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[raybear]

So the event was...fine. Not horrible, not super. Had a couple cool small chats with folks, including one person who bought two mixtapes, which means I almost broke even for the cost of tapes, thought not neceesarily labor. But I'll probably send out a couple tapes to some radio folks, so it's certainly not a waste. I also got a quick introduction to geechee and put a face to the name. And a name to the name too, techinically!

There were also some strange conversations with some weird cats at the event. I definitely used the DJ snobbery mode to my advantage when possible (e.g. this one guy who's apparantly an expoitive artist and started going on about how he's 'done' with the theater experience and want to move into film, so I just nodded then put on my headphones and cued up the next record about 10 times in a row). But the couple organizers themselves were really nice and cool, so I wouldn't necessarily turn down another experience to work with them again.

It helped to have Damon along too, I think, to keep me company in the long, dark basement. As I told him, this experience is going in my future biographical pieces.

I should be going to sleep, but part of me is inclined to wait up for Melro to come home. Which is fairly ridiculous since she'll probably just come home and pass out, and I have to get up early tomorrow for work. I give myself 20 more minutes.

Comments

[geechee.livejournal.com]

hey, you didn't tell me you were selling mixtapes. i would've purchased one. i got upstairs in time to hear my friend selly thiam "a hit" in the "hit or miss" in spoken word set. if you ever get a chance to hear her read, do so. she is an amazing young writer. after she finished, i jetted out of there back to my northside digs. i was a tired old lady who needed to go to bed. and dude, that basement was scary!

[masscooper.livejournal.com]

Dude! I'm so sorry I missed that! I've never gotten to hear her read. Matter of fact, I haven't seen her in forever since she stopped working down here. ::pout::

[geechee.livejournal.com]

the med? i know several people who've worked there. so strange including the girl (she worked there while in college a couple of years ago). selly used to live up here but i thought she moved back down to hyde park.

[masscooper.livejournal.com]

I think she actually moved north. Or west. At any rate, she's never around here.

OOhh the girl! I'm sure I've seen her then, I've been going to the med for at least 10 years.

Ugh.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

yeah, I'm still sort of new to the whole "marketing myself" thing, so I often forget to push my own product! next time though. I'm going to try and bring them along to every gig.

the basement was pretty creepy -- i was all the way at the end because it was the most brightly lit. if i had been by myself, i might have hung out by the stairs more. they said they would bring down some xmas lights to string up, but that never really happened!

and i totally jetted around 10 pm -- not too much longer after you did.