Paul,
I can see your predicament. I guess I would say "no" if it's going to:
- cost you six grand
- you only get two sales out of it (I'm assuming less than six grand)
- you end up with heartburn and insomnia
- it delays the SEM filter (and the original date would be...??)
- cost you six grand (ahem)
Hey, BTW, wasn't $6000 some kind of "deal" given the location you ended up
with? ;-)
But seriously, I would think it would be good for business to be there, in
any case, especially given the good press you have been given over the past
year. (Actually, it may be more bad not to be there.) Maybe you could team
up with some other MOTM-compatible dudes (Metasonix?) and share the cost.
Also, inviting some of the synthesists and/or artists on this list might be
helpful to both you and them, especially if they have CDs to sell. (Then
there's Elhardt's recorders and flutes playing live through the rafters -
that ought to make an impression. No job is too big for someone else to do,
eh?) Just my 2 shekels.
I certainly wouldn't want to see a module delayed. Unfortunately my rig
isn't ready for prime time yet (two standard 20U black oak racks - taking
forever) otherwise I'd offer it up in a heartbeat.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
To: MOTM listserv <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: [motm] Should I exhibit at NAMM?
> I have until Friday to decide if I want to keep my primo spot for the Feb
> 2002 NAMM show
> in Anaheim, CA.
>
> Although fun, non-stop talking/schmozing, bad food, no sleep and packing
up
> was "worth it"
> from the experience point of view, the show cost me $6000 personally. As
far
> as I can tell, I got
> exactly 2 sales as a result. I met 4 or 5 MOTM users (some completely
> unexpected!), went to
> the AH 'party', bothered Dieter Doepfer, and had dinner with Bob Moog and
> Dave Smith (Sequential).
>
> Did I mention this cost me $6000?
>
> So, in order to EXHIBIT, I must have SOMETHING TO EXHIBIT in the booth. I
> really don't want to ask
> Robert Rich again, I tink in Feb he is on tour anyway in Europe.
>
> I have a nice big wooden case I could take, but that means NO SEM FILTER
> UNTIL APRIL if I do.
> Why? I'd have to build modules to put in there, and NO, I don't want
> everyone donating theirs because
> I'd get it lost with my luck.
>
> So, if you have ideas and suggestions, let me know ASAP.
>
> Nothing like enough warning :) I will pay shipping both ways. Dave Fulton
> lent me his system as well
> last year.
>
> Paul S.
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