Cancelled events

[Musicfan]

That's twice musfund has cancelled events on a Tuesday. What's with that? And why are you having events on Tuesdays anyway, do you all hate the bop for your real music? Some of us like both and the bop is better drunken fun.

Also, whatever happened to Pendulum. I've heard nothing. I assume they're still coming this year at some point since the facebook group guaranteed they were playing here.

[AliceChalliner]

Hi there,

so lets address your points....

That's twice musfund has canceled events on a Tuesday. What's with that?

I'm very sorry about the two canceled Tuesday events. Your Musfund committee are all students too, and of late have been very busy. It turned out that on those nights there was not enough committee available to run the nights effectively...Sorry for any inconvenience caused...but people have signed up to set up and run 100% Handmade next week and we promise barring death or serious injury the event will go ahead as scheduled, starting at around 9.30pm.

why are you having events on Tuesdays anyway

Open Mic type events have been put to Tuesdays because this was the only available day that venue 2 could be booked with any consistency (you may have noticed last semester 100% Handmade swapped between Wednesdays and Thursdays and this did lead to a bit of confusion).

do you all hate the bop for your real music? Some of us like both and the bop is better drunken fun.

I don't hate the bop. You could always pop between both if you wanted (they are both free after all), or go to Tuesdays in Venue 2 then the Friday Bop instead. Or alternate each week! so many options....

whatever happened to Pendulum. I've heard nothing. I assume they're still coming this year at some point since the facebook group guaranteed they were playing here.

To be honest with exams and the Christmas break I'd forgotten the facebook group was there, and will promptly send out a message to it's members. But to answer your question...Pendulum will NOT be performing a DJ set as planned in the union for the time being. In retrospect it was wrong of musfund to be so bold and state that we defiantly were bringing them, but in our defense...we thought we were! Apologies for the necessary vagueness but....when it came to signing the very final contract, some requirements of the contract came to light which took the event outside of a budget Musfund and The Union were happy to work with. We're as sorry as I imagine you are that it couldn't go ahead. But hey...badger next year's DOSERV and maybe they'll be able to make it happen!

I hope that answers all your questions. Let me know if you have any more.

Regards,

Alice Challiner
SSC Music Officer

[thePontificator]

I have a question...

How come the gig on Thursday happened in 1 Golf Place instead of Venue 2? That's the second time that Altsoc have booked a gig in connection with musfund and it's been double booked. In semester 1 you guys offered Altsoc a gig on the day of the battle of the bands, and altsoc had to point out to you that the date was unavailable.

I realise there are limitations, but as the whole point of musfund is to promote all music in st andrews this sort of thing is going to put people off using Musfund to put on a gig rather than encourage them. Certainly the headlining band on Thursday were vocally disparaging of how the gig was organised.

[orudge]

The reason for the gig being in Golf Place instead of Venue 2 wasn't Musfund's fault as such, but rather there had been some confusion over who had venue 2 booked in the union (another society had venue 2 booked too). Unfortunately, on this occasion, it wasn't possible to find somewhere else in the union for Musfund/Altsoc to use.

[AliceChalliner]

In semester 1 you guys offered Altsoc a gig on the day of the battle of the bands, and altsoc had to point out to you that the date was unavailable.

I do not actually remember this happening...I've just checked through all my emails and can't find any note if it. If anything like this happened I imagine it was only a suggested date and we must of quickly realized it was not possible to fit in because I have absolutely no record of anything being organised for it. I do remember we couldn't fit altsoc in last semester with our own plans, but they were more than welcome to book a date themselves with the doserv and ask for musfunds help if they had been so keen for a live night in semester 1.

How come the gig on Thursday happened in 1 Golf Place instead of Venue 2?

Because meeting maker deleted our booking which had been made for venue 2 at the very beginning of the semester. A week before the event the double booking was noticed, and musfund were assured it would be "sorted" and not to worry. It was not until the day before the event that it became apparent that it had not been sorted and the union could not accommodate the event on that night. There was nothing more we could have done. Many people/societies have experienced the same problem last week due to the technical issues and handover period from Venue 2 bookings being made by Sabs to Venue 2 booking being make via the general office. I have been assured this won't happen again this semester and all our dates have been double and triple checked.

Certainly the headlining band on Thursday were vocally disparaging of how the gig was organised.

The event was organised by Altsoc. Musfund aided in booking the venue, supplying all equipment and technical assistance that was required and did everything that was asked of us. Barring the room booking which was not our fault, musfund did everything that was asked of us. I was there myself and as far as I was aware everyone was happy with the set up of the gig, and no disparaging comments were said to me. If they had not been happy with part of the event and had said, me and the musfund committee would have done our best to fix it!

this sort of thing is going to put people off using Musfund to put on a gig rather than encourage them.

This week we have aided 3 different bands in booking rehearsal space, funded musicians for an event in the castle grounds and hired drum kits and PA's to 2 different band events. Last week we ran a very successful battle of the bands and have aided one lucky musician in being able to record their material in a professional studio. Last semester we bought Idlewild to our union, hosted a Ska night that had over 300 people skanking like crazy people, and hosted a battle of the bands that allowed the contestants to receive advice and feedback from an important music industry professional (Idlewild's manager).

I don't think 2 bad weeks with one double room booking and two low profile canceled events is gonna take all this away.

Take a chill pill.

Alice
SSC Music Officer

[thePontificator]

Take a chill pill.

Alice
SSC Music Officer

And now you're condoning drug use.

This is a sad day for St Andrews when musicians are talking about using drugs.

[AliceChalliner]

lol. well it is rock n roll!