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Hi Folks,

Here's a link to the guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for this year's Roadtrips. Please take a look and if you still have questions, let us know.
http://www.justplainfolks.org/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000128.html

Here's the lineups and info for the New York City/Brooklyn Just Plain Folks Roadtrip Events. Please Read all the info below. If you still have questions, email them to justplainfolks@aol.com and place "Question" in the subject and we will answer ASAP.
These should be three really fun events and I am looking forward to seeing all the NYC area folks!

Also, as people get added or cancel or change time slots, we'll update this page with the most recent info. Check her often and certainly before the show for the most up to date info on these 3 events.
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Brian's 10 Simple Rules to make the Show go smoothly:

After hundreds of these showcases over the last 7 years all over North America, I've learned a few good rules to make them work the best. So here's 10 rules to make it easier and more fun for everyone:

1. NO onstage tuning! That means NONE! We will give you ample notice when your slot is coming up. Be completely tuned and ready to plug in (whatever instrument you are playing) and play when your time comes. Also, if you are playing guitar, make sure you make eye contact and get the "OK" from the sound person BEFORE you plug in or unplug so we can be sure the channel is muted first. Also, make sure before the show your guitar battery works!

2. Please perform your very best song that lasts under 5 minutes. Please no 12 minute ode's to your cat or 18 minute Prog Rock/experimental Jams. This is your chance to blow the room away with your talent and writing skill (and let us get your very best effort on camera). Don't waste it on a new song you wrote on the way to the show. This is the time for your biggest crowd pleaser.

3. Please no political/religious/rants/speeches/diatribes. This is a music event, not a political/religious event. You are welcome to do political or religious songs, but remember, any political speech you make will likely offend 50% of the rest of the audience and religion can be a touchy subject to someone who believes differently. Let your music tell your story if that is the type of music you do and don't make speeches from the stage. Long song explanations aren't productive either. Do, however, tell folks who you are, make a few comments if you'd like (humor is always good) and say your name again after you peform (so we get it on film).

4. CD's. You are welcome to sell them, but remember almost everyone else has a CD to sell as well. Trading or giving out CD's is a great networking tool if you can afford it, but some artists can't, so don't expect everyone to trade unless they offer.

5. JPF T-Shirts and Hats. We have BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS! This will be the first show we'll have our new shirts for sale. It's a color variation of our original shirts from 1999 which people have been requesting the last few years. We have them in Black, Purple and a Light Khaki Brown type color called Prarie Dust. We have Black and Prarie Dust in Long Sleeves too! We also have our trademark JPF Red Hats. Remember, we fund the entire organization from T-Shirt/Hat sales, member donations and some community partner sponsorships. But the Roadtrips are generally funded entirely with money collected at shows. Help us out so we can help you!

JPF Signature Hat: 20.00
JPF T-Shirt: Short Sleeve: 15.00 (17.00 for XXL and XXXL)
JPF T-Shirt: Long Sleeve: 20.00 (22.00 for XXL and XXXL)
JPF Hat and Shirt: $5 dollar discount off combined price depending on size/type.
We also accept donations of any size if you don't want a hat or shirt. But you should plan on getting a shirt or hat. People will stop you on the street when you wear it and tell you they're JPF members too! (It's happened to members literally around the world!). The shirt theme is "We're All In This Together."

6. Cancellations: We understand things come up. But please try and email us to justplainfolks@aol.com the day before a show with any cancellations. If you have a problem on the day of the show, please call the venue to let us know so we can make adjustments to the lineup. Unannounced no shows at events may result in you being placed last in future events or eliminated altogether.

7. Come early, stay late! I am usually at the venue at least an hour before the show getting ready. Feel free to come and say hi during that hour. If a show ends at a reasonable time, I may be available to grab some coffee or a snack nearby to unwind with a group of members. In general, please try to come for the entire event or as much as possible. Someone has to go first and someone has to go last and we want them to get to perform for as many peers as possible. We take our traditional group photo at the end of the show as well, so if you stay, you'll end up on our home page for a few months in the Roadtrip photos.

8. These shows are not filtered in any way. You may see some folks who will blow you away with their talent, and you might find some that belong in a blooper reel from bad American Idol auditions. Either way, please treat everyone with respect and support. Even the best performers among us had to start somewhere, and if our own community of peers don't give a chance for entry level folks to get their feet wet, who will? Lets celebrate the diversity and if someone is really not doing well in their performance, be glad it isn't you and offer some friendly support! That's the best way for them to learn, get better and grow.

9. Network, Network, Network! Bring business cards and a friendly demeanor and meet as many people as you can. You'll never know what good can come out of a new contact, and often doors open that you hadn't even thought of. There's a lot of folks to meet at these events, so don't waste the opportunity!

10. If there is a problem, relax, it will get fixed. We're here to have fun. Stuff will happen and things will go wrong, they always do. We'll get past it, so don't stress. Be flexible and we'll be flexible and that should allow us to have fun and get past anything that comes up.
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About the Documentary Project:

Because NYC is such a big place and these shows are all really large, we won't be able to do as much "extra" filming for the documentary as we do at smaller shows. However, we may still asks artists short questions on the stage for quick candid answers (simple things like: Who's the best NYC Indie Artist you ever saw in concert? What was the best venue you ever performed a show in? What artist influenced you the most in your career? What's your favorite song? etc. ) Our goal is to compile a ton of responses to these and similar questions from artists all over North America for the Documentary (and then show the responses rapid fire). So be ready to make candid remarks and make them concise and the more funny and interesting they are, the better chance you'll have to make it into the project.

We will also film all performances for the documentary and take photos for our website. If you want to be involved in a longer interview for the project, sign up for one of the smaller shows where we have time to interview folks as well as performances.
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June 2, 3 & 5 Venue Locations, Times and Lineups

June, 2, 2005 Brooklyn Showcase Lineup: 7-12PM

Here's the info for the Brooklyn Showcase at Sputniks.

www.barsputnik.com
262 Taafe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718-398-6666

Here's a link to directions: http://www.barsputnik.com/directions.html

We will meet for networking and set up at 7PM. The show will start at 8PM. The venue has a PA and a partial drum kit (i.e. no cymbals, cymbal stands or snare). We would love to have a band offer to share their backline with the other 5 bands. If one of you can volunteer, it would save a lot of set up/tear down throughout the night. Also, if someone is willing to share their Keyboard with the other keyboard players, we'd get the same benefit. Please email and let me know if anyone is able/willing to share. At this show, bands will get to do 2 songs (which is rare at a JPF showcase!). If a band brings a backline (i.e. drums, guitar and bass amps) to share, they will get a third song. If a keyboard player brings a board to share with others (88 note preferred) we will give that artist an extra song as well as thanks.

We actually have room for a few more artists at this show, so if you have talented friends that would like to participate, please have them sign up.

8-9PM (Time Approximate)

01. Guy Michetti
02. Stephen Arout
03. Saro Liotta
04. Von Cello
05. Steven Bacon
06. Richard Thorne
07. Massimo
08. Jordon Rothstein
09. John Taglieri
10. Lara Herscovitch

Set 2 9-10PM

11. Aliza Hava
12. Adam Zadok
13. Hayman
14. John Daubert
15. Steven Rosenhaus
16. Natalie Gelman
17. JoshuaGabriel
18. Demolition
19. Mariana Bell
20. Noam Weinstein

Set 3: 10:00-11:00PM

Johnny Young & Bloodroot (Band)
Any Other Late Sign Ups or Bands Attending

John Margolis (not performing)
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Paddy Reillys Showcase Lineup: 5:30PM-10:30PM
(5-5:30PM Networking/Set Up/Check In)

www.paddyreillys.com
519 2nd Ave.
(2nd Ave at 29th St.)
New York, NY
212-686-1210

We've heard this is a great venue with friendly people so we're excited to be doing this show. Thanks to Rick Savoie at Rock Solid Management, we have a full backline, including:

Sound System being provided:
PA: Makie 808 8channel mixing board w/effects
Makie PA speakers
4 microphnes (sm58) & stands

Backline:
5pc Precision custom kit w/symbols or Roland electonic kit
Rivera 5512 combo head & speaker w/reverb (guitar rig)
Rivera Suprema 55w 112 combo w/reverb (guitar rig)
Peavey T Max bass head & Ampeg 15-cabinet & 4x10 cabinet(bass rig)
Korg 01W keyboard

This should allow most of you to plug and play. The only caveat to this show is that we must be 100% finished and off the stage before 11PM so the house band can start. We are starting this show early so we can accommodate all the people who are signed up.

Paddy Reillys Lineup/Performance Order:

Set 1: 5:30-6:30PM:

01. Howard Parker (Band)
02. Ryan Link
03. Corrinne Curcio
04. Stephen Arout
05. Vincent T. Vok
06. Steven Bacon
07. Tracy Stark
08. Dave Kleiner
09. David W Jacobsen
10. Larry May-Junk Male

Set 2 6:30-7:30PM (Time Approximate)

11. Cassandra Kubinski
12. Guy Michetti
13. David Kraut
14. F. Michelle Lewis (Band)
15. Alice Marie
16. Adam Zadok
17. Carrie Taylor
18. Von Cello
19. Butterfly Tongues
20. Bill DeChand

Set 3 7:30-8:30PM

21. HUMAN X (Band)
22. Todd Giudice
23. Harold Payne
24. Mark Romero
25. Jordon Rothstein
26. Natalie Gelman
27. The Randy Bandits (Band)
28. Kayka
29. John Taglieri
30. Mariana Bell (Band)

Set 4 8:30-9:30PM

31. Lauren Flaherty
32. Jann Klose
33. Saro Liotta
34. Ophir Drive
35. Theresa Dante (Band)
36. Paul Cataldo
37. Aliza Hava
38. Hayman
39. Cynthia Summers
40. Hillary Chapman

Set 5 9:30-10:30PM

41. John Laprade
42. James Paul
43. Maggie Kim & 17 Red (Band)
44. Kierstin Gray
45. Charlene Johnson
46. Lisseth Mcfarlane

John Margolis (not performing)

We'll likely hang out after we're done since it's so early and do some networking and try some Guiness (which I heard was really good here!).

See you all Friday night!

Brian

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Nightingales: Sunday, June 5th, 2005 6-12PM

213 Second Avenue
(NW Corner of 13th St. & 2nd Ave.)
NY, NY 10003
212.473.9398

Trains: L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square/ 14th Street

This show is an acoustic/small ensemble only night. We will have a PA but any other backline you need (keyboard etc.) you will have to bring. Because of the small size of the stage, no drum kits can be used for this show. We will meet for set up, check in and networking at 6PM with the show starting app. at 7PM.

Set 1 7-8PM (Time Approximate)

01. The Randy Bandits
02. Love Child
03. Von Cello
04. Adam Zadok
05. Kierstin Gray
06. Saro Liotta
07. Steven Rosenhaus
08. Todd Giudice
09. Charlene Johnson
10. Vincent T. Vok

Set 2 8-9PM (Time Approximate)

11. Natalie Gelman
12. Rhonda Schuster
13. Ophir Drive
14. Provo
15. Aliza Hava
16. Corrinne Curcio
17. Steven Bacon
18. Arlon Bennett
19. Dave Kleiner
20. OPEN

Set 3 9-10PM (Time Approximate)

21. Theresa Dante
22. Trish Ribeiro
23. Larry May-Junk Male
24. Angela Taylor
25. Jann Klose
26. Johnny Young & Bloodroot
27. Black Flamingo
28. Jody Aaron
29. Elisa Peimer
30. Noise Traffic Control

If we have additional artists coming we'll continue on past 10PM.

*This showcase is acoustic or small ensemble only.

John Margolis: Not Performing
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See you all in NYC!

Brian

[This message has been edited by Brian Austin Whitney (edited 06-04-2005).]

[This message has been edited by Brian Austin Whitney (edited 06-05-2005).]

Hi There,
My name is Catherine Moon and I'm very interested in hooking into Just Plain Folks, and doing a shocase inn either NYC or NJ. I live in Clifton, NJ, which is just west of the Lincoln Tunnel/midtown Manhattan. How do I sign up for a showcase?
Peace,
Catherine Moon
mommamooncat@yahoo.com

Catherine,

There's still room at the Thursday and Sunday shows. Feel free to sign up via the process outlined at the top.

Brian

Hi everyone
I'm thrilled that I'm slated to play all 3 venues in NYC. I'm looking forward to meeting and hearing my fellow JPF'ers

Corinne Curcio
http://home.earthlink.net/~corinne54

Excellent job Brian.....really looking forward to meeting everyone....!!

Stephen

Stephen Arout
NYC Chapter Coordinator
Just Plain Folks
www.stephenarout.com

Looking forward to the updates to see if I'm in. Thur. June 2, and/or Sun. June 5

John Daubert

Brian, thank you for placing me in the Brooklyn and NY City showcases.

I am looking forward to meeting everyone and hearing all these acts! If it's anything like Friday night, then wow, am I in for a treat! BIG fan of other's original music.

John Daubert

[This message has been edited by dhsongs (edited 05-30-2005).]

I updated the NYC info for the Sunday night show. We have some open slots if anyone else wants to join us. Our Friday night show at Paddy Reilly's was our Best NYC ever.. thanks to all who attended!

Brian