1) We're all going to the Retro Expo next year
http://www.cgexpo-uk.com
2) RV is a good substitute for BIT Live, especially if you want to play games all weekend!
http://www.retrovision.org
Right.
OK, let's set a date here for the next proper BIT Live and see what happens. Saturday, 17th June, 2006, 7pm start. Somewhere in Copenhagen. That's plenty of time for this to happen.
In order for that to happen, we need from the scene, or its contacts (this is a comprehensive list, so we may already have some of these things)
1) A venue. Cheap/free, available on Saturday 17th June 2004, great acoustics. Pull in favours, sleep with people if you have to. If rehearsals can be done in the venue for the two or three days beforehand, then that's a bonus. This is probably the hardest part. PPOT, I'm looking at you! And it's got to be a _nice_ venue. Gossips may have pleased some, but it gives the rest nightmares
Must be able to load out the morning after. Must have licenced bar. Must be easy to find! Probably doesn't need to be seated though, which is a big plus.2) A fund that's independent from me to fund performer flights, crew, trains, automobiles, hotels, special guest planes, etc. Any money that goes to me will have to be used to pay off my current debts, which are substantial, and we need to know the money is going to be used to its intended purpose. The target figure would have to be £5000. Any surplus would be redeployed to other technical areas, but that would be a fund for people to dip into for expenses. I suggest Kenz could run it through Binary Zone, and that be purely his role. The money would be ringfenced and only used for paying personal expense.
3) A stage manager and crew willing to do it for the fun of it. There MUST be a stage manager somewhere in the C64 community. Someone experienced willing to take responsibility for the running of the show, and a crew who can work do the grunt work of putting the backline in, setting up the drums, taping down cables, etc.
4) Equipment and backline, specifically amps and drums.
5) A PA company who's good and cheap in Denmark.
6) A PR Company who's good and cheap in Denmark
7) A printing company who's good and cheap/free, to print the tickets, flyers, posters, etc.
Eight) Animators and video artists who can produce footage for the event, preferably linked to the acts content
9) If the rehearsal studio is different to the venue, then a rehearsal studio that's good, and transport for people carrying heavy equipment, possibly from the airport.
10) A logistics man who will make sure people and things are where they're supposed to be, hotel rooms, equipment, things like that.
And all of the above people/things must be 100% reliable, not just willing. Preferably we can arrange backup standbys for some of the minor things.
There's probably more than this, but that's a start. Although having a lot of time is good, preparation needs to start now.
If all this can be cobbled together from the scene, then we can do this with a nominal ticket price (maybe £5 or £10). Or free for people who donated to the fund, of course.
Now: this is a big test for the scene. Can we make it happen?
Chris
Have to make do with my donation when i get paid im afraid... plus whatever from the artwork cartoons if anyone commits....