12 Aug
2005
12 Aug
'05
11:10 a.m.
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
You can hear one of his songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
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12 Aug
12 Aug
11:48 a.m.
Sellam,
You should speak with Paul Slocum, he is big into 8bit systems
creating music.
www.qotile.net
Look under Treewave
Curt
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old
synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
You can hear one of his songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
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1:11 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
You should speak with Paul Slocum, he is big into
8bit systems
creating music.
www.qotile.net
Look under Treewave
Clark Nova (the guy I posted a link to) uses Paul's synthcart as part of
his repertoire.
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11:53 a.m.
On Friday 12 August 2005 08:10, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old
synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
You can hear one of his songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
I think a band is way secondary to broader advertising of VCF.
One of the complaints I regularly heard from both vendors and exhibitors the
last VCF was the lack of general public attendance. I'd rather see $$ spent
go to advertising VCF in the San Jose Mercury News, Palo Alto Times, Mountain
View Voice, etc.
Cheers,
Lyle
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Mountain View, CA
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"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
2:17 p.m.
Rumor has it that Lyle Bickley may have mentioned these words:
On Friday 12 August 2005 08:10, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
I disagree... here's why:
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using
old synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
You can hear one of his songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
I think a band is way secondary to broader advertising of VCF. One of the complaints I regularly heard from both
vendors and exhibitors the
last VCF was the lack of general public attendance.
I'd rather see $$ spent
go to advertising VCF in the San Jose Mercury News, Palo Alto Times,
Mountain View Voice, etc.
Boatloads of advertising won't get the general public through the door if
there's nothing at the venue they're interested in.
[As proven] Not many people can learn to appreciate a PDP-8 or Newton PDA,
but almost everyone can appreciate music of some form or another.
If the vendors are looking for a broader general public attendance, there's
going to have to be more (or at least more varied) offerings that can
appeal to the general public at large.
Now, if you could book Kraftwerk... ;-)
As always, JMHO...
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
P.S. How about a Vintage Arcade game section - or at least a Vintage
Computer Game section? Any VCF that I'd be able to attend I would be glad
to donate a computer or two with classic games for folks to play... Just a
[prolly bad] thought...
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3:04 p.m.
On Friday 12 August 2005 11:17, Roger Merchberger wrote:
--snip--
Boatloads of advertising won't get the general
public through the door if
there's nothing at the venue they're interested in.
[As proven] Not many people can learn to appreciate a PDP-8 or Newton PDA,
but almost everyone can appreciate music of some form or another.
If the vendors are looking for a broader general public attendance, there's
going to have to be more (or at least more varied) offerings that can
appeal to the general public at large.
The CHM, where VCF is held, is located in the heart of Silicon Valley - and
there are plenty of geeks here who might well attend if they knew it was
taking place.
I've met a number of techies here in the Valley who know about the Computer
History Museum - but have never heard of the VCF. Of course I tell them
about it - but a few one-on-one encounters will not a crowd make.
Lyle
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Bickley Consulting West Inc.
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http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
3:24 p.m.
At 01:17 PM 8/12/2005, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Boatloads of advertising won't get the general
public through the door if there's nothing at the venue they're interested in.
Precisely. You'd need a gimmick with sufficiently broad appeal
that the insiders would be offended by its simplicity and
lack of sophisticated taste.
P.S. How about a Vintage Arcade game section - or at
least a Vintage Computer Game section? Any VCF that I'd be able to attend I would be
glad to donate a computer or two with classic games for folks to play... Just a [prolly
bad] thought...
VCF did team up with the California Extreme show in 2000, no?
- John
4:29 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, John Foust wrote:
P.S. How about a Vintage Arcade game section - or at
least a Vintage
Computer Game section? Any VCF that I'd be able to attend I would be
glad to donate a computer or two with classic games for folks to play...
Just a [prolly bad] thought...
I've been trying to find an angle to incorporate more video games into the
mix because that's what draws crowds. I don't want the VCF to become yet
another clasic video game event, but it will at least cater to a slightly
broader interest group.
VCF did team up with the California Extreme show in
2000, no?
Yes, it didn't work out that well. With the proper planning and execution
it could do very well, but we're both big events (CAEX is far bigger of
course in terms of attendanec) and trying to meld the two together is
challenging, so in the end we concluded that it's better to just have
separate events and do cross advertising.
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12:15 p.m.
Sellam,
I think this would/could be a really interesting presentation at VCF. Don't
know if I'm so much interested in a "concert". But hearing about evolution
of synthesizer technology over the years, cross-pollination between
electronic music and advances in computing technology would be a great
topic.
Cheers,
Lee Courtney
MontaVista Software
1237 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94085
(408) 328-9238 voice
(408) 328-9204 fax
Yahoo IM: charlesleecourtney
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Subject: Possible entertainment for VCF 8.0
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
You can hear one of his songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/quarknova
Note: requires a modern browser with fancy plug-ins to play.
I'm thinking of booking a band like this to play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
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Computer Festival
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1:16 p.m.
On Friday 12 August 2005 09:15, Lee Courtney wrote:
Sellam,
I think this would/could be a really interesting presentation at VCF. Don't
know if I'm so much interested in a "concert". But hearing about evolution
of synthesizer technology over the years, cross-pollination between
electronic music and advances in computing technology would be a great
topic.
Along the lines of Lee's suggestion, Peter Samson, the original author of four
part harmony music for the PDP-1, is a member of the CHM's PDP-1 restoration
team. You may be able to get him to speak and give a demo of his music on
the PDP-1.
Lyle
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http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
9:23 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I imagine it being either in a different room or at night after hours.
I've been to events where the music is too loud (CGE for instance) and it
is annoying.
(Yes, I realize I used to play the music "too loud" for all the old farts
in the building too :)
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I'm thinking of booking a band like this to
play at VCF 8.0.
What do you folks think?
Just one caveat:
DO NOT LET IT BE SO LOUD THAT IT INTERFERES AT ALL WITH TALKING. 
15 Aug
15 Aug
2:38 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using old
synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
I was entertained by 8-bit Weapon at a conference last year... If you'd like
to hear their music and/or see them perform, download one of the files at the
bottom of this page: http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,22/
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2:44 p.m.
And thusly Jim Leonard spake:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
He played at last years LUCKY Commodore expo. It was two great shows!
Cheers,
Bryan
I was contacted by this guy who makes music using
old synths and vintage
8-bitters as instruments.
I was entertained by 8-bit Weapon at a conference last year... If you'd like
to hear their music and/or see them perform, download one of the files at the
bottom of this page: http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,22/
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bpope＠wordstock.com -
cisin＠xenosoft.com -
curt＠atarimuseum.com -
jfoust＠threedee.com -
lbickley＠bickleywest.com -
lcourtney＠mvista.com -
trixter＠oldskool.org -
vcf＠siconic.com -
zmerch＠30below.com