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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
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TICKETS UPDATE 11th April 2006
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TICKETS ARE NOW ONSALE!!
You can follow this link to the online Shop to make your purchase. If you buy a ticket with the forthcoming DVD you will get a £3 discount. Please note that the price of £25 will only be valid until the 13th June
Finally, we have a venue for play
Thanks for being so patient, the location for PLAY is now confirmed as being at Fordhall Farm, Market Drayton, Shropshire. TF9 3PS
The gates will be open from 10am Thursday 22nd June until 6pm Monday 26th June (yes that's FIVE days ) and will cost the princely sum of £25 in advance and £30 from two weeks prior to the festival. The tickets will be on sale from Sunday 2nd April right up until the event. The ticket price covers all facilities and events once onsite (bar, food & drink etc excluded of course) all workshops, the show(s), the childrens creche area etc etc etc
A beautiful organic farm set in the countryside (although 5 minutes from the town of Market Drayton) that will make for the most wonderful setting for this years (and hopefully many more) PLAY Festival.
(Please visit the Fordhall Farm website, they need to raise £600,000 by July 2006 to stop this beautiful fertile place from becoming yet another industrial development, if you can help their cause please do so
)
It has great links to the M6 motorway via the A53 and for non car users we will post all info about the local transport situation asap. There isn't a train station that's particularly close but we will be laying on a PLAY Bus to make collections to/from the station as often as possible to help everyone out. There may be a very small charge for this (ie a quid or two) to cover the cost of the driver etc.
I will keep this post updated and of course keep your eyes on the PLAY Website and forum for the most up to date information.
If you could keep your questions in the PLAY Forum we'd much appreciate it as it will help us keep some control and ensure we answer as many as possible. It'll save Malcolms badwidth a little too.....
Hope to see you all there!
==============================
TICKETS UPDATE 11th April 2006
==============================
TICKETS ARE NOW ONSALE!!
You can follow this link to the online Shop to make your purchase. If you buy a ticket with the forthcoming DVD you will get a £3 discount. Please note that the price of £25 will only be valid until the 13th June Finally, we have a venue for play
Thanks for being so patient, the location for PLAY is now confirmed as being at Fordhall Farm, Market Drayton, Shropshire. TF9 3PS
The gates will be open from 10am Thursday 22nd June until 6pm Monday 26th June (yes that's FIVE days
) and will cost the princely sum of £25 in advance and £30 from two weeks prior to the festival. The tickets will be on sale from Sunday 2nd April right up until the event. The ticket price covers all facilities and events once onsite (bar, food & drink etc excluded of course) all workshops, the show(s), the childrens creche area etc etc etc A beautiful organic farm set in the countryside (although 5 minutes from the town of Market Drayton) that will make for the most wonderful setting for this years (and hopefully many more) PLAY Festival.
(Please visit the Fordhall Farm website, they need to raise £600,000 by July 2006 to stop this beautiful fertile place from becoming yet another industrial development, if you can help their cause please do so
)It has great links to the M6 motorway via the A53 and for non car users we will post all info about the local transport situation asap. There isn't a train station that's particularly close but we will be laying on a PLAY Bus to make collections to/from the station as often as possible to help everyone out. There may be a very small charge for this (ie a quid or two) to cover the cost of the driver etc.
I will keep this post updated and of course keep your eyes on the PLAY Website and forum for the most up to date information.
If you could keep your questions in the PLAY Forum we'd much appreciate it as it will help us keep some control and ensure we answer as many as possible. It'll save Malcolms badwidth a little too.....
Hope to see you all there!
Let's relight this forum 
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
Dancing sexy with you to DJ format was one of the highlights of my weekend 
It was loud...and how I manged to get half an hours kip in the big tent at 3 in the morning I'll never know!
I also had a little niggle going about the music and thought the um..genre played most of the time was a little biased to personal taste
Having said that, I was there, I enjoyed it for what it was and danced like a maniac.
(And I still havn't found out who threw my poi into the scaffolding at the top of the tent! Who's keeping quiet about that one ey?)
Written by: jo_rhymes
I admit i hated most of the music too, I was very much relieved when i got to put my ipod on one afternoon and had a good old boogie to some funky oldskool east coast hiphop! (shame it ran out of battery really!)
Dancing sexy with you to DJ format was one of the highlights of my weekend
It was loud...and how I manged to get half an hours kip in the big tent at 3 in the morning I'll never know!
I also had a little niggle going about the music and thought the um..genre played most of the time was a little biased to personal taste
Having said that, I was there, I enjoyed it for what it was and danced like a maniac.
(And I still havn't found out who threw my poi into the scaffolding at the top of the tent! Who's keeping quiet about that one ey?
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
awww aimz me too!
awww aimz
me too! Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
Bov, I agree with you. I wasn't keen on the atmosphere in the marquee in the evenings. Play 2005 had a really nice feel after 11 when the music had to be turned down. Even though Dunc says it isn't - Play 2006 felt more like a rave than I wanted it to.
I want play to be a place where I can chill with my mates. I've started to think that I wont be able to chill at play at all, but I would like my mates to be able to.
Bov, I agree with you. I wasn't keen on the atmosphere in the marquee in the evenings. Play 2005 had a really nice feel after 11 when the music had to be turned down. Even though Dunc says it isn't - Play 2006 felt more like a rave than I wanted it to.
I want play to be a place where I can chill with my mates. I've started to think that I wont be able to chill at play at all, but I would like my mates to be able to.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
i just been reading the rest of this thread and felt that i should voice my opinion... i did not think that play in any way felt like a rave, i also did not notice that the music was too loud, also i didnt notice that the lighting was bad, but then i didnt try to juggle, and i can spin poi in the dark anyway... i loved the way play felt much more like a festival this year, with people dancing to the music and having the music all night. i spent all night in the big top on most nights (i dont rememebr being too ofended by any of the music although i would have prefered more offensive music on the whole.... but then i dont really care as with so many lovely spinney people around im never gonna focus on the music, you could play me s club and id be happy) and then would wander down to the fire to take in sunrise before collapsing.... this was pretty much the perfect situation for me
i just been reading the rest of this thread and felt that i should voice my opinion... i did not think that play in any way felt like a rave, i also did not notice that the music was too loud, also i didnt notice that the lighting was bad, but then i didnt try to juggle, and i can spin poi in the dark anyway... i loved the way play felt much more like a festival this year, with people dancing to the music and having the music all night. i spent all night in the big top on most nights (i dont rememebr being too ofended by any of the music although i would have prefered more offensive music on the whole.... but then i dont really care as with so many lovely spinney people around im never gonna focus on the music, you could play me s club and id be happy) and then would wander down to the fire to take in sunrise before collapsing.... this was pretty much the perfect situation for me
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
i'm with oli here...
fair enough.
just remember, play is a music and object manipulation festival, not purely a manipulation convention.
the big top during the day was dominated by either workshops or people hanging out and juggling/spinning/chilling.
in the evenings, it was dedicated to music (and playing to music).
you can't please all the people all the time - when considering choice and level of music, that phrase is never more true.
a few suggestions of how that problem could possibly be overcome next year wouldn't go amiss though...
cole. x
i'm with oli here...
Written by: TheBovrilMonkey
the volume of the music meant that I couldn't use the big top to just hang out with people and do some juggling/spinning/whatever with them.
fair enough.
just remember, play is a music and object manipulation festival, not purely a manipulation convention.
the big top during the day was dominated by either workshops or people hanging out and juggling/spinning/chilling.
in the evenings, it was dedicated to music (and playing to music).
you can't please all the people all the time - when considering choice and level of music, that phrase is never more true.
a few suggestions of how that problem could possibly be overcome next year wouldn't go amiss though...
cole. x
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they do porridge."
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Posted:
Yep, that's fair enough. As I've said before I have no problem with people using the big top for loud music, if I have somewhere else to go.
Not knowing a great deal about the logistics involved, I'm wary about offering suggestions, but having the stalls a bit further away from the big top along with a couple of lights may have been all that was needed, but I suppose that'd only work if the weather was good for the whole weekend.
Anyway, since Dunc's said that the lights'll be better next year, I'm going to consider it sorted
Yep, that's fair enough. As I've said before I have no problem with people using the big top for loud music, if I have somewhere else to go.
Not knowing a great deal about the logistics involved, I'm wary about offering suggestions, but having the stalls a bit further away from the big top along with a couple of lights may have been all that was needed, but I suppose that'd only work if the weather was good for the whole weekend.
Anyway, since Dunc's said that the lights'll be better next year, I'm going to consider it sorted
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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compfuzzled
1,182 posts
Location: hastings, England (UK)
compfuzzled
1,182 posts
Location: hastings, England (UK)
Posted:
it seems to me that the only way that a majority of people will be kept happy is with funky underground hiphop (which i slightly specialise in!) cos it seems this placates the people who dont like full-on psytrance/dnb mentalness whilst those people who do like the full on mentalness are generally still happy if theres something that isnt full on guitar business.
Written by: jo_rhymes
I admit i hated most of the music too, I was very much relieved when i got to put my ipod on one afternoon and had a good old boogie to some funky oldskool east coast hiphop! (shame it ran out of battery really!)
it seems to me that the only way that a majority of people will be kept happy is with funky underground hiphop (which i slightly specialise in!) cos it seems this placates the people who dont like full-on psytrance/dnb mentalness whilst those people who do like the full on mentalness are generally still happy if theres something that isnt full on guitar business.
"the geeks have got you" - Gayle
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
Power and water are the main reasons for the stalls/other chillout areas being where they were. The cinema for example didn't need power from us (it got it from the sun ) so they could go more or less whereever they wanted.
If we were to provide another area for chilling that was far enough away from the main marquee then we would need another generator to power the sound (low) and lights. That all adds to the cost of putting on a festival where tickets are £25/£30.
Not saying that it can't be done, but those are the logistics that you may not have known about before
I would love to see somewhere like this, as long as it didn't take to much away from the community feel that you get from having one tant in the day time. It's an option that needs thought though, I think.
Power and water are the main reasons for the stalls/other chillout areas being where they were. The cinema for example didn't need power from us (it got it from the sun
) so they could go more or less whereever they wanted. If we were to provide another area for chilling that was far enough away from the main marquee then we would need another generator to power the sound (low) and lights. That all adds to the cost of putting on a festival where tickets are £25/£30.
Not saying that it can't be done, but those are the logistics that you may not have known about before
I would love to see somewhere like this, as long as it didn't take to much away from the community feel that you get from having one tant in the day time. It's an option that needs thought though, I think.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
also without putting the ticket prices up loads. bleargh.
also without putting the ticket prices up loads. bleargh.
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Posted:
Yeah, I thought it'd be another generator that'd be needed - running long cables across well trodden fields isn't going to end well.
Maybe I'll look into investing in wind up or solar powered light sources, at least then I could have a lit up area of the campsite, which may well be enough.
Yeah, I thought it'd be another generator that'd be needed - running long cables across well trodden fields isn't going to end well.
Maybe I'll look into investing in wind up or solar powered light sources, at least then I could have a lit up area of the campsite, which may well be enough.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Posted:
As the one who was supposed to be providing a lot of the music, I was just pissed off that I spent a lot of time before Play adding a lot more variety to the music I brought with me (reading through [Old link] and the play forum, and ripping lots of friends CDs), only to play a half dozen tracks the thursday night.
Also I find it offensive the way the word 'rave' is used by people who don't have the slightest clue what a real rave is, to describe any event where people dance to electronic music.
The speaker setup was fine for a show in front of several hundred standing people, where noise reaching the back is a concern (big groups of people soak up the noise), but completely wrong for an event of 500 people, and it ended up being a case of 'one sound system to rule them all', to the point where drumming round the fire-pit was pointless as the main sound system could be heard all the way down the bottom of the field, yet the sound desks were in the wrong place so the people playing music from there couldn't hear what was coming out of the speakers properly, resulting in the volume being turned up more.
A better setup would have used 4 or 6 sets of smaller speakers, all pointing in towards the center of the tent, so the volume could be lower, the sound more evenly distributed, and much less noticable outside the tent, allowing other small and similarly arranged sound systems to be used in a couple of geodome sized tents to give a bit more choice in music styles/tempo to suit the kind of spinning people wanted to do.
I heard plenty of music I like to spin to, but that's because I was plugged into my mp3 player a lot of the time
As the one who was supposed to be providing a lot of the music, I was just pissed off that I spent a lot of time before Play adding a lot more variety to the music I brought with me (reading through [Old link] and the play forum, and ripping lots of friends CDs), only to play a half dozen tracks the thursday night.
Also I find it offensive the way the word 'rave' is used by people who don't have the slightest clue what a real rave is, to describe any event where people dance to electronic music.
The speaker setup was fine for a show in front of several hundred standing people, where noise reaching the back is a concern (big groups of people soak up the noise), but completely wrong for an event of 500 people, and it ended up being a case of 'one sound system to rule them all', to the point where drumming round the fire-pit was pointless as the main sound system could be heard all the way down the bottom of the field, yet the sound desks were in the wrong place so the people playing music from there couldn't hear what was coming out of the speakers properly, resulting in the volume being turned up more.
A better setup would have used 4 or 6 sets of smaller speakers, all pointing in towards the center of the tent, so the volume could be lower, the sound more evenly distributed, and much less noticable outside the tent, allowing other small and similarly arranged sound systems to be used in a couple of geodome sized tents to give a bit more choice in music styles/tempo to suit the kind of spinning people wanted to do.
I heard plenty of music I like to spin to, but that's because I was plugged into my mp3 player a lot of the time
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Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
not my department but....... i'm looking into cost efective solutions, i know that wasn't and i hope it never WILL be a rave or a purely music festival. no mash heads (none that i noticed) and no chav/thieving git eliment was enlightening for me, bov sorry if i came across dismissive towards you ( ommits emote through fear)
if you asked the sparkeys/sound engeneers they would have told you both gennys where maxed out, the little yellow one, in the day and the big red one from bassline in the evenings. the lighting was pants yes but play is young in my eyes and like any infant it needs to learn to walk before it can run
not my department but....... i'm looking into cost efective solutions, i know that wasn't and i hope it never WILL be a rave or a purely music festival. no mash heads (none that i noticed) and no chav/thieving git eliment was enlightening for me, bov sorry if i came across dismissive towards you ( ommits emote through fear)
if you asked the sparkeys/sound engeneers they would have told you both gennys where maxed out, the little yellow one, in the day and the big red one from bassline in the evenings. the lighting was pants yes but play is young in my eyes and like any infant it needs to learn to walk before it can run
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Completely agree Dunc, during the show all that could be heard from where i was sitting was distorted bass, at one point I crawled across the front to get to the sound desk to let them know how awful it was. when i got there the music sounded absolutely fine.
Sorry you're offended and angry hun i don't blame you .
Written by: polarity
the sound desks were in the wrong place so the people playing music from there couldn't hear what was coming out of the speakers properly, resulting in the volume being turned up more.
Completely agree Dunc, during the show all that could be heard from where i was sitting was distorted bass, at one point I crawled across the front to get to the sound desk to let them know how awful it was. when i got there the music sounded absolutely fine.
Sorry you're offended and angry hun
i don't blame you . Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
i did say to put all the speakers in one area so if loads of people wanted a dance thet would soak up the sound like polarity said but i blatantly got told NO!!! if it had have been set up like that there would have been a "quiet zone" in the big top.............well less loud
the bloke hireing out the rig was a disco bandit, having partys in quarries and forests you learn a little about sound dispersion
i did say to put all the speakers in one area so if loads of people wanted a dance thet would soak up the sound like polarity said but i blatantly got told NO!!! if it had have been set up like that there would have been a "quiet zone" in the big top.............well less loud the bloke hireing out the rig was a disco bandit, having partys in quarries and forests you learn a little about sound dispersion
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1 + 1 = 3
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Location: Bristol UK
1 + 1 = 3
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Location: Bristol UK
Posted:
I nearly couldn't do my show, because the 'Sound guy' didn't know how to Plug my Ipod into the sound system...
Polariy to the Rescue, i believe it was!
I nearly couldn't do my show, because the 'Sound guy' didn't know how to Plug my Ipod into the sound system...
Polariy to the Rescue, i believe it was!
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: in the trees
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Geek
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Location: Manchester, UK
Geek
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Location: Manchester, UK
Posted:
I personally loved the party vibe that developed in the evenings. I also think that comparing it to a rave is slightly ridiculous.
I'm not sure what people are complaining about when it comes to noise. It wasnt that loud at all. In fact due to the fluctuations in volume level there were points where you could hardly hear anything at all. Besides I'm not sure how a bit of loud'ish music stops you spinning / juggling / having a bit of a laugh.
not all music is to everyones tastes. If you dont think you like it - try to be a bit more open minded. Other people are probably thinking its great.
Dunc - I'd also still like to chat to you about the possibility of doing a couple of DJ workshops during the day next year. I'm not entirely sure how it would work. It might just not be possible. I havent really thought it through yet to be honest. I'd be willing to give it a go though.
Just for future reference - I am very experienced with setting up soundsystems from small public speaking events to full scale clubs. I also know people with all the approriate equipment.
My services are available for free and I'm sure an appropriately sized soundsystem would be cheap from the man I'm thinking of.
I personally loved the party vibe that developed in the evenings. I also think that comparing it to a rave is slightly ridiculous.
I'm not sure what people are complaining about when it comes to noise. It wasnt that loud at all. In fact due to the fluctuations in volume level there were points where you could hardly hear anything at all. Besides I'm not sure how a bit of loud'ish music stops you spinning / juggling / having a bit of a laugh.
not all music is to everyones tastes. If you dont think you like it - try to be a bit more open minded. Other people are probably thinking its great.
Dunc - I'd also still like to chat to you about the possibility of doing a couple of DJ workshops during the day next year. I'm not entirely sure how it would work. It might just not be possible. I havent really thought it through yet to be honest. I'd be willing to give it a go though.
Just for future reference - I am very experienced with setting up soundsystems from small public speaking events to full scale clubs. I also know people with all the approriate equipment.
My services are available for free and I'm sure an appropriately sized soundsystem would be cheap from the man I'm thinking of.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: in the trees
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Location: in the trees
Posted:
oooooooooooooo dj workshops would be great, i did want to bring that up at the time but i got side tracked.
only problem is....... you'd need loads of decks seye
oooooooooooooo dj workshops would be great, i did want to bring that up at the time but i got side tracked.
only problem is....... you'd need loads of decks seye
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what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
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Posted:
Hmm I got a bit paranoid just now reading about people *hating the music* cos I was putting on a lot of the tunes on Sat/Sun afternoons.. but it seems more like the evening that people were concerned about. Polarity's right, it was really hard to hear how anything sounded from where the desk was... and it was definitely hard figuring out how to plug in to the main desk...
Having said that I tried to mix up styles a lot in the sets I did. I even played some songs with geetars!
Hmm I got a bit paranoid just now reading about people *hating the music* cos I was putting on a lot of the tunes on Sat/Sun afternoons.. but it seems more like the evening that people were concerned about. Polarity's right, it was really hard to hear how anything sounded from where the desk was... and it was definitely hard figuring out how to plug in to the main desk...
Having said that I tried to mix up styles a lot in the sets I did. I even played some songs with geetars!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Bov we take all comments on board, and make changes to suit. All feedback is crucially important to us
Last year we wanted late music but legally couldn't, most feedback asked for more so we gave it. Maybe we gave just that little too much
More balance next year
As for outside lighting, we wanted it and investigated it but cost prohibited it
More investment and some funding next year should help sort all that out tho
That was Strap The Button. You can find some of their tunes HERE or on ther website (google their website I can't be arsed )
No I disagree, better late than never, but sooner would have been ever betterer
Juggling?!
How dare you! It was for ALL activities
Yes it was atrocious
It got better as we overcame some of the technical problems during the weekend but not all. We had so many possibilities but the prohibitve cost of fuel in the big genny and the wrong connectors for the small genny meant that we couldn't have the big main centre light on or the other lights on without the big genny running. And at 10 litres an hour not only was it financially unrealistic to have it on it was environmentally impossible too. Devkev did actually offer to buy more deisel to have the top light powered by the big genny on but I simply couldn't bring myself to run a generator that size for a few lights and pump sooooo much carbon and other nasties into the environment, sorry.
Damn those slightly different connections!! Grrr
Rest assured lighting and music for next year will be awesome. Plans are already afoot. And thanks for the offer of lights/staging guys but I think we have it sorted already And now I have TONS more experience and knowledge I can plan it our far better and still keep it within budget to keep the price down (probably the single hardest part of the whole festival....damn money!!!)
Written by: Bov
Indeed, and it looks like I'm very much in the minority, so while I'm sure that Dunc'll take what I'm saying on board, it's probably not going to change.
*insert slightly sad and not very hopeful graemlin here*
Bov we take all comments on board, and make changes to suit. All feedback is crucially important to us
Last year we wanted late music but legally couldn't, most feedback asked for more so we gave it. Maybe we gave just that little too much
More balance next year As for outside lighting, we wanted it and investigated it but cost prohibited it
More investment and some funding next year should help sort all that out tho Written by: Ed
Oh, and who were that wicked, weird tool-esque metal band that played on the saturday night, I think it was? They were wicked! I want their CD!
That was Strap The Button. You can find some of their tunes HERE or on ther website (google their website I can't be arsed
) Written by: Cole
simian:
the important question is "did you express your views at the time?"
if you didn't, it really is a bit a bit late to complain if that's all you want to do.
if you don't have any constructive criticism to help ease the situation next year, publically venting your frustrations long after anything can be done to change your feelings is pretty pointless innit?
No I disagree, better late than never, but sooner would have been ever betterer
Written by: Sim
considering the tent was for juggling activities the lighting was atrocious. i believe it was mentioned at the time by a few people
Juggling?!
How dare you! It was for ALL activities Yes it was atrocious
It got better as we overcame some of the technical problems during the weekend but not all. We had so many possibilities but the prohibitve cost of fuel in the big genny and the wrong connectors for the small genny meant that we couldn't have the big main centre light on or the other lights on without the big genny running. And at 10 litres an hour not only was it financially unrealistic to have it on it was environmentally impossible too. Devkev did actually offer to buy more deisel to have the top light powered by the big genny on but I simply couldn't bring myself to run a generator that size for a few lights and pump sooooo much carbon and other nasties into the environment, sorry. Damn those slightly different connections!! Grrr
Rest assured lighting and music for next year will be awesome. Plans are already afoot. And thanks for the offer of lights/staging guys but I think we have it sorted already
And now I have TONS more experience and knowledge I can plan it our far better and still keep it within budget to keep the price down (probably the single hardest part of the whole festival....damn money!!!) Let's relight this forum
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
I think that was more to do with the right cable, and it was on Polarity's desk as mine was lost with my mp3 player....till it surfaced on monday
Written by: Ed
I nearly couldn't do my show, because the 'Sound guy' didn't know how to Plug my Ipod into the sound system...
Polariy to the Rescue, i believe it was!
I think that was more to do with the right cable, and it was on Polarity's desk as mine was lost with my mp3 player....till it surfaced on monday
Let's relight this forum
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
oh also, i think there should be a "Play sledgehammers fund"! it was embarrassing asking the circus guys to borrow their sledgehammers all the time! :P
oh also, i think there should be a "Play sledgehammers fund"! it was embarrassing asking the circus guys to borrow their sledgehammers all the time! :P
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Posted:
Dunc that is ace, mate. That you are already on it for next year
*starts remortgaging the house to get back here again*
Dunc that is ace, mate. That you are already on it for next year
*starts remortgaging the house to get back here again*
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
I'd be happy to give the the "get gabe to play 2007" fund
Written by: newgabe
*starts remortgaging the house to get back here again*
I'd be happy to give the the "get gabe to play 2007" fund
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Me too! Gabe you were Toooootally awwwwsome duuuude
Me too!
Gabe you were Toooootally awwwwsome duuuude Let's relight this forum
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
DUDE! Gabe! you were SOOOOOOOOO totally awesome dude! RIGHT ON!! I'd give to the "Get Gabe 2007" fund.
DUDE! Gabe! you were SOOOOOOOOO totally awesome dude! RIGHT ON!! I'd give to the "Get Gabe 2007" fund.
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls.
4,030 posts
Location: Bali, Australia
Posted:
aaawwww shucks, chaps.
Wish I'd seen Strap the Button. I passed out in the tent and slept like a zombie...
aaawwww shucks, chaps.
Wish I'd seen Strap the Button. I passed out in the tent and slept like a zombie...
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Posted:
As part of Smile's development I'm looking into a way to play visuals and music as loud as people can take it, at any time of night.
It's probably going to take a geodome wrapped in chickenwire, a low power FM transmitter, and a lot of little FM radios and headphones.
And it'll all run off renewable energy too
As part of Smile's development I'm looking into a way to play visuals and music as loud as people can take it, at any time of night.
It's probably going to take a geodome wrapped in chickenwire, a low power FM transmitter, and a lot of little FM radios and headphones.
And it'll all run off renewable energy too
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Dunc when you have the plans you know where I am dude
Of course being that's it's sooo done I'm sure you can find plenty of peeps to help you out
Dunc when you have the plans you know where I am dude
Of course being that's it's sooo done I'm sure you can find plenty of peeps to help you out
Let's relight this forum
Carpal \'Tunnel
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
Posted:
newgabe.......... don't get paranoid you had a wicked selection of tunage
thanks for reminding me of salmonela dub
newgabe.......... don't get paranoid
you had a wicked selection of tunage thanks for reminding me of salmonela dub
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