How To Make The Rally Even Better. Share Ideas Here.
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:19 am
I love the Rally and I go every year. Fresh off attending this year, I had some ideas to make it even better so I thought I'd start a thread here for us to add ideas on how to make it even better. Hopefully the ideas get passed onto to Michael.
Listening Panels.
I'd set a timer for 5 minutes for each song played. So play the tune for a minute and then get 4 minutes of comments and then move onto the next song. The more songs played = more commentary to learn from. So if the panel is scheduled to run for 90 minutes, 18 songs would be played.
And if someone has had a song played in the panel and another of theirs is selected, that second song should be skipped. The Friday panel had two artists' tracks picked twice, and the songs were so similar that the panelist had to struggle to come up with something to say.
Suppliers
Over the years I've bought many things (mics, books, plugins, shakers, etc) from the companies who set up a booth. I love the fact that WARM Audio was there and offering a 25% discount on all their products. I'd love to see more manufacturers there like you had in the past. It's a brilliant opportunity for them to show their wares to a community that actually invests in their own careers. They just have to be given the hard sell to come!
The Opening Speaker
The guy from APM was interesting, but I'd prefer the first speaker to be more inspiring - as it's a great way to start off the Rally. I think the Geoff Emerick interview was my favourite. It created a great mood for everyone to then go off and take in some classes and panels. I realize it's hard to find someone new every year and that they have to be in LA. But maybe think outside the box a little? Maybe find an artist who is releasing a memoir and try and convince them to make it a stop on their book tour (as they always seem to release these types of books in the Christmas season)? Take Phil Collins for example. He released a book in 2016, his music was used memorably in film & TV sync (think Miami Vice), and he wrote the music for the Tarzan movie, so it does tie in with the theme of the Rally. That's just the first example that popped into my head, and I know it's just a hypothetical, but hopefully you get the drift.
Prizes
I've always wondered why one of the prizes wasn't something like $100 dollars worth of credits for Taxi submissions. If it was my business I'd do that, as it would get someone into the habit of submitting!
The Next Years Date
Every year I've said, why don't you announce the dates for the following year during the Happy Ending Panel? Well Michael finally did. November 7-10th, 2024. And you know what? Everyone I was sitting with added it to our calendar. So thank you I'm already looking forward to 2024!
John
Listening Panels.
I'd set a timer for 5 minutes for each song played. So play the tune for a minute and then get 4 minutes of comments and then move onto the next song. The more songs played = more commentary to learn from. So if the panel is scheduled to run for 90 minutes, 18 songs would be played.
And if someone has had a song played in the panel and another of theirs is selected, that second song should be skipped. The Friday panel had two artists' tracks picked twice, and the songs were so similar that the panelist had to struggle to come up with something to say.
Suppliers
Over the years I've bought many things (mics, books, plugins, shakers, etc) from the companies who set up a booth. I love the fact that WARM Audio was there and offering a 25% discount on all their products. I'd love to see more manufacturers there like you had in the past. It's a brilliant opportunity for them to show their wares to a community that actually invests in their own careers. They just have to be given the hard sell to come!
The Opening Speaker
The guy from APM was interesting, but I'd prefer the first speaker to be more inspiring - as it's a great way to start off the Rally. I think the Geoff Emerick interview was my favourite. It created a great mood for everyone to then go off and take in some classes and panels. I realize it's hard to find someone new every year and that they have to be in LA. But maybe think outside the box a little? Maybe find an artist who is releasing a memoir and try and convince them to make it a stop on their book tour (as they always seem to release these types of books in the Christmas season)? Take Phil Collins for example. He released a book in 2016, his music was used memorably in film & TV sync (think Miami Vice), and he wrote the music for the Tarzan movie, so it does tie in with the theme of the Rally. That's just the first example that popped into my head, and I know it's just a hypothetical, but hopefully you get the drift.
Prizes
I've always wondered why one of the prizes wasn't something like $100 dollars worth of credits for Taxi submissions. If it was my business I'd do that, as it would get someone into the habit of submitting!
The Next Years Date
Every year I've said, why don't you announce the dates for the following year during the Happy Ending Panel? Well Michael finally did. November 7-10th, 2024. And you know what? Everyone I was sitting with added it to our calendar. So thank you I'm already looking forward to 2024!
John