Baltimore Music Conference ~ Sept 24 & 25

[sprklqueen]

The Baltimore Music Conference is now well on it's way. September 24th & 25th will find Patterson Park rockin' with the music of Baltimore!! :thumbsup:
Committees are now being formed to handle all the preparation for this exciting event. If you'd like to be a part of this and want to join a committee, please email us at bmoremusic@yahoo.com by Feb 15th and let us know which one. Meetings will begin the following week to set things in motion!
The following committees are being formed...
Sponsors
Vendors
Marketing
Graphic Design
Entertainment... dj's and bands/musicians
Art Show
Parking
Operations
Hospitality
Seminars
A street team has been formed to begin spreading the word now. They will be collecting email addresses for our mailing list and donations to begin the permit process along with other start up costs. When you see them out... say hello, give 'em your address, & throw a little something in the pot if you BELIEVE in the music!

[queenwendelyn]

Lisa, this is really exciting. For those who arent sure whether or not you want to help out, this is the 1st Music Conference that Baltimore will be having, and to be part of something like this is really special. Even if you donate to the street team you can look back and remember that you were part of the creation of educating our community of it's local music. We hope for this to be a sucess, and I believe that it will be one.

[sprklqueen]

Thanks Wendi, glad to have you on board!
For those unaware of the magnitude of this event, here's the overall...

1st Annual Baltimore Music Conference

Mission: To highlight and promote the talent of Baltimore musicians and dj’s. To provide education for those looking to fine tune their skills, those looking to obtain the knowledge to promote themselves and prosper as a musician or dj, and those looking to become affliated with record companies. To educate the general public to the presence of this talent. To educate the population outside of Baltimore to the true charm of Charm City.

Date: September 24 - 25, 2005

Highlights:
2 Stages featuring dj’s spinning the hottest music out in all genres of EDM
1 Stage featuring the the talents of local musicians
3 to 4 Stages hosted by local radio stations
A Club Vibe provided by several clubs & crews in smaller staging areas
Art Show.. a juried presentation of B'more's finest
Information and Promotional Giveaways
Food & Beverages
Child's Play... a supervised area with arts & crafts and a moonbounce
Souveniors & Gift Items from local vendors
Casino Gaming Tables... proceeds to benefit the BMC
Neighborhood & Community Organizations
BELIEVE supported.. thru the Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods
Seminars

[SCHLiTZ]

:werd:

hopefully we'll be living in highlandtown by then.


:ponder: pre/post party 7 months in advance....

[DAVEILL1]

Hey Lisa , great meeting you on Thursday. If I wanted to spin at this , show my art work and run a vending tent for Bassline Magazine should I join a commitee ?

[retail]

:haha:

this is teh weekend of my baby's birthday! this should be one for the record books! :woowoo:

[sprklqueen]

Hey Lisa , great meeting you on Thursday. If I wanted to spin at this , show my art work and run a vending tent for Bassline Magazine should I join a commitee ?

Great meeting you too!
to spin, show art, & to get a booth, just has to be submitted to the appropriate committee. If you want to join one of those or any other for that matter, we'd love to have ya!

and big ups on the Highlandtown party, Schlitz!! (wanna join the hospitality committee??!!)

[sprklqueen]

:haha:

this is teh weekend of my baby's birthday! this should be one for the record books! :woowoo:

yay for b'days!! mine's the week before. :blingbling: will be accepted!!

[Light Touch]

Big bizniz a' gwan.

[FreeFlyer]

:werd:

hopefully we'll be living in highlandtown by then.


:ponder: pre/post party 7 months in advance....


No one should ever hope to live in Highlandtown. :tmi:



A.

[sprklqueen]

No one should ever hope to live in Highlandtown. :tmi:

A.

:haha: I take it you've not visited our fair city lately. Lot's of changes going on in Highlandtown. The Main Street program is making some good things happen there.

[ProducerMDDCVA]

Thank you to all the supporters that came to the meeting last night!! Approx 35 people!! Double our first meeting!!

Makin waves makin waves!!

Very soon:
The Official BMC website
Official BMC logos, tshirts
BMC street team (effective immediately... if you're out at parties and events, why not help us out, email BMoreMusic@yahoo.com to be added to the street team committee)
BMC performers application
BMC sponsor proposals
BMC seminar application
BMC artist application
BMC vendor application

And a reminder... if you're involved in any way of the creation of the Baltimore Music Conference,or would like to be, you must join
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/bmoremusic

thanks
Brad

[FreeFlyer]

:haha: I take it you've not visited our fair city lately. Lot's of changes going on in Highlandtown. The Main Street program is making some good things happen there.


You're right I haven't been to highlandtown in a while, and for good reason. And I won't be going there anytime soon. Nothing personal, but last time I went to highlandtown, I had to get more vaccines then if I was going to Africa. Last time I was there it was for an unltraworld after party, I think. Shit, I think it was energize. But long story short, I went to three houses that morning and in everyone of them the upper levels of the structures were slanted. Now I mean slanted like put a soccer ball on one side and it rolls to the other side of the house.

[DAVEILL1]

Great meeting you too!
to spin, show art, & to get a booth, just has to be submitted to the appropriate committee. If you want to join one of those or any other for that matter, we'd love to have ya!

and big ups on the Highlandtown party, Schlitz!! (wanna join the hospitality committee??!!)

Cool I'll apply to the appropriate committee's


I'm also thinking about joining a commitee. When's the next meeting ?

[ProducerMDDCVA]

Next full meeting will be in early-mid march where each committee head presents to the collective how things are going, what they've done, and what they plan to do.

The committee meetings will begin taking place hopefully next week. The street team committee needs to be first and immediate. Soon after we will schedule meeting dates for all the committees.

Brad

[ladymaroo]

:werd:

hopefully we'll be living in highlandtown by then.


:ponder: pre/post party 7 months in advance....
:woot: :hifive:

[ladymaroo]

But long story short, I went to three houses that morning and in everyone of them the upper levels of the structures were slanted. Now I mean slanted like put a soccer ball on one side and it rolls to the other side of the house.
welcome to 90% of Bmore's rowhouses. :rolleyes: :D

[ladymaroo]

:haha:

this is teh weekend of my baby's birthday! this should be one for the record books! :woowoo:
:breaksP:

[ladymaroo]

:haha: I take it you've not visited our fair city lately. Lot's of changes going on in Highlandtown. The Main Street program is making some good things happen there.
:yes: i used to say i'd never live in Highlandtown either, but i recently bought a house there, and i am absolutely loving it! i live 2 blocks from the park, 2 blocks from all the retail on Eastern Ave (including Modern Music :D), and the yuppies have yet to take over. :thumbsup:

[retail]

and the yuppies have yet to take over. :thumbsup:

+1


:afterbuzz:

[vinylbitch]

this is fukin' awesome...glad to see baltimore shapin the future! boh!

[ladymaroo]

+1


:afterbuzz:
:shady: i may be a 'young urban professional' by definition, but at least i don't succumb to the stereotypically-crappy mindset of a 'yuppie'. :neener: :D

[ladymaroo]

oh, and have i mentioned that i cannot WAIT for this conference?! :raveon:

[queenwendelyn]

For those of you who go to UMBC, posted on www.thefacebook.com is the UMBC BMC group. (I would show everyone the link but unless you go to the school and are signed up on here you cant see it).

Just like yahoo and myspace, it works the same way, so if your college is part of this website (I know college park/loyola/towson are) try and post up on there so we can spread the message through our universities. I bet people would be very interested to know about this conference.

[ras_cee]

How much is the entry fee???

[Chef Roy R Dee]

simply amazing

[L00p33]

Goooooo LIsa!! Us cool moms have to stick together!! :) ramZvents will definately help in whatever way we can!! This is going to be Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!
props to you my dear!!
XXOO

[Fetterbug]

This is awesome everyone! Schlitz and I are in the process of buying a home now, but once we get settled I will ask if y'all still need help.

Thanks to everyone whose involved!

And you're right, Pete, this will be a weekend for the books! :woot:

B'more Music Conference + Heidi's Bday + Homes on the Park= :badkitty:

[retail]

wait you already found one? :whoa:

[Fetterbug]

wait you already found one? :whoa:

:no: looking this weeknd. :cross:

[sprklqueen]

Awh you guys! :breaksP: thanks sooo much for all the love & support .. you rock.
We're trying to keep this free to the public to attend. There'll be a charge for the seminars and wristbands (to drink alcohol) but not to walk in the park & enjoy all the music, art, food, etc, etc.. That's why we're looking for sponsors & volunteers!!
bmoremusic@yahoo.com if you want to volunteer, know of sponsors, or just want to get involved... let me know!!

[Chef Roy R Dee]

is this gonna be an all day all night event for both days?

[sprklqueen]

Saturday will go until 9pm when ordinance requires music to stop (but then you can hit all the clubs that have been there all day telling you about themselves) and Sunday will be 6 or 7pm.
And when, my dear chef, are you going to get involved?! :wink:

[munchkin821]

SWEET! though it's a million days away...you betta remind us!

[DJ_JeremyC]

Just thinking about sponsorship ideas, anyone hit up Natty Boh yet? If its all about Baltimore, they might be interested in helping out. Sorry, I don't have any connections there though.

[sprklqueen]

Natty Boh!! on my list to contact.. I love that little guy in the sky!

[Chef Roy R Dee]

Saturday will go until 9pm when ordinance requires music to stop (but then you can hit all the clubs that have been there all day telling you about themselves) and Sunday will be 6 or 7pm.
And when, my dear chef, are you going to get involved?! :wink:
I'd like to help out in the promotional area of things up here in northern MD. if at all possible.
I know alot of people around here.
also, I'd like to get two of my good friend's on the the list of dj's to play.
either as two seperate dj's, or tag-teaming, or both. they're really good!
both spin old school, new school, funky, hard, and dark breaks. they both spin a little funky house also.
I could hand out fliers from Newark, Del. down to Baltimore if needed.
like I said before, I know alot of people up here, in and out of the scene.
sorry that I wasn't able to get down there to some of the meetings. due to work and personal matters. I think it's absolutely amazing how all of this has come together like it has. from a random conversation to a two day, un-fucking-believeable event!
unreal!
I'd like to help out in any way that my fucked up schedule will allow me to.
so, if you have any suggestions as to anything else that I could possibly contribute, please let me know.

oh, and by the way,











































you fucking ROCK HARDCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let me know, ok?

[sprklqueen]

muah!!! thank you. It is unbelievable & extremely exciting for me to see how this has grown. The enthusiasm & support is tremendous.
I'd love to have you do promo up in your area. If you can get me demo's from your friends, I can pass them on to the entertainment committee. Everything's running thru that. I'll be at Sonar tonight or you can mail them to me. I'm setting up a PO box for this since it seems to be growing larger than life & I'll post the address on here next week after I get that in place.
thanks again for the love & support you're sending my way!

[Chef Roy R Dee]

muah!!! thank you. It is unbelievable & extremely exciting for me to see how this has grown. The enthusiasm & support is tremendous.
I'd love to have you do promo up in your area. If you can get me demo's from your friends, I can pass them on to the entertainment committee. Everything's running thru that. I'll be at Sonar tonight or you can mail them to me. I'm setting up a PO box for this since it seems to be growing larger than life & I'll post the address on here next week after I get that in place.
thanks again for the love & support you're sending my way!
do you have fliers printed out?
or are you primarily doing this by word of mouth right now?
I'll get those demos for you asap too.

[sprklqueen]

word of mouth right now. Graphic design committee is working on logo, etc, website being designed, applications & agreements being written up, so we're getting there. I'd like to see a "teaser" flyer (no line-ups since that's not decided yet, but basic info, website, etc) go out soon so people can at least plan for the date. I'll let you know as soon as we have them!!

[Chef Roy R Dee]

excellent!

[DAVEILL1]

Hi all : )

I'm getting confused , do we hand in demo's or fill out applications for DJ spots ?

[sprklqueen]

We're going to need both actually. :blush: Sorry for the confusion & please bear w/ us, it's all still in planning stages so it's been confusing for us sometimes too!
We've decided there will be an application process to alleviate the confusion and it'll all run through the entertainment committee.
Give me a week or so & we'll have had the 1st meeting for that & a PO Box set up for everyone to send demos/apps to.
I'll notify through here, the myspace group, yahoo groups, & emails

[sprklqueen]

We're setting up initial meetings for all the committees so that we can really get the ball rolling.
As of today we already have a committment of between $4000 & $6000 to be used as decided and one stage sponsor in addition to the Believe stages. Exciting news considering we've just begun!!

Marketing... this is key right now as the Street Team needs to get out ASAP to begin spreading the word
Thursday Feb 17th.. 8pm.. Owl Bar in the Belvedere Hotel.. Chase Street
After the meeting, please plan to attend the 1st monthly PromoParty at the Depot on Charles Street. Bring your flyers, Cd's, whatever you want the public & your peers to know about you!

Website/Graphic Design/Photography.. combining these since they have to work hand in hand to begin.
Monday Feb 21st... 7pm.. Location TBD

Sponsors & Vendors... Let's get us some $$$!!
Wednesday Feb 23rd... 7pm.. location TBD

I realize this is short notice for many of you to attend a meeting, but we feel it's imperative to get these started. If you can't attend and def want to be on the committee, please let us know so we can pass your info on to the committe you wish to be a part of... bmoremusic@yahoo.com

[sprklqueen]

Website/Graphic Design/Photography Committee
Monday 2/21/05.. 6pm... (please notice time change!)
J.Cafe... 1309 N Charles St Baltimore, MD 21201
There is wireless internet at this location so website will be accessable to work on!

Sponsor/Vendor Committee
Wednesday... 2/23/05... 7pm
Goodlove Bar... 2322 Boston St (Canton) Baltimore, MD 21224
2nd floor lounge

Seminar Committee
Monday... 2/28/05... 6pm
J.Cafe... 1309 N. Charles St Baltimore, MD 21201

These meeting are open to all however, committee members, please try to attend as these are initial meetings designed to introduce you to one another & to get things started!

General Meeting...
Scheduling for Monday, March 7th. Location and time to be announced!

[sprklqueen]

So much happening!! Things are moving forward!! Come be a part of this exciting event!!
Ok, so now that I have your attention...
General Meeting...
Monday March 7th... 7pm...Max's on Broadway.. 2nd floor... Fells Point

Some Updates!!
Sponsor Committee: Heather Hulsey & Jimmy Vakas.. co-chairmen
Sponsor packets should be available very soon. The logo is done & letterhead is being made up. The website is being designed & updated this weekend and will have that information along w/ downloadable applications for vendors & performers.

Promotions Committee: Amanda Hayden & Justin Allen.. co-chairmen
Several fundraiser parties are being planned over the next few months. This will raise funds, increase awareness for the BMC and the bands & dj's that perform.
The Street Team will be assembled and set forth! Logos are ready & tshirts being made asap

Meeting Schedule:
Seminar Committee: Mon 2/28.. 6pm.. JCafe.. Charles St
Promotion Committee: Wed 3/2... 6pm.. JCafe.. Charles St
GENERAL MEETING: Mon 3/7... 7pm...Max's on Broadway... Fells Point

[Chef Roy R Dee]

fantabulous!

[baltdnb]

Damn, this sounds like loads of fun. Can't wait.

[Foundation]

:flash:

[sprklqueen]

The website is up and running! We've added forums for discussion (another msg board to be on all day!!) & a donation "button" for those that want to contribute for start up costs, etc. Performer and vendor applications will be added soon to download and return for consideration.
Promotion Committee Meeting tonight at J Cafe.. 6pm
General Meeting.. Monday 3/7.. Max's.. 7pm
www.baltimoremusicconference.com
:affection:

[Chef Roy R Dee]

fuckin' A!

[dankdnb]

this is awesome guys....did that DC music conference ever go off last year...and if so...how successful?

[CareBear]

Least i should be back in the area by then....WOOOT!
(thanks to the comiittee btw)

[sprklqueen]

this is awesome guys....did that DC music conference ever go off last year...and if so...how successful?

thanks! unfortunately no, the DC conference wasn't held last year. My understanding.. lack of funding. Putting something this massive on takes a lot of that. Without sponsors & support (monetarily) from those that want to see it happen, it doesn't. We set up a donation area on the website so people that want to contribute to the conference but don't have the time for a committe, can do so that way.
(so come on people, go to the website, click on that button & you can say you helped make it happen!) :smooch:

[sprklqueen]

Meeting was held at Max's on Broadway on the 2nd floor w/ plenty of room for everyone & no distractions!
Committees present and those reporting:
Website... Christian Stauffer
It's up and going through transformations & improvements all the time. Forums are up & working... Please log on, sign up & start some posting! A mock up of the "teaser" flier is on there for people to critique. This flier has basic information & will be used to inform & spark interest in the conference. Take a look at it & let us know what you think! Applications for performers, vendors, & artist will be available for download w/ in the next few days.
Sponsors... Heather Hulsey & Jimmy Vakas
An email will be going out asking for any contacts you may have for sponsor & partnerships. A budget is being drawn up to give an idea of how much we need to raise. Non-profit status is being investigated.
Promotions.. Justin Allen
Several promotional parties are planned for the next several months. These will raise some funds, but primarily awareness of the BMC. Street teams are being formed to start spreading the word out in the clubs, nightspots, city & other public events.
Kick off party will be the "Flower Power Party" at the Fells Point Flower Shoppe, 1906 Fleet Street, Saturday March 12th from 6:30pm until 10:30pm. After the auction we're moving whatever's (hopefully nothing!) left off to the sides & playing some music! BYOB/records. We'll have decks, ice, & sodas. $5 admission.. to benefit the BMC. A pre-party to your night out!
Graphic Design.. Luke Luber
meeting Tues 3/8 at Gardel's/Galaxy.. 29 S Front St...7pm.. bring whatever designs you've been working on so that T-Shirts & other promo materials can be started.
Entertainment... Samson Stout
awaiting applications to begin coming in. Will also work on "celebrity" (B'more born/raised/based) talent to perform on our stages & be involved.
Several committees needed to have chairmen positions filled. The following have been decided:
Hospitality.. Edwin "Cornflake" Hill
Street Teams... Artie Hall
Art Show... Maria Cavacos
Entertainment Co-Head... Bert Hall
Operations & Seminars are awaiting agreement from the 2 people suggested but unable to attend.
We still need to fill the positions for Vendors, Child's Play (youth area) & Parking. Anyone interested, please let us know.
New Business: Lisa Suit
A new party aimed at the youth of the city (and surrounding counties) is being proposed to educate them about music. Targeting the middle schools and working w/ the school system to foster keeping music alive in our schools. The proposal is being presented to a venue & once secure will be presented to the school system. This party is suggested to be included in the Child's Play area of the BMC to coincide w/ our committment to educate everyone to the music of B'more.
As a side note... Volunteers... if you signed up to be on a committee & find you no longer have the time to do so, please let us know. We really need to know who's involved & who's dedicated to making this happen. If you want to be involved, but aren't sure how... full descriptions of the responsibilities of each committee are on the website along w/ the chairperson's name & email addy. There are also discussion areas on the forum page. Check that out and see what appeals to you, then let us know!!
Thanks to all that were able to make it!