SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

All about the next annual live event. Are you coming?. Discuss travel & lodging. Recruit band members, discuss equipment, setlists, etc.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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glennny wrote:My base will be at my sisters in Battleground Washington, which is 45 minutes North of Portland.
Bring us some illegal fireworks from up there! ;)
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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I, too, am thinking of Wed-Mon, or maybe Wed-Tue so I can once again purposefully barely-miss sprint planning at work.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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I have booked my vacation, for Wed 12-Tue 18. (But my work is flexible and I can change that any time.)

Right now I'm thinking I'll take BoltBus down and bring my electric cello and some recording gear. If we really, really need a digital piano and are absolutely desperate for drums I could rent a car and bring down my stage piano and Spud's drum kit but I'd really rather not have to drive.

Anyway, no matter what I will definitely be bringing at least one cello.

What about other folks from Seattle? Spud? Chumpy? ... anyone else?
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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Still keen on dragging my own guitar over -but will need to make travel arrangements for Marty (the Martin).

He has a hard case - one of those moulded plastic jobbies with a thin aluminium strip where the clips are. But it has no lock on it - and I don't want some baggage handler whipping Marty out and going Hendrix on me. And I wouldn't mind attaching a strap of some sort so I can carry it over my shoulder and keep my hands free.

Anyone ever done any modifications to this type of case? Attaching some lugs for a padlock should be simple enough. But a bit worried that if I go drilling some strap holders into it, I may destroy the integrity of the shell, and it will crack or fall apart.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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If you attach a lock, the TSA will break it. If you attach a TSA-friendly lock, the TSA will still open it. And it's not the baggage handlers you have to worry about - they care about keeping their jobs.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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So, I'm taking BoltBus down, and Spud has said he can probably bring my electric cello. So we're covered on the cello front.

BoltBus's luggage restrictions are pretty restrictive, so anything I bring will have to be able to fit into my backpack or suitcase. Which means I'll probably just bring recording gear (Firestudio, some mics, plenty of cables). I can also bring a 3G iPad to provide connectivity for streaming, in case there's no WiFi.

I think the only open question in my lineup is who's gonna play piano and drums for me.

Well that and my setlist, which will probably be affected by lineup.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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I'm not sure if I missed it, but do we have a practice space lined up? I'm thinking that my set is going to be a three-piece garage punk set (getting back to my roots), but we'll have to practice at some point.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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fluffy wrote:If you attach a lock, the TSA will break it. If you attach a TSA-friendly lock, the TSA will still open it. And it's not the baggage handlers you have to worry about - they care about keeping their jobs.
I sorted out the guitar case locking problem
http://www.bagworld.com.au/shop/detail/ ... low-pe180/

so I will be bringing my acoustic (welcome to use it as the 'house guitar' if need be)
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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I will be playing three songs.

Song 1: Me on piano and vox with a backup singer I am bringing with me.
Song 2. Me on piano and vox with fluffy on drums.
Song 3. Me on bass with fluffy on guitar and an as-yet unidentified volunteer on drums.

We won't be getting in until Friday afternoon, so there is no time to practice. You must be familiar with the repertoire.

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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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Need a last minute drummer. 2-3 basic 4 on the floor beats, one 3/4 with brushes or rusks or something.

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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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I can do it. Someone else could probably do it better. But I'm willing and able.
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Re: SF Live Portland-Musician Mart- August 14 and 15 2015

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Spud wrote:I will be playing three songs.

Song 1: Me on piano and vox with a backup singer I am bringing with me.
Song 2. Me on piano and vox with fluffy on drums.
Song 3. Me on bass with fluffy on guitar and an as-yet unidentified volunteer on drums.

We won't be getting in until Friday afternoon, so there is no time to practice. You must be familiar with the repertoire.

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