It Begins
I am sitting here with what is probably my 4th or 5th printout of the Jazz Fest cubes. Going through and marking the acts I want to see. Some stay constant, others are added. Really none go away. Unless I clone myself there is no way I can FULLY enjoy every musical act I want to see. We all know that it will change again anyway. Some people have their cubes laminated. I kinda understand that, and would do it as well but it is a waste of money for me because in the end, it will change. I have two color of highlighters with me this time. It is time to get a bit more serious about my planning. See I am helping out WWOZ on a few days and I need to remove the acts from the time I am working. This weekend I am going to be at the will call booth for a few hours handing out brass passes. Next weekend there will be a few hours spent in the hospitality tent. I obviously won't be making any of the sets in those times. So acts must be removed. *SOB*
It is an almost delicate science really, working out your jazz fest schedule. You want a nice mixture of the bands you know and love, the ones that someone told you about (ya know that one night in the club and they just raved about a certain band?) and for some, it is about seeing the big money makers. Because really when else are you to see Billy Joel for under $50? (providing that you bought your tickets before the price went up)
Tomorrow morning I am shooting to be there in time to see a couple of the first acts. Right away we run into a scheduling conflict. One is a band I love, the other I have heard a few songs on the radio and told you really have to check them out live. As long as I have crawfish bread I can make it through the day.
I am sitting here with what is probably my 4th or 5th printout of the Jazz Fest cubes. Going through and marking the acts I want to see. Some stay constant, others are added. Really none go away. Unless I clone myself there is no way I can FULLY enjoy every musical act I want to see. We all know that it will change again anyway. Some people have their cubes laminated. I kinda understand that, and would do it as well but it is a waste of money for me because in the end, it will change. I have two color of highlighters with me this time. It is time to get a bit more serious about my planning. See I am helping out WWOZ on a few days and I need to remove the acts from the time I am working. This weekend I am going to be at the will call booth for a few hours handing out brass passes. Next weekend there will be a few hours spent in the hospitality tent. I obviously won't be making any of the sets in those times. So acts must be removed. *SOB*
It is an almost delicate science really, working out your jazz fest schedule. You want a nice mixture of the bands you know and love, the ones that someone told you about (ya know that one night in the club and they just raved about a certain band?) and for some, it is about seeing the big money makers. Because really when else are you to see Billy Joel for under $50? (providing that you bought your tickets before the price went up)
Tomorrow morning I am shooting to be there in time to see a couple of the first acts. Right away we run into a scheduling conflict. One is a band I love, the other I have heard a few songs on the radio and told you really have to check them out live. As long as I have crawfish bread I can make it through the day.
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CS has his brass pass. He'll keep an eye out for you! HAVE FUN!!! And pls blog abt it all!
Give us some Twitter updates through the day. Let us know who you are enjoying!
One of those computer braniacs out there needs to write a program like "Cube Handler 3000" to make Jazz Fest scheduling easier. Make it easy for newbies, too. It could ask questions about musical and food preferences and print out a suggested schedule and route on a map.
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