Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jason Ricci Blow-Off Reminder

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Garry:   
Jason's ALWAYS okay with this.  So were the individual artists..at  least 
last year.
 
I recorded (actually DVD'd) for JR's Harp Blow-Off 2008,  quite a few of 
the performances...as much as I was able to before my  camera ran out of 
battery power, and/or I ran out of dvd's. 
 
 I got quite a bit before that happened...but was trying to do it all  
one-handed (my left arm was in a sling and no one seemed especially inclined to  
help). 
While in better shape this year, I'm still getting PT for my shoulder  so 
can't manage heavy weights or doing it all 'solo'...(ever tried replacing a  
fresh tape or dvd quickly while trying to keep the camera steady on a  
tripod...using just teeth and one hand?..actually, knowing you, you  probably 
have...it isn't easy) <G>
 
I asked MadCat for permission to tape him...unfortunately just as he said  
'yes' with a smile, my last battery died. Now that was especially  
frustrating...his set was wonderful. Perhaps someone else captured it?   LDMiller was 
his 'helper' onstage.  
 
I did get all of Winslow's wonderful performance (and both the audio  and 
video was great...came out practically professional.)  (I'll  probably bring 
Winslow's DVD's with me to SPAH for him)...Michael Peloquin;  Steve 
Baker...some of the band ...I'm not sure who else (those are all I  remember at the 
moment...since I'm STILL in the process of copying all of these  small dvd's 
plus many others I took at SPAH itself onto full size DVD's for the  
artists for their own use. But I can't possibly carry them all with  me.
 
I intend to send them out to everyone who participated... probably have  
over 100 dvd's sitting on my table sans labels at the moment. It took having 
to  purchase a new copy device to manage it...and with everything I've been 
dealing  with this past year, I simply fell behind. Mea culpa.  ...had hoped 
to at  least get them out before SPAH 2009...but ..'best laid plans of mice 
and men  will gang awry'...
 
I will be at the blow off and then SPAH with my new camera, as many dvd's  
as I can manage to carry at one time (unless someone offers to  help) ...and 
hopefully with batteries charged...but ....how long can they  last?  ...is 
the question.
 
Elizabeth
PS  I have some video from previous years as well, but need to edit  'junk' 
out of them..voices talking in the background...camera left on taping the  
floor, etc.
 
..don't have the ability to do that from these mini-dvd's...and my previous 
 mini-dv camcorder.
 
I'd be very happy to send copies of every DVD to 'whomever' would like  to 
get them up in the archives as long as they were willing to clean up the  
extraneous material since I don't claim to have a clue how to do it.
 
Message: 14
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:26:43 -0400
From: Garry  <harp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Jason Ricci Blow-Off  Reminder
To: Warren Bee <spahpublicity@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Warren Bee wrote:
> Tuesday night 8/11 @ 7:00 PM  @ The Torch Club in Sacramento.
>
> The unofficial official kick-off  for the convention.
>   
it sure would be nice if someone  were to record this, and perhaps make 
it available
on archive.org.   you'd have to check with jason first, and make sure 
that the  various
artists performing were ok with that.  but it'd be a great thing  to have 
available, and
a useful vehicle for promoting the artists and  spah, as well.

just a  thought.



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