Frost* Christmas 2011 AGM - The Peel, Kingston. 16th Dec

[Trapezium Artist]

I can't help thinking that we ought to use the time between now and then to come up with a serious plan for overcoming "The Unknown Frost*ie" phenomenon at the Christmas gig...
Thoughts, people?

Easy, ask Jem to take the register..."Blundell?"..."Here sir"...

Oh yes, oh yes: an idea of splendid genius. Chuck Milliontown off the set list and spend the 26 minutes working around the audience ...  :lol:

[JakeWorrell]

spend the 26 minutes working around the audience ...  :lol:

Taking it one step further: "Hi, I'm Jake, and I'm a Frost*aholic"

[Frazzbo]

Got mine booked! This time, I'm going to get to see them.

NOT a jinx on the gig!  

[Mouse]

spend the 26 minutes working around the audience ...  :lol:

Taking it one step further: "Hi, I'm Jake, and I'm a Frost*aholic"

Or how about "Hi, I'm Mouse and I have a serious case of Frost*bite."  8-)

I am beaming at the thought of so many forum Frost*ies meeting in one place. Can't wait to meet people who I haven't previously met!    (And it will be nice to see 'the regulars' again...   )

[rogerg]

so very jealous.  but so very happy for all of you!!

[Trapezium Artist]

so very jealous.  but so very happy for all of you!!

Don't know if The Peel has a decent internet connection, but if they do, we could always ask Twang to set up a laptop running iChat connected to you, Roger. That way, you could watch the gig (sort of), and we could all drop by and say hello.

I like that; Roger's head floating in a big iChat window on top of the bar. Then again, it wouldn't be long before Jem turned up and tried to offer you a red wine via the keyboard  8-)

[Mooncat]

T'would be a cool idea to maybe get a live stream of the gig on the night, for those far flung Frosties who can't make the trip. More so if it sells out, as it is seemingly on track to do.

Is this a possibility ?

[Pedro]

It would indeed be a thing of coolness.
But we also need to be a little bit careful not to pile (or even appear to be piling) any of this extra stuff on Jem. I made the mistake of fuelling calls on Twitter for recording/video-ing the thing and it was pretty clear from Jem's response that this is being done for fun and not for hassle.

[Trapezium Artist]

T'would be a cool idea to maybe get a live stream of the gig on the night, for those far flung Frosties who can't make the trip. More so if it sells out, as it is seemingly on track to do.

Is this a possibility ?

[Sorry, I wrote this and then got distracted listening to Yes at Wembley in 1978, the awesome Friday Night Rock Show broadcast. By the time I remembered to submit this, Pedro had stepped in with his entirely appropriate caution. Nevertheless, if you read to the end of my post, you'll see that I agree that if this were to happen, it should be done by us, not by Jem or Twang.]

Hmmm, I made that leap as well when writing my previous post. Problem is, I suspect that streaming to a significant number of people is likely to be technically demanding and/or bloody expensive.

I could be wrong, though: has anyone on here got experience of setting up streaming from (relatively) small-scale events like conferences, for example? A quick google reveals a bunch of companies (e.g. Streaming Wizard, Blue Cat Productions, both in the UK) that do it. Blue Cat's prices start at about £1600 for a single camera, single event. Ah, 10% off for new customers; make that £1440 then. Plus VAT makes just under £1700.

One perhaps partial solution to the cost might be to run it as a pay-per-view. 200 people at £10 a pop would more than cover the costs, but I don't know if the non-attending Frost* market would actually be big enough really.

Then again, since you'd presumably also end up with a recording that could be burned onto a DVD, perhaps some of the costs could be defrayed by selling copies to those who were at the gig. But I suppose people might also find a way of downloading the original stream and make it available for free, so ...

To be honest, I'd imagine that this is something that Twang and Jem would be unlikely to contemplate, financial risk-wise. A possibility might be, with their permission, to run it as a non-profit making Frost* Forum sponsored activity, i.e. have some of us organise it and underwrite the costs. I mean, I'd be willing to risk, say, £50 to see this happen and spread the Frost*ie goodness. After all, with the tickets I've bought, flights, and accommodation, my personal costs for being at the gig are already going to be substantially higher than that, so in for a penny, in for a pound.

At the same time, I think everyone would have to understand that this would probably be a pretty rough and ready affair in terms of pictures and sound (unfortunately): it's not going to be the Berlin Philharmoniker streaming quality  8-)

Hmmm, interesting thought nevertheless.

[JakeWorrell]

I think Jem made a good point on Twitter. This is going to be a bit of a relaxed Frost*mas knees-up and any attempt to record or stream it will add to the stress, hassle etc and potentially impact the party mood.

I'm sure we're all thinking the same thing though: "what if its the last chance we get". We'll just have to hope it isn't

Oh and we all know what happened last time!

[Trapezium Artist]

I think Jem made a good point on Twitter. This is going to be a bit of a relaxed Frost*mas knees-up and any attempt to record or stream it will add to the stress, hassle etc and potentially impact the party mood.

Agreed: the last thing we need to do is add any stress. A party it must be.

(Sorry, am way too much of a luddite for Twitter and, besides, tend to agree with Sean Lock's take on it:

//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1DPRmprB7Q

 :lol:)

[Blunders73]

It would indeed be a thing of coolness.
But we also need to be a little bit careful not to pile (or even appear to be piling) any of this extra stuff on Jem. I made the mistake of fuelling calls on Twitter for recording/video-ing the thing and it was pretty clear from Jem's response that this is being done for fun and not for hassle.

That goes for all of us.....

were all getting battered by emails with questions which "IS" brilliant but all I can say is...

there's been a lot of planning for this gig trust me, a hell of a lot of emails and conversations have and are going back and forth between us all. I recon, turn up, listen and laugh with us and just have fun, that's what we are going to do

[Blunders73]

and regarding last chance you get etc etc, one step at a time lovely people....

[JakeWorrell]

I recon, turn up, listen and laugh with us and just have fun, that's what we are going to do

Now that, sounds like a plan

[Pajter]

What Blunders said.