[mplpost] Maplepost October Survey / Gig AB

[Vic Bell]

When you're dying of the flu it always helps to take on brainless 
tasks so...it's Nov. 1 and it's an even numbered year, you know what 
that means!  Long time members of this list will recall that in '98 
and '00 I did October surveys of the type of postings coming in to 
Maplepost.

(Pause once again for an even larger collective groan)

I've tried to provide a little focus by clustering submissions to the 
lists in loose subject categories.  A wee bit of commentary follows 
the list.

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There were a total of 539 October postings to the Maplepost list.


RADIO
	Playlists  			(42)
	CanCon lists discussion  	(25)
	Radio Show promo  		(10)
	CanCon lists international 	 (5)
	Hot Country List  		 (5)
	CanCon lists Canadian 		 (4)
	Commercial Radio Play  		 (4)
	CBC songwriter's circle 	 (3)

PERFORMERS

	Individual gig announcements    (89)
	CD Release  			(17)
	Tour announcement  		(10)
	Looking For a Piper  		 (7)
	Seeking/Introducing Performer	 (7)
	Artist promo/avail   		 (7)
	Artist Review  			 (5)
	RIP  				 (5)
	TV Appearance  			 (2)
	New Contact Info  		 (1)
	Seeking Lyrics  		 (1)
	Benefit  			 (1)

VENUES
	Concert Review  		(12)
	Fall Venue lineup  		 (7)
	Festival Audition Showcase  	 (2)
	Web Update  			 (1)
	FIAT  				 (1)
	Music Du Monde  		 (1)
	Octoberfolk  			 (1)

ORGANIZATIONS / AWARDS
	OCFF Conference   		(25)
	OCFF Showcase/need ride/room  	(20)
	Ontario Contact Showcases  	 (6)
	TBS Mapleblues  		 (6)
	Folk Alliance   		 (3)
	FolkMeet / Prairie Music Week  	 (3)
	Penguin Eggs  			 (3)
	FAC   				 (2)
	Alberta Showcase  		 (2)
	Golden Jubilee Medal             (2)
	Canadian Aboriginal Awards       (1)
	Canadian Music Week              (1)
	MARIA Courses                    (1)
	Mariposa Volunteer Party         (1)
	Newfoundland Music Awards        (1)
	Prix Mnemo  			 (1)
	Country Music Hall of Fame  	 (1)

BIZ

	Roots and Trad Junos  		(25)
	CD Manufacturing Alert 		(14)
	E Mail Flyers  			(11)
	Promo   			(11)
	Unsolicited Submissions  	 (9)
	Entertainment Lawyer             (8)
	WorldMusic Canadian Visa 	 (6)
	CD Burning  			 (6)
	Acoustic Amps  			 (5)
	Regional BC Music  		 (5)
	Indie Awards  			 (5)
	Mailing Lists  			 (5)
	Studio Insurance  		 (5)
	Hard drive failure  		 (4)
	Emerging Artists  		 (3)
	Traditional Music Courses  	 (3)
	Other Lists  			 (2)
	Joni Article  			 (2)
	Mini DV  			 (2)
	Fiddle News  			 (2)
	CD Overmanufacture  		 (2)
	Irish Music  			 (1)
	SOCAN  				 (1)
	Euro Tour 03  			 (1)
	Equipment  			 (1)
	Women Artists Web Site 	 	 (1)
	Festival Fundraising   		 (1)
	CD-R on e-Bay  			 (1)
	New Book  			 (1)
	Article On Recording Media  	 (1)
	Centre For Political Song   	 (1)

MAPLEPOST ADMIN.
	Attachments  			 (7)
	Virus  				 (3)
	Queries  			 (3)
	Auto Response 			 (2)
	Maplepost Guidelines  		 (1)

ETC.
	Apologies/unsubscribe/personal/rants/thanks   (27)

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Some Background Stats:

October 1998 - 121 postings	53 gig announcements represented 44% 
of the postings.
October 2000 - 218 postings	98 gig announcements represented 45% 
of the postings.
October 2002 - 539 postings     89 gig announcements represented 16% 
of the postings.

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Given my unchanged opinion re making individual local gig 
announcments on national lists, you can safely presume that I'm 
pleased with how things have evolved.  I will note that the 
convention of prefixing gig announcement subject lines with the word 
GIG and the appropriate Province has slackened somewhat and I'd like 
to encourage gig posters to modify their subject lines accordingly. 
Those of us who like to employ filters to regulate our e-mail 
appreciate this consideration.

A subject line example:  Gig AB Zubot and Dawson / The Wailin' Jennys

Then in the body of the message would be the news/promo/hype/ticket 
prices/ticket outlets/venue address etc. about the above named 
artists playing a concert in Alberta.

Those of you who might actually be interested in that show can get 
the info you need at:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~bmccombs/nickelodeon/

Alternately, you can find out about lots of Alberta gigs, including 
the above, by consulting Musi-Cal at:
http://www.musi-cal.com/  and doing a general search under "Alberta".

Doing that will reveal November Alberta shows by The Paperboys, 
Martin Sexton, Eric Bibb, Stephen Fearing, Sons of the San Joachin, 
and the Afro-Cuban All Stars, among many others.  See how easy it is?

cheers,  Vic

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