster.. Teasers, banners, flex and laze, tickets, posters, paint, it's all exciting.. Too bad I'm missing all the fun, stuck in Bangalore for an extra three days because all buses were booked.. The lazy are getting lazier.. The hard working boys are getting haircuts and Shonali is starring in a big play this monday.. Looking forward to an exciting week of piranhas, painting and marketing.. The band is being very patient as usual! Waiting to get my hands on those funky stickers.. For those few checking this blog out.. Here's a peek into what's ahead, unless you've already confirmed your presence at the show on 27th at Enigma..
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Run!! Piranha!!!!
7 days to go, to meet the new fish in town! Things moving faster.. Teasers, banners, flex and laze, tickets, posters, paint, it's all exciting.. Too bad I'm missing all the fun, stuck in Bangalore for an extra three days because all buses were booked.. The lazy are getting lazier.. The hard working boys are getting haircuts and Shonali is starring in a big play this monday.. Looking forward to an exciting week of piranhas, painting and marketing.. The band is being very patient as usual! Waiting to get my hands on those funky stickers.. For those few checking this blog out.. Here's a peek into what's ahead, unless you've already confirmed your presence at the show on 27th at Enigma..
Monday, April 14, 2008
First Steps..
Studying in Manipal is nothing less than a killer experience.. To spice things up a bit, 9 of us decided to try and organize gigs in Manipal.. The blog? A chance to discuss music and manipal.. I've decided to just record the process in which we are organizing our first event.. There are things we wanna say, times we wanna crib, what better outlet than a blog.. Also attempting to reach out to people who'd wanna help us out..
I've been in the field of events for long but never dealt with sponsorship.. It's a big deal, the most challenging part of organizing something.. I've been so used to yelling at bands asking for extra time that I've forgotten what it's like to be polite.. When you take 9 lazy people and put them in one team, things get a little hard to get done.. So we've been facing a lot of problems..
Sponsorship has been the haunting demons in our dreams for weeks now. Going from place to place, holding on phone calls, spending 3 bucks a minute to speak to people outside Karnataka.. I always knew it was a dreaded thing to venture into, and it turned out to be more challenging than I thought! Things are beginning to speed up as the date of the show comes dangerously close.. Tomorrow we should begin some serious printing and begin publicity.. The interesting part has just begun, sponsorship talks continue. Dealing with irresponsible delayers like Sunny is beginning to piss everyone off.. But apart from that little bug, the sweet little South Park metalheads are totally helping out.. Dodging politics and coupons, building an energetic psychedelic night with just 17k, we're almost there..
There's too many words of appreciation for the band.. From the time I first heard them at a local Sunday Jam in Bangalore to now as I repeatedly listen to their mp3s, there's nothing more tingling than that psychedelic ambient aura their music sends out! The compromises they are making to come down here and be a part of this with us is unbelievable.. We started this team to get out and put music up there on a stage and there's no better group of musicians that could support us than them. I owe them a lot for this and thank them dearly on behalf of the team. And soon you will too..
Watch this space for more! And feel free to leave comments..
Cheers!!
I've been in the field of events for long but never dealt with sponsorship.. It's a big deal, the most challenging part of organizing something.. I've been so used to yelling at bands asking for extra time that I've forgotten what it's like to be polite.. When you take 9 lazy people and put them in one team, things get a little hard to get done.. So we've been facing a lot of problems..
Sponsorship has been the haunting demons in our dreams for weeks now. Going from place to place, holding on phone calls, spending 3 bucks a minute to speak to people outside Karnataka.. I always knew it was a dreaded thing to venture into, and it turned out to be more challenging than I thought! Things are beginning to speed up as the date of the show comes dangerously close.. Tomorrow we should begin some serious printing and begin publicity.. The interesting part has just begun, sponsorship talks continue. Dealing with irresponsible delayers like Sunny is beginning to piss everyone off.. But apart from that little bug, the sweet little South Park metalheads are totally helping out.. Dodging politics and coupons, building an energetic psychedelic night with just 17k, we're almost there..
There's too many words of appreciation for the band.. From the time I first heard them at a local Sunday Jam in Bangalore to now as I repeatedly listen to their mp3s, there's nothing more tingling than that psychedelic ambient aura their music sends out! The compromises they are making to come down here and be a part of this with us is unbelievable.. We started this team to get out and put music up there on a stage and there's no better group of musicians that could support us than them. I owe them a lot for this and thank them dearly on behalf of the team. And soon you will too..
Watch this space for more! And feel free to leave comments..
Cheers!!
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