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| As some of you here know, I am trying to plan a gathering the weekend of 10/23 and 10/24/10 in Woodstock NY.
I had thought that we could do some pickin' on 10/23/10 from 9:00 a.m. to about 3:30 or 4:00. We would then pack up and head on over to the Woodstock Invitational Guitar Show . The tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased that day.
What I want to know is: Is 9:00 a.m. too early to start a jam?I ask this because I know that a lot of you don't live in NYS and would have travel a bit to get to Woodstock.
I have a place for us to play (well, not in writing yet. I will need to give them a definite time in writing).
Also, I was thinking that for those who want to stay overnight, I can give them info on places to stay. Maybe the overnighters might want to go to
The Museum at Bethel Woods . Adult tickets are $13 We could probably bring our gits and play in the picnic area.
What kinds of music would you like to play at this event? The only thing I have to work from is a John Sebastian songbook and a John Denver songbook. I am willing to print out tabs for the songs suggested.
I also thought we could do an open mike type of thing (or something informal, such as people sharing what they are working on).
For those of you who have organized an OFC gathering, I would appreciate your input!
For those who have attended an OFC gathering, I would also appreciate your input! I've never done anything like this before in my life.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | from my experience at prior gatherings...
the best jams usually start around 8-9pm and go on until 3-4am followed by a trip to the Huddle House.
or sitting on a porch around 2-3pm with a cooler full of NASCAR beer, soda, hard liquor and a few good lead players to carry you from song to song until either the booze runs out or the wee hours of the night make you stumble off to bed...
but you might find a different way that works :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | I've never been a fan of putting together music books for these things. Everybody knows tunes. Somebody starts playing something they know and everybody else who knows it joins in. Them's that don't know it can learn it.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Have agenda
Have an Event planned
Have lots of room for cases and parking
Don't get upset if nothing goes as planned... |
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| Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I've never been a fan of putting together music books for these things. Everybody knows tunes. Somebody starts playing something they know and everybody else who knows it joins in. Them's that don't know it can learn it.... Well, at the OFC gathering I went to, they were doing "Rocky Top", and I had no clue about that one.
But no one knew "Darling be Home Soon" by The Lovin Spoonful, so it evened out. :) .
But there is always the old stand by, the 12 bar blues progression. ;)
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Location: Vernon CT | I've been to 2 Jam's. There were usually a few that brought homemade books filled with Stage sheets (Chords & lyrics) including myself. (My memory sucks!! I need the crutch) Yes, there are some that can just follow along but not everyone, so it may be better to have something for those that can't.
Woody's comment about "Not going as planned" is spot on. Just let it flow........ :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I thought the songbooks were great ideas, mostly because I don't have many memorized and it takes me the whole song to figure out what chords someone is playing. (I know that if I'd learn some basic guitar theory this wouldn't be a problem.)
The jams without songbooks are fine, too. People group up to BS and check out all the guitars. As Mike implied, some people just don't follow plans well. These are supposed to be fun. It's really just a big party of guitar geeks.
Finally, keep your eye on the Patriot. |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Finally, keep your eye on the Patriot. :D And if someone shows up with a Storm series guitar, it might end up in my trunk! :D
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Finally, keep your eye on the Patriot. :D And if someone shows up with a Storm series guitar, it might end up in my trunk! :D
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| Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Finally, keep your eye on the Patriot. :D And if someone shows up with a Storm series guitar, it might end up in my trunk! :D
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | the best jams usually start around 8-9pm and go on until 3-4am followed by a trip to the Huddle House. Absolutely!!! |
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| Originally posted by stephent28:
from my experience at prior gatherings...
the best jams usually start around 8-9pm and go on until 3-4am followed by a trip to the Huddle House.
or sitting on a porch around 2-3pm with a cooler full of NASCAR beer, soda, hard liquor and a few good lead players to carry you from song to song until either the booze runs out or the wee hours of the night make you stumble off to bed...
but you might find a different way that works :rolleyes: Umm...no way I'm gonna be able to do that.
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| Umm...no way I'm gonna be able to do that.
Michelle [/QB] Forgot to add: it's because my days of going to Perkin's pancake house at 2:00 a.m are long over! ;)
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The second night in the Black Hills only lasted till midnight, but I think that was because the first night that I missed lasted much longer. |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
The second night in the Black Hills only lasted till midnight, but I think that was because the first night that I missed lasted much longer. Unfortunately, I still won't be able to do the nighttime stuff. I would probably only have the room during the daytime hours.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | ANYWAY....back to the original question Michelle.
Yes, I think 9am would be a tad too early to start jammin......think maybe 11 or noonish.
just my 2 cents |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | At the factory tour in May, back at the hotel around 10-ish Al, T28 and I just started playing. A couple others wandered over, including Mitchrx and his buddy and we just let it rip for around 3 hours. Seems like we never ran out of songs 'cuz everyone knew enough of a song to get us going and the others just followed along. I think Mitch had a song book but none of us could read it because some other guy we just met kept pouring shots. I do remember it was a very good night and everyone just sorta knew when to lay back or when to take control. Never could have planned it. |
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| Originally posted by stephent28:
ANYWAY....back to the original question Michelle.
Yes, I think 9am would be a tad too early to start jammin......think maybe 11 or noonish.
just my 2 cents Yea, I think that 9:00 a.m is to early, even for me! I'm thinking about 11:00 a.m. so we can have a few hours of jammin before the guitar show (which I heard was awesome last year).
I just remembered that an old hippie in Woodstock told me to "not come to Woodstock before 11:00 a.m. Nothing happens here before 11:00 because we're still sleeping it off from the night before!" :D
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| Here's another thought:
Jam from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 or 5:00pm. I figured this because the guitar show ends at 6:00 p.m.
It only takes about 6 minutes to get to the Bearsville Theatre from where we will be playing.
For those staying overnight, the Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods is about 1 hr and 40 minutes from Woodstock (well worth the trip if anyone is up for it).
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| Here's another thought:
Jam from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 or 5:00pm. I figured this because the guitar show ends at 6:00 p.m.
It only takes about 6 minutes to get to the Bearsville Theatre from where we will be playing.
For those staying overnight, the Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods is about 1 hr and 40 minutes from Woodstock (well worth the trip if anyone is up for it).
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
At the factory tour in May, back at the hotel around 10-ish Al, T28 and I just started playing. A couple others wandered over, including Mitchrx and his buddy and we just let it rip for around 3 hours. Seems like we never ran out of songs 'cuz everyone knew enough of a song to get us going and the others just followed along. I think Mitch had a song book but none of us could read it because some other guy we just met kept pouring shots. I do remember it was a very good night and everyone just sorta knew when to lay back or when to take control. Never could have planned it. WOW WOW WOW
what a time and a great night!
It was so much fun. I was rather sad the Guild guys didn't really join us but we had a ton of fun playing songs and jamming along. Nothing planned nothing scheduled just all off the top of our heads.
but after a few shots of crown I think we would have had a good time doing anything |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I guess I didn't drink enough to play along with Al at the NW Gathering. He and Miles, and several others all joined in shredding those electrics. I had a good time watching and listening, though, and was only slightly hungover the next morning.
With Damon, the string lubricant of choice was Syrah. |
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| I just wanted to clear something up. The place I got for us to play in is in a church hall. I hope that doesn't freak anyone out. I really didn't have much choice as places to rent there can be really expensive.
Woodstock has quite a few bed and breakfasts: Woodstock Chamber of Commerce
There is also a HoJo and a Comfort Inn . The HoJos and Comfort Inn are about 8 mi. from the church.
This is all I can think of for now.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I just wanted to clear something up. The place I got for us to play in is in a church hall. Then amend my original post to include red wine instead of soda! |
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| Originally posted by stephent28:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I just wanted to clear something up. The place I got for us to play in is in a church hall. Then amend my original post to include red wine instead of soda!
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OFC Gathering -- would like some input
