[NewMusic] WAS: Quechup invites...now Gino's Perfect World....

[barry threw]

Blue Man Group is the same.

b

On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Jon Raskin wrote:

> cirque de soleil is another example and I think alot of soul band  
> acts would have multiple versions out at the same time..  I like  
> the idea for Gino but wonder how you would keep it from being a  
> race to the bottom in terms of quality.
>
> Jon Raskin
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ron Lettuce <letucepry at yahoo.com>
> To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:52:59 AM
> Subject: [NewMusic] WAS: Quechup invites...now Gino's Perfect  
> World....
>
>
> AHA...Perfect World Entertainment...This site is Both Stunning and  
> Beautifull....
>
> http://www.boogieknights.com/
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ron Lettuce <letucepry at yahoo.com>
> To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:41:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Don't reply to Quechup invites
>
>
> Gino Wrote:
>
>
>> Another fantasy of mine ise a "band" made up of a huge pool of  
>> musicians - say, 200 people. And rather than >release music under  
>> their own names, they would always use one band name when they  
>> recorded and >released their music, as well as for live gigs. As  
>> an example, let's call this "band" something -- perhaps, >"The  
>> Beatles" for discussion's sake.
>
>> Maybe "The Beatles" would end up playing at 3 or 4 venues on the  
>> same night, and in several cities at once. >And the band would  
>> flood the market with dozens of releases a month, with  
>> outrageously different music on >each, which was in complete  
>> disregard to other "The Beatles" releases by the various mystery  
>> members (all >of whom are free to join or leave the group at will,  
>> and are under no obligation to tell anyone their status). >And the  
>> same four "band members" are always listed as the creators of the  
>> music on a "The Beatles" >release.
>
>> Perhaps such a mega-member band exists. Just don't say yes to  
>> Quechup.
>
> Yes, these mega-bands do exist, one such operation was the "Boogie  
> Knights" who are a franchise set up in multiple cities. I was  
> shocked when I went to a second city and accidentally happened into  
> a bar that the Boogie Knights were playing at, same schtick, big  
> afro wigs, 70 disco clothes and all.
> I approached one of them and asked "You guys play here and  
> Tucson?"(I was well aware that the Boogie Knights had a standing  
> one night a week gig in Tucson)...He clarified the situation, he  
> had been hired by this guy who owns the Boogie Knights to play in  
> the local incarnation of the Boogie Knights...A formula known to  
> pack bars full of nostalgia happy suckers...
> I'm sure that there are many other such organizations like the  
> Boogie Knights (this was maybe 10 years ago...)
> Another such operation is "WAR" a group which was formed in the  
> seventies and now has four or five factions all claiming to be WAR  
> that are on tour at any given time...
>
> lettuce
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