#24

Yeah, my advice based on the past couple of years is to not over-plan or over-burden your day time schedule. I’ve found that if you show up 10 mins before most talks, it’s not a problem to get in. YMMV, depending on the person speaking and the size of the room they’re in, however. But I also find I end up just sort of “going with the flow” through the conference depending on how I’m feeling, what talks I’ve heard other people talking about, and where I want to be next.

I guess that goes for the nighttime schedule as well, to be honest. I definitely have a list of highlighted shows, but I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by things that I hadn’t planned on attending ahead of time.

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#25

Saturday will definitely be a “go with the flow” night for me. GAS and US Girls are the only two acts that I really care about. There’s tons of workshops during the day on Friday / Saturday I want to go to but I’d also like to explore Durham some. I guess I’ll just let workshop capacity dictate when I go do city exploring.

#26

And the venues are all close enough to each other that is easy to pop in-and-out of most performances.

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#27

Does anyone have any deets on which artists will be performing live, not merely DJ-ing? Ala Caterina Barbieri, Colin Benders? Aka: my heroes. :grin:

DJ sets can be cool (looking forward to my friend Brooklyn English, for example) but most interested in acts with a performative aspect.

#28

I’m really encouraged that there’s a Merlefest/Moogfest crossover! Both those communities feel a little insular and weird, not an easy boundary to cross!

#29

I’ll be there also, would be great to meet some folks!

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#30

We were going to have a MW meetup at Beyu, 8am on Friday morning, but not sure if that’s going to happen now since those forums have gone offline. If anyone’s up for a meetup, they have great coffee and breakfast options (and awesome lobster shrimp and grits later for dinner).

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#31

I saw that Facebook post about Muffs being down…but I just checked and it’s working for me. Hmmm.

I’ll swing by Beyu of Friday at 8am.

Hope to see you at my set Thursday, 7:20 at Pinhook if you’re around! Monome-driven festival. :nerd_face:

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#33

They are usually a few weeks apart which gives me time to make that transition mentally as they are completely different worlds. Both a lot of fun. I was very disappointed at the overlap this year but I imagine I’m in a very tiny niche of folks that had to choose between the two.

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#34

For certain! Pinhook is a tiny but awesome venue and close to everything else going on. Looking forward to your set!

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#35

Ill be there like every year. Wasn’t able to register for a few of the classes I wanted but hoping the waitlist plays out as well as last year.

Not as many particular acts I want to see this time but that means I’ll be learning about some new stuff - even better!

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#36

search for the Moogfest playlist on Spotify. I was pleasantly surprised that many of the acts jelled with my own tastes. I’m really excited for the lineup.

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#37

Yup! I definitely did that. Past years I’ve skipped on acts I didn’t know only to find out later they were a great act I was missing. Seeing new surprises is even better than seeing old favorites for the nth time!

#38

Just following up, do you know when you play during the Raund Haus Party on Saturday?

#39

looks like 7:20pm

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#40

Great! I’m 90% sure I’ll be there! I love your backstage modular videos btw :slight_smile:

#41

I am going to hang out at quarter horse arcade until I head over to the Pinhook for @dudadius’s set. I am in a navy blue shirt with an arp 2600 on the front if anyone wants to say hey.

#44

anyone else at this micro machines show?

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#45

Moderator’s notice: Discussion about the new Matriarch synth can be found here: Moog Matriarch

#46

Sitting sort of towards the back of modular on the spot drinking a lacroix if anyone wants to say hey.