TAXI RALLY IN NASHVILLE -please use this thread

[jchitty]

You know, there's something to be said for 'jes (as Squiddy loves to say) playin' it by ear. Several months back, I had been thinkin' about going to Tin Pan South anyway. Squids, Vikki, Casey, Ted and Hitsongwriter make good points here. Maybe we just ought to wait until the time comes, see if we can get a ticket to the Tin Pan South thing, and then tell folks, "hey, if you're in Nashville, I'll give you my cell phone number and we'll meet up."That way, you're not obligated if financial, physical health difficulties or any other happening (I get those, hehe) prevent you from coming to Nashville.I'm glad Mr. Laskow and Jimi created this thread....it shed some light on planning for so many peeps....planning stuff like this is a HUGE undertaking and one you can be too blue sky eyed about. Wish I had a blue eyed winky con. I probably wouldn't be able to afford paying for an expensive hotel in Nashville anyway....the further in the city you get, the more expensive. I usually rent an econobox type place that Hitsongwriter's talking about....so it'd be far better for me to just wing it, and get a cheap hotel on the outskirts of Nashville and just drive in and see what's goin' on.I guess some spontaneity is called for.

[tedsingingfox]

Quote:You know, there's something to be said for 'jes (as Squiddy loves to say) playin' it by ear. Several months back, I had been thinkin' about going to Tin Pan South anyway. Squids, Vikki, Casey, Ted and Hitsongwriter make good points here. Maybe we just ought to wait until the time comes, see if we can get a ticket to the Tin Pan South thing, and then tell folks, "hey, if you're in Nashville, I'll give you my cell phone number and we'll meet up."That way, you're not obligated if financial, physical health difficulties or any other happening (I get those, hehe) prevent you from coming to Nashville.I'm glad Mr. Laskow created this thread....it shed some light on planning for so many peeps....planning stuff like this is a HUGE undertaking, and one you can be too blue sky eyed about. Wish I had a blue eyed winky con. I probably wouldn't be able to afford paying for an expensive hotel in Nashville anyway....the further in the city you get, the more expensive. I usually rent an econobox type place that Hitsongwriter's talking about....so it'd be far better for me to just wing it, and get a cheap hotel on the outskirts of Nashville and just drive in and see what's goin' on.I guess some spontaneity is called for.And FWIW, the Best Western hitsongwriter was talking about is in the HEART of town, and literally at the end of Music Row (I used to live directly ON music row, just a couple of blocks down the street.) It is a PRIME location and still surprisingly affordable. I'd encourage you to look into it first, but I can't speak for its rates during a big time weekend like Tin Pan. Still, it couldn't hurt to use that as a starting point.Ted

[jchitty]

Quote:Quote:You know, there's something to be said for 'jes (as Squiddy loves to say) playin' it by ear. Several months back, I had been thinkin' about going to Tin Pan South anyway. Squids, Vikki, Casey, Ted and Hitsongwriter make good points here. Maybe we just ought to wait until the time comes, see if we can get a ticket to the Tin Pan South thing, and then tell folks, "hey, if you're in Nashville, I'll give you my cell phone number and we'll meet up."That way, you're not obligated if financial, physical health difficulties or any other happening (I get those, hehe) prevent you from coming to Nashville.I'm glad Mr. Laskow created this thread....it shed some light on planning for so many peeps....planning stuff like this is a HUGE undertaking, and one you can be too blue sky eyed about. Wish I had a blue eyed winky con. I probably wouldn't be able to afford paying for an expensive hotel in Nashville anyway....the further in the city you get, the more expensive. I usually rent an econobox type place that Hitsongwriter's talking about....so it'd be far better for me to just wing it, and get a cheap hotel on the outskirts of Nashville and just drive in and see what's goin' on.I guess some spontaneity is called for.And FWIW, the Best Western hitsongwriter was talking about is in the HEART of town, and literally at the end of Music Row (I used to live directly ON music row, just a couple of blocks down the street.) It is a PRIME location and still surprisingly affordable. I'd encourage you to look into it first, but I can't speak for its rates during a big time weekend like Tin Pan. Still, it couldn't hurt to use that as a starting point.TedThanks, Ted ! I'll look into that first then. Sounds like everyone else should as well.

[jchitty]

You know, I have one more proposal I'd like to throw out here, although I realize this should event be spontaneous. If behind the scenes, we do manage to decide to go to Nashville together, and we just have a small crew, maybe if Mr. Laskow would like to fly to Nashville just to speak to us in a small setting, (it could be the living room of our hotel or even a hotel room), that would be an option. We wouldn't ask him to hire any speakers....he'd just be there mentoring us for an evening ......letting us know the ins and outs of Nashville. In other words, he'd be the main or only speaker. I think that would be enough myself, being such a small event.No committments whatsoever either....just everyone waiting around to the nearest date to see if people are going to this event. And then if we go, he could come too. I realize he's busy though, so it might not be possible. If he did come, he could get a feel for if there is interest in a future gathering.... I don't know, sometimes the biggest trees come from the smallest acorn, sentimental sappiness and all, hehe. All this would depend on having a certain amount of people who did decide to go when it comes closer to crunch time....if you have less than ten or twenty people, it's probably no doable.I have a lot of enthusiasm about this only because I live 3 hours from Nashville, and I've always wished there could be some sort of Rally in Nashville. I don't have Mr. Laskow's addy, (and don't post his addy here, folks) so I just will post this here, but it will be my last post for now....(unless something important comes up).....it looks like we've got the prob solved for now anyway.

[jchitty]

Quote:NSAI is the one my co-writer wanted me to go to, chits. If only it was next week during Mardi Gras! Sheesh. Sure wish we could meet up in Nashville in April, but I understand, Squiddy. I probably won't get to attend myself because the fees are pretty steep. I'd rather spend my funds on production right now.

[squids]

Yeah, I know exactly your pain, swee'pea. This home studio thing......good investment (I hope! ) but really cuts into my funds.

[davewalton]

Quote:Yeah, I know exactly your pain, swee'pea. This home studio thing......good investment (I hope! ) but really cuts into my funds. It'll turn out to be a great investment. Cranking out tracks at $0 per track (other than the electricity to run the computer) can't be beat in the long run. Studio time has to add up quickly.Plus it'll be REALLY handy for doing all those future collaborations with forum members.

[squids]

Quote:It'll turn out to be a great investment. Cranking out tracks at $0 per track (other than the electricity to run the computer) can't be beat in the long run. Studio time has to add up quickly.Plus it'll be REALLY handy for doing all those future collaborations with forum members. Gosh, I hope so!!

[jchitty]

Quote:Quote:It'll turn out to be a great investment. Cranking out tracks at $0 per track (other than the electricity to run the computer) can't be beat in the long run. Studio time has to add up quickly.Plus it'll be REALLY handy for doing all those future collaborations with forum members. Gosh, I hope so!! I got faith in you, girl. You'll get 'er done.

[squids]

Well, girl, we'll see, won't we?