Yeah! Local college radio is going to have us on for about 15 minutes right before the doors open at the Blind Pig. There is a net stream available on <a href="http://wcbn.org/">their WCBN website</a>. If I wasn't such slacker admin I'd be having a net stream of the party tonight!! ;______; Dunno?!?!?!

All n000bs!!! \xD/

is anyone even playing or is just going to be the tracks?

they play Cannonball on their radio right now. sweeeet. =-]

all n000bs lol

*hugs and kisses wtf/ftw*

i'll be listening from portland OR.. hope everybody has a good time tonight!!! wish i could be there!maybe next year :)

<a href="http://sharebee.com/211b3732">19.1mb</a> for these goombas who missed teh "cheer smiles with us! wheeeeee!" and all these things. =-]

lol

dunno about running a net stream here this connection like does not exist... hope this posts!! xD

This is real cool. As soon as I get some extra cash Im gonna throw a few bucks towards the donation. Thanks B-Knox. Im just happy I can share my ideas with people and hear theirs also.

jinxone you have the right idea this needs to be an internet only kinda thing it has gotten to the point where there are alot more people outside of michigan and even the us getting involved where there is no need for an awards show to happen or a detroit/ ann arbor battle for that matter it was almost sad to see that 90% of the people that had to do with this years battle were not even from ann arbor or michigan at all. it should just be an online battle and thats that. ok i guess thats all i have to say. love adon

I don't know... I had a good time despite the turn out. The 'night after xmas' gig fell in my lap. Blind Pig originally asked Counter Cosby to organize a show that night. Well, the boys said, "Fuck that!" And damns Ann Arbor VI hadn't happened yet with the year almost over? =O So it was a last minute effort. It doesn't really help that no one in the BotB community seems to be very adept at promotions. I think with more planning and a better show date the head count could be greatly improved. But whatev. If that Found magazine can go on tours then why can't BotB -- it's just as good an idea!! We got to educate the people somehow!! The very few newcomers that were there found it most interesting. Right now I am planning to add a BotB Chicago and NYC and no one gonna stop me!! xD

its not like A2 isnt full of cynical intro-verts.
Adon you have some good points but the show turned out as planned!!!! B-knox did a great job!!! It all About finding NoobS And we did that And We Had A good Q&A
of the Two doz Peps that showed they all liked it !!!!

Thanx for the airtime, geez blangel! this was the first botb compo that i participated in, but didn't submit a track (heart breaking and disconcerting.)

i think its good that BOTB has a homebase where events happen. but i live in ann arbor so my view may be bias. still i always hear of these events in NY or chicago and far away like germany and japan... and say to myself i wish there was cool buisness in or around here! yea electronic people stay home alot ( i do ), but a lot of people just went BLIP last month... . BOTB is a great thing and i think it only needs time, Not having detroit/ann arbor battles won't accomplish anything but take away what little local stuff we have.

Local BotBrs were -- bgone, Tiaga, aclone, traits, mogigrumbles, syst3mofadon, Baron Knoxburry, sc & SBX 8000 which makes up a bit more than 33.3% of submissions (not 10% ;D). But I could throw in Triazolam also who I believe is from Ft. Wayne and is often seen by me at Detroit parties. Doing events in other cities can only help when it comes time to promote again on the hometurf. Like I said, this really was a last minute thing.

Perhaps allowing members to show up and play is a good idea. It would definitely make them more likely to get the night off work and demand their friends to attend. The problem from our experience in past shows is that it creates absolute chaos. All of a sudden we got to jam 10 acts into an hour and a half. You know, so how do we keep the acts to a minimum that's fair for all? I definitely don't feel like being the one responsible for picking ppl by some BotB/local cred bull.

During the show I was waiting for requests before and after the AAVI tracks. But no one suggested anything so I played my favorites whilst chatting on teh IRC between pings. PONG!!


all n000bz!!! xD

i wasent saying you didnt do a good job at putting it together. you did. also thanks for the shirt i owe you one. i guess im trying to say maybe more people around here need to get involved. i was not trying to bash botb at all i enjoy doing the battles and i actualy want to start trying more of them.

I like it without people playing live to be honest. I liked the style of the first one and a few others where it's in a chill spot with a big system. People can dance and get drunk and hang out if they want and it's not weird when the turnout is smaller. Maybe a few DJs would be fun but live acts make things a little to hectic I think.

feedback is what this is all about!!!!!

Lol -- didn't mean to seem on the defensive. xD I think next time around we just need to be more on the ball with delegating missions to ppls. I mean we've done this how many times?!!? I bet we'd get help if we just got it straight in our heads what BotB needs and asked for it. :D/

Yeah, seriously --
There should be street points or something for people who help locally.

rambling comments:

I think live events are necessary and can be quite awesome.

The turnout for Ann Arbor I & III were great. Especially III, we had 197 at the door for a Blind Pig event. However, there was lots of promotion, mags, news articles, flyers, WCBN, Michigan Public Radio. Remember , it was before the BOTB site existed. In fact, the headline of the "Current" article gave us the BOTB name. Also A2 III was a Friday night and all entries were played. That in it self brought peeps and theirs friends. U-M is over 40,000 students from around the world and we really haven't tried to get into their music/progrmming schools , same w/ WCC. There's got to be hundreds (thousands?) of producers/programmers we haven't touched yet.

I completely agree with Langel about having more compos based in other cities. It's too easy NOT to do. And part of the BOTB mission (argubably) is to get our anti-social asses away from the monitor and be social.

Selector's point is also very valid. when selecting a playback/rewards show think smaller/intimate. Maybe even avant coffee houses or small art spaces. The smaller the place the more packed it seems and the greater the social interactions/music making potential collaborations.

Maybe we need to get marketing/promotion interns from marketing school at U-M (FREE LABOR!) I'll make a call to see what the qualifications for a certified intern program for U-M are.

i want a Caracas competitioN!!! \o/... jeje ^^ i could try to organize that crap!!! around there!!! :X and i should invite everyone to this little party!!!... \o/... let me know if i have the green card!!! JAJAJAJAJA...

i want more ppl here and doing tracks everywhere!!!... \o/... well... thats all :X... i will wait until the next ann arbor :X... now comes the chip part for my brain!!... winter chip!!! ^^

If we want interns I think we need to first be a recognized as some kind of organization. We are gearing towards non-profit but I do not believe the 501(c) license is necessary for intern asking authority. But this would mean, like, we would need a MISSION STATEMENT or something. :D We'd need some examples to work from.

UI n00b xD If you want to have a Caracas compo party then why not!??! XD But you better get your butt out on your local radio!! :P

welp. here it is...good party last night. 2008. Anyways, im down to play a show. We have 5 people that play botb here that are all from the same town. We had shows too, fun as hell.

Disregarding those of us who working in marketing and such *wink >> "It doesn't really help that no one in the BotB community seems to be very adept at promotions."

Not to mention I never did get the stuff for Counter Crosby *coughs... but hey details XD

where are you from jinx?

he's from lemoore, california. me, jinxone, hasewn, bleedmaster, the guy with the username "me" (sack lunch)... we're all from the general area around lemoore, ca. i think there's one or two other people who have usernames on here but don't submit that are also from the area, but i'm not sure.