WATMM MANCHESTER MEET UP/GIG

Margaret thatcher (the Watmm user, obviously) came up with the idea of having a Watmm meet up but also a chance for the music makers to have a bit of play. I was thinking what a great idea it would be but didnt know what to do next. But as luck would have it, i got an email through myspace this morning asking for bands and artists to play at salford crescent. They dont ask the artists to pay any money or to have to sell tickets etc.

According to their blog/about us section on their myspace they will provide a basic drum kit, pa system, 3 mics and their own sound mixing chap. So i think all we would need to do is bring laptops or whatever and plug in.

Would any manchester, or surrounding area Watmmers be up for this? If i can get a list of people willing to play i can approach the organisers and see what they think.

I will link to their myspace soon, posting this off my phone which is utter crap, so may take me a while.

Let me know what you lot think? I reckon its a great opportunity.

i'd be up for attending, as long as the trains back home aren't too early in the night

we tried setting up a gig for the los angeles chapter. but as time went by, we all lost interest. i'd try it again, but watmmless. i don't talk about watmm outside anymore.

Oscillik, i will hopefully try and arrange it for a weekend, i imagine that trains run later( i dont know what i'm basing that on really....)

But it wont be for a good few months anyway, if it does happen. Like i said, i would like to get a few names willing to play first before i get on to the promoters.

I tried to copy and paste their about us thing but my phone is a piece of Shit!! I will sort it out when i get in from work in a few hours.

If it all goes to plan we could try and make it a regular thing.

i'm there. and i'm also using the drum kit (and bringing a bass guitar). just you wait.

Excellent!!

This sounds good man, where do we sign up?

Myspace

Soundcloud

Also i know the road Salford Crescent, but not the venue....is it near the Black Horse Hotel? (old squat party venue)

  On 3/25/2010 at 3:20 PM, Jimbob said:

This sounds good man, where do we sign up?

Myspace

Soundcloud

 

Also i know the road Salford Crescent, but not the venue....is it near the Black Horse Hotel? (old squat party venue)

Just asked a mate in work and he said its actually called 'the crescent'. Its been in the camera good beer guide thing for the last 10 years and has loads of real ales, if thats anyones thing?

I will get onto the organisers when i get in. Really excited about this. Even if we all get half an hour to play it will be a good laugh. Lets just hope they dont discriminate against "our" sort of music! I will find out for sure. If not i will get onto some other places. We can make this happen!

i'll just jam on freebird for half an hour. they'll love it, the slags.

IF IIII LEEEAVE HERE TOMOROOOOOW

Leicester muthafukkas

REET!!! I have just sent them a message to say that I am interested in organising a night at their venue, and stated that the music will be electronic/drum and bass sort of stuff. So I just await their reply now. Will keep everyone posted.

This is the myspace site http://www.myspace.com/tingntingentertainment (ignore the name...as long as they can let us have a room we are sorted.)

oh, and here is the website for the actual venue - http://thecrescentsalford.co.uk/

  On 3/25/2010 at 2:46 PM, placidburp said:

Oscillik, i will hopefully try and arrange it for a weekend,

if that's the case then, i'll pull an all nighter :D

  On 3/25/2010 at 5:38 PM, oscillik said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 2:46 PM, placidburp said:

Oscillik, i will hopefully try and arrange it for a weekend,

if that's the case then, i'll pull an all nighter :D

Excellent! Well by the looks of the gigs advertised on the myspace page, they are all on Friday or Saturday nights, which is great!

i'm driving up from the south so i'll pick up any soft southern bastards who want to come along.

You are a lovely, lovely man!

  On 3/25/2010 at 5:42 PM, placidburp said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 5:38 PM, oscillik said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 2:46 PM, placidburp said:

Oscillik, i will hopefully try and arrange it for a weekend,

if that's the case then, i'll pull an all nighter :D

Excellent! Well by the looks of the gigs advertised on the myspace page, they are all on Friday or Saturday nights, which is great!

if someone could meet me at the nearest train station too, that'd be grand. since i don't know my way around at all.

i won't be performing, since i haven't worked on tracks for well over a year and have no gigging equipment anyways. i'll just bring my oscillik-ness with me

  On 3/25/2010 at 6:33 PM, oscillik said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 5:42 PM, placidburp said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 5:38 PM, oscillik said:

  On 3/25/2010 at 2:46 PM, placidburp said:

Oscillik, i will hopefully try and arrange it for a weekend,

if that's the case then, i'll pull an all nighter :D

Excellent! Well by the looks of the gigs advertised on the myspace page, they are all on Friday or Saturday nights, which is great!

if someone could meet me at the nearest train station too, that'd be grand. since i don't know my way around at all.

 

We will sort something out mate, no worries. Maybe we can all meet up quite a bit before and have a beer somewhere.

Still waiting for a reply off the organisers anyway...

Awesome, yeah that's literally a few doors up from the Black Horse. Looks good, and proper beer too

I know this sounds a bit daft but do you know if they've got woofers?

I reckon there's plenty of other people on here that can play a good set, Solo Strike springs to mind, errrr....Wisp?

I haven't a clue mate. I will ask them questions when they get back to me and if they are interested. If they aren't then I will have to have a rethink and get onto some other venues. At the very least, we should all meet up and get lashed, but it would be MUCH cooler if we could all play a bit.

The organiser has replied and he said they are interested!! He asked if I had a date in mind! I'm thinking May? What say you??

  On 3/26/2010 at 11:36 AM, placidburp said:

The organiser has replied and he said they are interested!! He asked if I had a date in mind! I'm thinking May? What say you??

Make it June and I'll come!

June works for me too! Really the further away the better, that way I can save up some money and my holidays start at work again!

Right, I messaged the guy back and just explained a bit about us, music forum, meet up, play some tunes etc. And said that June would probably be the best time! So we shall wait and see. I'm really excited now, this will actually happen!!

So, who definitely wants to play some toooons?

so far there is -

Me

Jimbob

Margaret Thatcher

MOAARRR!!!

"Hey Mike

That sounds really good its something that will go down well in the crescent, dont know if you have ever been in the pub, but its that kind of pub.

can you let me know asap tho when you have an idea of a date, only cos we blitzed loads of people with the same msg and were booking quite a few dates, and i want this to happen it sounds like a good night.

cheers

mark"

I'm going to tell him June 12th which is a Saturday night. I hope everyone can make it. It leaves loads of time to do a set and get trains or whatever booked. Sound good?

june 12th, i'll be at rockness. week before that, i'm in london. week after that, i'm at silverstone for the motogp. i'm just so damn popular.