dwardzala
So anything new on this - trying to plan some things for this summer and want to know what weekend to keep open.

First of all, this is still something I will be pursuing. But as you may or may not know, Gibson acquired Harmony Central recently and that has put a lot more on my plate for now until the staffing is nailed down, the site functionality is restored, and so on. Also, I've been tapped to be on a panel at the International Music Festival in Ibiza, which pretty much ended any opportunities in late May, and then Sweetwater's GearFest hits June 12th. Finally, I don't have a firm date yet on when the renovations at the Gibson Showroom in Nashville will be finished; that would be the perfect place to hold the get-together, and I want to hold out for it.
 
However, the response to this "crazy idea" from the forum, Cakewalk, and also Henry has convinced me this is well worth doing, and the "mini-tour" wouldn't be too hard to put together quickly. So while I don't have anything definite right now, it will be going forward when I come up for air.

I'll keep my studio half clean, up here on Kentucky Lake, learning Sonar Plat, and keep my Gibsons polished up ;-).  My Tascam stuff is long gone....

Craig, did you get my PMs? I sent them when you asked for info and it SAID it sent, but like Genesis, there was No Reply at All :(
 

Yes, I have the PMs collected but there were so many I have not responded. 

Anderton

dwardzala
So anything new on this - trying to plan some things for this summer and want to know what weekend to keep open.

First of all, this is still something I will be pursuing. But as you may or may not know, Gibson acquired Harmony Central recently and that has put a lot more on my plate for now until the staffing is nailed down, the site functionality is restored, and so on. Also, I've been tapped to be on a panel at the International Music Festival in Ibiza, which pretty much ended any opportunities in late May, and then Sweetwater's GearFest hits June 12th. Finally, I don't have a firm date yet on when the renovations at the Gibson Showroom in Nashville will be finished; that would be the perfect place to hold the get-together, and I want to hold out for it.
 
However, the response to this "crazy idea" from the forum, Cakewalk, and also Henry has convinced me this is well worth doing, and the "mini-tour" wouldn't be too hard to put together quickly. So while I don't have anything definite right now, it will be going forward when I come up for air.

Cool, thanks for the update.  It sounds like June is unlikely, but I've wanted to get down to Gearfest which is only about 3 hours away, so maybe this is an excuse to make it there.

I highly recommend GearFest. There's a huge variety of educational sessions, and the whole event is run extremely well. I've been going there for years and always enjoy myself - meet lots of great people, see many of my friends in the industry, and make new friends.
 
You can always catch me just before or just after one of my workshops (I'm giving two of them). Of course, you're invited to hang out for the workshop as well . One of them is everything you wanted to know about dynamics, the other is about mastering in a DAW. You can probably guess which DAW I'll be using to demo the various techniques...

Anderton
 the other is about mastering in a DAW. You can probably guess which DAW I'll be using to demo the various techniques...

Any chance of someone showing up with some video equipment so that this could be put up on cake tv?

Sweetwater does videos of some of the workshops, don't know if they're planning to do this one or not.

FidelityMusic
Yeah I know, just a little joke. I know Nashville is right up there with those cities for music.
 
Hmm, that's weird. I never would've thought that would be the case especially with all the people in the NY and LA metropolitan areas. Have you ever figured out why people don't turn out to these types of events in NY or LA?

I didn't see where this was answered, but there are a couple of "human factors".
Psychology is marketing 101 and that's a good question because understanding marketing helps keep us from getting sucked in by it lol.
 
The more people, the more activities there is available.
Even on a Tues or Thurs, there is likely to be a pretty big something scheduled.
A big concert, the grand yada yada museum opening ... 100 things to do, both large and small.
 
Whereas in smaller communities the scale changes, there's fewer, and smaller options, and you mow on Tuesdays.
But they'll plan further in advance, tailgate, maybe even truck a van of bros in across two states and 500 miles, with as much enthusiasm as their first time touching Rhonda's boob.
 
They're more excited, show up happy, and spend more of the "ancient triad" of marketing .... the most valuable resources in all the kingdoms  .... money, time, and energy.
Staying home is more the norm, and even the small events have greater importance.
 
In the city, not only do you choose the most important events to manage that time, but the scale changes and the small things you consider are bigger.
And, getting them to drive 50 miles into the city traffic means it has to be huge.
 
Less excited, outright pissed, or at least "not-happy", and then they spend less money, mope around, and leave early.
 
So a free software specific meet and greet is generally smaller potatoes, no matter how big the software is, but when the other option is mowing, count me in ....... lol

I also highly recommend Gearfest.  I will be attending for the 4th time, and I always find it enjoyable. Very cool and unique event. I'm only 2-3 hours drive from there. I guess I'll skip the mowing that day.