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hms42I attended both GaFilk 12 and Conflikt 3. Both conventions were fun and had some repeat concert performers.
GaFilk... Small relaxacon well worth the effort to travel to. (Plus having a local friend whom I get to see on Friday always makes it worth it.) The concerts were top notch. Dene Foye does a wonderful concert and it was nice to see him do more than just a few songs in circle. I hope to eventually see him with his Ghost of a Rose Partner at some point in the future. One of the highlights of the con was the 2x10s. Margaret Middleton and Rick Helmich (sp?) started them off with 2 covers of Larry Kirby songs. The really entertaining part of Rick's performance is that he took advantage of a description in Larry's pegasus nominated song, Redneck Pagan. He was in Redneck pagan garb with a possum on his shoulder, a hub cap containing a moon pie and a can of beer. The next performer was Larry Kirby who was called up with he opportunity to take revenge.
The rest of the GOH's concerts were also very good. Andrew Ross was entertaining and had a lot of good song that most had not heard before. (I have only seen him before at Denvention 3 and those in the Pacific Northwest are blessed with his presence.) Alexander James Adams concert was worth the trip down and its the first time I have been at a convention with him (in either incarnation). He has a new pre-release album (that sold out quickly) and released at the con, a DVD of a concert from mid-december. (I have not seen the DVD, so I can not comment on it.)
Just got word that my flight home is delayed about 20-30 minutes, so I can finish this con report.
I managed to record the con, so if you are looking for something you performed, I have not done more than back up the audio in two locations and pulled a few songs (by request of the performer). I ended the con with about 500mb disc space on my laptop (88.5gb of con recordings.)
Conflikt... Good, fun convention, a little more challenging at points... Being on EST while the con runs on PST. I got to see people I have not seen in a year (or more) and a few I had seen 3 weeks before (about 6-7 including Alec and Andrew who had been at GaFilk.) The concerts were good and it was nice to see some of the people live vs on recordings on my computer or on tape.
Conflikt has a policy of if you had a concert last year, you don't get one this year, which works great and forces them to rotate the performers, so each year someone else gets a concert. They are much heavier on the number of concert than GaFilk (which tends to have about 5). The 1/2 hour concerts of many people from their area gave us all a chance to experience people we would not have seen otherwise. CD Woodbury, New Bunk Foss, Ash Productions, Rebecca Newman, Aislinn all had fun concerts. I know I have heard some of them in circle before, but only have seen Aislinn in concert before (Denvention 3). This was a great way to introduce people to their music. CD Woodbury gave out a CD for the first 100 people to the registration desk. (Thank you CD) and Aislinn released a CD of filk songs. She rereleased some songs of hers that have been out of print for over 20 years. I enjoyed her concert and seeing her perform live again. Alec's concert rocked. The GOH concerts really rocked. I have never seen October Country before, nor ever heard of them before they were announced last year at Conflikt 2. I now understand why interfilk sent them to a con. They were good and do a nice show. A little improve between songs, and some good songs including some interesting covers from other Texas area people (Dene Foye is the one that comes to mind for me.) Tom Smith's concert went for two hours and really was worth going to. While I have seen Tom a number of times, a large percentage of the room had never seen Tom before because he is rarely on the west coast. He gave a kick ass concert that went for almost two hours and he played a number of good mix of his songs, some old, some new, finishing up with two of his hits. 307 Ale and Rocket Ride that rocked the house. Andrew Ross did a wonder Toastmaster concert on Sunday afternoon to finish the con and lead into the closing jam that was fun.
110gb of recordings later (I think that's the number), I am waiting for my plan ride home to start boarding.
Normally with interfilk, I manage to get others to spend lots of money on audio donations. This time, interfilk got cash from me. I purchased two voice auction items. A CD at GaFilk and a CD at Conflikt. (Larry Kirby Housefilk recording, which is a nice sample of his area and a Tony and Vixy CD that I have not heard yet. (I did have help on getting the CDs. They both are over my normal budget for interfilk items.) Also, the item I considered weird, but fun was the bag of ginger candy I purchased on Wed. for bringing to conflikt. It was bid into the voice auction and went higher. I will be stopping by that store's area for work on Tuesday and get any contact info for mail ordering it (for those who did not win.)
Thank you to concoms of both conventions for a great time. I plan to be back at both next year. The guest lists for both conventions are worth making it to both.
Ok. My flight is boarding. Night.
GaFilk... Small relaxacon well worth the effort to travel to. (Plus having a local friend whom I get to see on Friday always makes it worth it.) The concerts were top notch. Dene Foye does a wonderful concert and it was nice to see him do more than just a few songs in circle. I hope to eventually see him with his Ghost of a Rose Partner at some point in the future. One of the highlights of the con was the 2x10s. Margaret Middleton and Rick Helmich (sp?) started them off with 2 covers of Larry Kirby songs. The really entertaining part of Rick's performance is that he took advantage of a description in Larry's pegasus nominated song, Redneck Pagan. He was in Redneck pagan garb with a possum on his shoulder, a hub cap containing a moon pie and a can of beer. The next performer was Larry Kirby who was called up with he opportunity to take revenge.
The rest of the GOH's concerts were also very good. Andrew Ross was entertaining and had a lot of good song that most had not heard before. (I have only seen him before at Denvention 3 and those in the Pacific Northwest are blessed with his presence.) Alexander James Adams concert was worth the trip down and its the first time I have been at a convention with him (in either incarnation). He has a new pre-release album (that sold out quickly) and released at the con, a DVD of a concert from mid-december. (I have not seen the DVD, so I can not comment on it.)
Just got word that my flight home is delayed about 20-30 minutes, so I can finish this con report.
I managed to record the con, so if you are looking for something you performed, I have not done more than back up the audio in two locations and pulled a few songs (by request of the performer). I ended the con with about 500mb disc space on my laptop (88.5gb of con recordings.)
Conflikt... Good, fun convention, a little more challenging at points... Being on EST while the con runs on PST. I got to see people I have not seen in a year (or more) and a few I had seen 3 weeks before (about 6-7 including Alec and Andrew who had been at GaFilk.) The concerts were good and it was nice to see some of the people live vs on recordings on my computer or on tape.
Conflikt has a policy of if you had a concert last year, you don't get one this year, which works great and forces them to rotate the performers, so each year someone else gets a concert. They are much heavier on the number of concert than GaFilk (which tends to have about 5). The 1/2 hour concerts of many people from their area gave us all a chance to experience people we would not have seen otherwise. CD Woodbury, New Bunk Foss, Ash Productions, Rebecca Newman, Aislinn all had fun concerts. I know I have heard some of them in circle before, but only have seen Aislinn in concert before (Denvention 3). This was a great way to introduce people to their music. CD Woodbury gave out a CD for the first 100 people to the registration desk. (Thank you CD) and Aislinn released a CD of filk songs. She rereleased some songs of hers that have been out of print for over 20 years. I enjoyed her concert and seeing her perform live again. Alec's concert rocked. The GOH concerts really rocked. I have never seen October Country before, nor ever heard of them before they were announced last year at Conflikt 2. I now understand why interfilk sent them to a con. They were good and do a nice show. A little improve between songs, and some good songs including some interesting covers from other Texas area people (Dene Foye is the one that comes to mind for me.) Tom Smith's concert went for two hours and really was worth going to. While I have seen Tom a number of times, a large percentage of the room had never seen Tom before because he is rarely on the west coast. He gave a kick ass concert that went for almost two hours and he played a number of good mix of his songs, some old, some new, finishing up with two of his hits. 307 Ale and Rocket Ride that rocked the house. Andrew Ross did a wonder Toastmaster concert on Sunday afternoon to finish the con and lead into the closing jam that was fun.
110gb of recordings later (I think that's the number), I am waiting for my plan ride home to start boarding.
Normally with interfilk, I manage to get others to spend lots of money on audio donations. This time, interfilk got cash from me. I purchased two voice auction items. A CD at GaFilk and a CD at Conflikt. (Larry Kirby Housefilk recording, which is a nice sample of his area and a Tony and Vixy CD that I have not heard yet. (I did have help on getting the CDs. They both are over my normal budget for interfilk items.) Also, the item I considered weird, but fun was the bag of ginger candy I purchased on Wed. for bringing to conflikt. It was bid into the voice auction and went higher. I will be stopping by that store's area for work on Tuesday and get any contact info for mail ordering it (for those who did not win.)
Thank you to concoms of both conventions for a great time. I plan to be back at both next year. The guest lists for both conventions are worth making it to both.
Ok. My flight is boarding. Night.
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Date: 2010-02-09 06:09 am (UTC)I can only ID one song from their concert. (I am waiting for the song lists to be shared.)
Been There, Dun That (Opening song on the recording I have handy)