For the love of Rally, post your highlight here!

[tedsingingfox]

You're welcome Ted. And Michael is right, I can't lie about music... [/quote]Glad to hear it. And don't forget to keep pushing me to write. I'll be eager to let you hear the stuff that's about to be created.Ted

[tedsingingfox]

Quote:Hang on....I take everything back....I just remembered the real highlight of the weekend.....Friday night, open mic. Longhaired, hippie-looking dude steps up to the mic, and says:"Testicles, one two."Maybe it's just my juvenile sense of humor, but nothing else all weekend really topped that now that I think back Allright, backpacker, I axed about you all weekend. Were you wearing a dot on your badge? I was eager to hear if you had ultimately chosen a song to work on and bring with you...Ted

[aubreyz]

I was hoping some of those highlights would have stayed just between us dots Seriously, there are so many highlights it's hard to pick just one, but I've been trying to think what was THE defining moment for me. My goals as an artist and band are tempered with the reality of the industry and market age limitations. I'm trying to do something that has astronomical odds even for someone half my age. However, at one of the A&R Q&A panels, a question was posed about age. The reply gave me much hope. Paraphrased, the response was pretty much if you have a look, are in shape and present yourself in a marketable way, bottom line it's about the music.There was no inference that the door is wide open for those of us who aren't twenty something, but at least it's not nailed shut either!My other highlights were the one on one times with mentors, Michael Laskow, Chris Baptiste, and all of the dots. There were so many classes and sessions that it was impossible to go to everything, but everything I went to was a learning experience. One of my few regrets is that I didn't get to spend as much one on one time with some of the dots as I would have liked...Aub

[hummingbird]

Highlights:- being able to talk in person to many of my forum friends who have supported & encouraged & propelled me into the new millenium.... love you all - having Ted Lowe say he "really liked" one of my instrumentals & give me specific suggestions on the few short pieces I played for him - Steven Memel's Driver's Ed class 'It sounded better at home' - Steven is so motivating and gets right to the heart of performing well. I took his advice to heart...- and incorporated it when performing at the "open" open mic later that day... where, when I mentioned I was Hummingbird, some folks who I hadn't met seemed to know who I am... and said some lovely things about me (apparently there are lurkers here who don't post much... hi to you -- get posting!)- Mentor lunches that included the opportunity to ask questions of a total of 12 mentors! Awesome.- seeing Michael Laskow give Matt Hirt a "community leadership award" for his contribution to this forum - well deserved, Matt!!- a plethora of interesting panels & classes - always too many to choose from and some you wish were given twice so you'd have a chance to attend- jamming with Casey in the lobby at Registration & over the next couple days- hanging in the sunken bar with the drunken Dots - meeting Michael Laskow live and in person at least 4 times during the Rally. Hope you take a holiday Michael, you work amazingly hard. Kudos to you and your staff for another great Rally!- meeting each of you who came up to say hi.There's probably more but I just got in, am still rocking from the train & the boat, and I'm sleep deprived...!cheersHummin'bird

[silverorlead]

hahahah it's so funny you say that man, I was there as well, and ended up stumbling into everyone and being really startstruck, but I had been talking to them for like 10 minutes before I realized who they were so it was a fortunate icebreaker -Bri

[hummingbird]

Quote:It does seem like everyone had a lot of fun! As I predicted, I went to the Rally, and I saw a lot of you there, and I was too shy to talk to anybody. Maybe I should hire a self esteem coach for next year!Brennan, I'm sorry I missed you, I would have LOVED to talk to you,warmlyHummin'bird

[squidlips]

Quote:It does seem like everyone had a lot of fun! As I predicted, I went to the Rally, and I saw a lot of you there, and I was too shy to talk to anybody. Maybe I should hire a self esteem coach for next year!Ha! Well, if ever I go to one, I'll hunt you down like a gazelle and you'll have no option but to socialize!

[tedsingingfox]

Quote:Hey fellow dot-ers. I managed to bump into a few of you.... U guys are awesome! Rally was so fun and inspiring! Don't really have one main highlight..... the whole trip was a highlight BTW, CJ, I was thinking about you last night and have decided to give you grief about spending more time on these boards. You were as nice as you could be when we met, and your smile (and your input and energy) would be very welcome here.Don't be a stranger.Ted

[liamkelly]

Quote:Well, something happened today that belongs in this thread. I just got back from a meeting/beer with Michael/songwriter. He's my favorite songwriter, and he was in Vancouver for some other stuff. Getting to hang with him for one short hour felt exactly the same as when I met so many of you. I was bummed when he disappeared from our forum for a while, and overjoyed when he started posting again. To meet him in person, was freaking AWESOME. My rally love is still growing. How about yours?steve SteveSo cool that you and Songwriter managed to hook up. AWESOME indeed , brother