Anybody ever organize a Songpull?

Subject: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 07:26 PM

Songpull is a grass roots movement, for lack of a better word, whose aim is to provide a place for local songwriters to showcase their newest, most recent songs. Here's a link to the nearest one to me, in Kansas City.

I'm thinking about organizing a Songpull in my town. I have a site picked out for the initial events. What I want to know is for those of you who have organized a Songpull, what sort of video equipment did you use? Would you recommend that unit? What was the price range?


Jim Krause

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 08:39 PM

Damn - I took a New year Resolution...

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 09:05 PM

Me, too, but for Lent...

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 09:16 PM

A bit like a legpull, but more tuneful?... "video equipment "??

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 10:08 PM

Oh a buncha woise gois huh?

Jim

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 02:38 AM

How did you get to hear of it Jim? D'you know anybody involved?

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: open mike
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 02:41 AM

if you want to video "tape" an event
one good way is to invite a local college video production class
or local public access t.v. station to document the performers
http://www.kcpt.org/about/
http://flowtv.org/?p=892
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/1998/09/public_access_t.html

there may have been some controversity in Kansas City when a
racial hate group (KKK) tried to exercise free speech by showing
their video on the channel...and I am not sure of the current
status, but any way, public access t.v. usually focusses on
P.E.G. programming (Public, Educational and Government) and
usually these channels are available thru the cable television system..

I was a student for several years at the local community college t.v.
production class and we videotaped several music events, concerts, and performances. Some of these sessions were broadcast.

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 04:03 AM

Bugger!

I thught this was about speed dating with songs as a hook!

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 08:00 AM

I dont think you will get much UK response on this Jim - Though we DO have Singer/Songwriters aplenty , very few 'Folk' venues cater SOLELY
to this aspect of 'folk'

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Suegorgeous
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 09:14 AM

I dunno - we seem to get a few in Bristol, at least one or two monthly nights purely for songwriters to perform. Not been yet, so don't know if they video it or not.

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Jim Krause
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 12:01 PM

From: weelittledrummer
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 02:38 AM

How did you get to hear of it Jim? D'you know anybody involved?

Sometimes I go over to Kansas City for the Songwriter's Circle. I've been doing that off and on for eight or nine years, I guess. So over the course of time, yeah, I've gotten to know a few of the regulars. And we've more or less developed a mutual admiration society among ourselves. :-)

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Suegorgeous
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 12:17 PM

I'm wondering (as a complete aside!) if "pull" has that same meaning in the US? :)

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: open mike
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 01:41 PM

maybe you need to be more specific about the meaning....
so we can know if it does or not....

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Jim Krause
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 07:23 PM

>>>Poke Here!<<<

This should answer everybody's questions.

JimK

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Suegorgeous
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 07:56 PM

Well, the, err, colloquial meaning of "pull" is pairing off (and sometimes further activities) with another person. People go out on the pull, etc. Hence Mr Happy's remark above! :)

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Mysha
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 08:10 PM

Hi,

At the risk of stating the obvious: The songpull site also has a page on having a songpull.

Where is this new songpull going to be, B.T.W.?

                                                                   Mysha

Curious: You'd expect them to be guitarpulls.
                                           M.

Subject: RE: Anybody ever organize a Songpull?
From: Jim Krause
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 11:57 AM

The new Songpull will be somewhere in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. The exact location has yet to be determined.


I'm sure the originators of the Songpull were completely unawares of British slang, as am I.

Perhaps I should have prefaced this thread with TECH., as it really was about what sorts of video cameras would be best suited to record the event.

Let's get serious now, and put our heads together, OK?

Jim