Possible entertainment for VCF 8.0

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Lyle Bickley may have mentioned these words:
>On Friday 12 August 2005 08:10, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old synths and vintage
> > 8-bitters as instruments.
> >
> > You can hear one of his songs here:
> >
> > http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
> >
> > Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
> >
> > I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
> >
> > What do you folks think?
>
>I think a band is way secondary to broader advertising of VCF.

I disagree... here's why:

>One of the complaints I regularly heard from both vendors and exhibitors the
>last VCF was the lack of general public attendance.
>   I'd rather see $$ spent
>go to advertising VCF in the San Jose Mercury News, Palo Alto Times, 
>Mountain View Voice, etc.

Boatloads of advertising won't get the general public through the door if 
there's nothing at the venue they're interested in.

[As proven] Not many people can learn to appreciate a PDP-8 or Newton PDA, 
but almost everyone can appreciate music of some form or another.

If the vendors are looking for a broader general public attendance, there's 
going to have to be more (or at least more varied) offerings that can 
appeal to the general public at large.

Now, if you could book Kraftwerk... ;-)

As always, JMHO...

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

P.S. How about a Vintage Arcade game section - or at least a Vintage 
Computer Game section? Any VCF that I'd be able to attend I would be glad 
to donate a computer or two with classic games for folks to play... Just a 
[prolly bad] thought...

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