TAXI RALLY IN NASHVILLE -please use this thread

[jchitty]

Quote:Quote: You Yankees....'Graceland,' which is Elvis' house is in Memphis. We'd really need a long shuttle drive for that one, hehe.I vote for Vikki's idea too.What makes you think that just because I said "Elvis", I meant "Elvis Presley"? I was talking about my old buddy Elvis Schwartz... He has a house near Nashville... Hahaha! Okay, I gotta admit that was a great comeback.See you folks later.

[hummingbird]

Quote:One way to see how many people will really ante up for any kind of event is do the simple thing that was suggested-- try to get people together to all go to a known music conference in Nashville (not involving TAXI). Let's say you keep it at that, for example-- nothing but a bunch of friends meeting in Nashville and doing the conference together. The organizer would have to book a bunch of rooms at wherever you'd be staying and collect deposit checks from those who wanted to attend. Deposit checks would be required before booking the rooms and non-refundable after a certain date. This is where the metal meets the road. How many will ante up? If you DO get some minimum number than you could look into whether it's worth adding anything other to the trip besides the conference itself. (e.g. a bus trip to Elvis's house or whatever)It could be a nice thing. A simple group "outing" to Nashville. But you have to give it the acid test and see who is serious enough to write a check and stand behind it. I say go for it. Try the simple and see if you can make it work! Good luck! CaseyThat is not what was suggested. The suggestion was, very simply, that the Eastern folks pick a date, place, & event. Then each person is responsible for booking their own hotel rooms, buying their own event tickets, making their own transportation plans & buying their own meals. Simply meet there. That's it. No one's on the hook for anyone and it requires no more organization than folks interested in doing it talking to each other (privately) so they go to the same thing.

[hitwriter69]

Y'all are making this too hard. Those who want to meet in Nashville, set a date and book your rooms at the Best Western. It's about the cheapest place in town and close to the row. Down stairs is the Hall of Fame Lounge, we call it the Hall of Shame but not in a mean way. Book a long weekend and you can probably get access to the stage Sunday and Monday nights. Friday and Saturday you can probably jam in the HOF during the day. It's a real honky tonk smoke filled room but you're breathing rarefied air so to speak, as everybody who's anybody has played there. Garth, Little Jimmy Dickens, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, me, etc...you get the picture. Tin Pan is fun but it's a zoo. All the information you need to hook up at the Best Western is on the web.

[Casey H]

Quote:Quote:One way to see how many people will really ante up for any kind of event is do the simple thing that was suggested-- try to get people together to all go to a known music conference in Nashville (not involving TAXI). Let's say you keep it at that, for example-- nothing but a bunch of friends meeting in Nashville and doing the conference together. The organizer would have to book a bunch of rooms at wherever you'd be staying and collect deposit checks from those who wanted to attend. Deposit checks would be required before booking the rooms and non-refundable after a certain date. This is where the metal meets the road. How many will ante up? If you DO get some minimum number than you could look into whether it's worth adding anything other to the trip besides the conference itself. (e.g. a bus trip to Elvis's house or whatever)It could be a nice thing. A simple group "outing" to Nashville. But you have to give it the acid test and see who is serious enough to write a check and stand behind it. I say go for it. Try the simple and see if you can make it work! Good luck! CaseyThat is not what was suggested. The suggestion was, very simply, that the Eastern folks pick a date, place, & event. Then each person is responsible for booking their own hotel rooms, buying their own event tickets, making their own transportation plans & buying their own meals. Simply meet there. That's it. No one's on the hook for anyone and it requires no more organization than folks interested in doing it talking to each other (privately) so they go to the same thing.OK... sorry... I guess I was combining 2 thoughts. One was people going to an event and the other (more general) testing the waters on people's commitment. Apologies if I misstated your idea... Casey

[Casey H]

I probably won't post anymore on this one since it's pretty likely I wouldn't be able to attend an event for quite a while. I used up all my points (home "points", not airline miles) for the LA trip. It would be awesome, however, to meet more of you.What I was trying to say in my previous post was (as JMHO/experience/advice/FWIW ) even if you decide everyone will make their own plans, be careful about a scenario like this: Ten of you say you are going to go and make your own hotel reservations, etc. One of you then books a non-refundable airline ticket for $487. Then, due to money or other reasons, all or most of the remaining group backs out. If that person wasn't prepared to go alone (e.g. a big part of the reason for going was meeting and being with everyone), he/she could get stuck holding the bag with a plane ticket.A simple, everyone makes their own plans, thing CAN work but as mentioned elsewhere on this thread, sometimes people with the best intentions can not or will not follow through.There is nothing negative intended here. Nothing would be nicer for me than to hear that a bunch of you went to an event together and hear all about your experiences. Warmest, Casey

[squids]

Quote:Y'all are making this too hard. Those who want to meet in Nashville, set a date and book your rooms at the Best Western. It's about the cheapest place in town and close to the row. Down stairs is the Hall of Fame Lounge, we call it the Hall of Shame but not in a mean way. Book a long weekend and you can probably get access to the stage Sunday and Monday nights. Friday and Saturday you can probably jam in the HOF during the day. It's a real honky tonk smoke filled room but you're breathing rarefied air so to speak, as everybody who's anybody has played there. Garth, Little Jimmy Dickens, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, me, etc...you get the picture. Tin Pan is fun but it's a zoo. All the information you need to hook up at the Best Western is on the web. This sounds fine and simple to me. Even if we didn't have a ton of speakers who could do some talks, this would still be a way for people to meet and perhaps form collaborative efforts, do a little promotion, maybe an open mic, something like that. The easier, the more likely people will go.

[tedsingingfox]

Quote:Quote:Y'all are making this too hard. Those who want to meet in Nashville, set a date and book your rooms at the Best Western. It's about the cheapest place in town and close to the row. Down stairs is the Hall of Fame Lounge, we call it the Hall of Shame but not in a mean way. Book a long weekend and you can probably get access to the stage Sunday and Monday nights. Friday and Saturday you can probably jam in the HOF during the day. It's a real honky tonk smoke filled room but you're breathing rarefied air so to speak, as everybody who's anybody has played there. Garth, Little Jimmy Dickens, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, me, etc...you get the picture. Tin Pan is fun but it's a zoo. All the information you need to hook up at the Best Western is on the web. This sounds fine and simple to me. Even if we didn't have a ton of speakers who could do some talks, this would still be a way for people to meet and perhaps form collaborative efforts, do a little promotion, maybe an open mic, something like that. The easier, the more likely people will go.Agreed. The KISS method will be our best way to test the waters. If we happen to plan it around another event, great (like the NSAI event that coincides with Tin Pan the first weekend of April...much of the same info but without the added ZOO of the entire Tin Pan weekend). If not, I'd still hitchhike to get there. I'd be staying with family and/or friends, but other than crashing at night, my time will be devoted to the group.

[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.