April 17 - 19 2009
WA Acoustic News
WA Acoustic News is a privately maintained free email newsletter of folk, acoustic, roots and related musical activities in Perth and Fremantle. You'll usually get one or sometimes two messages per week, usually on Wednesday or Thursday evening.
TO JOIN - please email program#fairbridgefestival.com.au (replace # with @)
Subscribers' email addresses will not be disclosed to any other person, under any circumstances. If somebody is looking for a contact for someone on the list, I will forward the enquiry directly to that person.
Here's how it works. The list runs more or less like a list server, except it's not automatic (that means it shuts down from time to time when I'm away!). Any subscriber can send information to the list, by sending a message to me at the address above. I will then check it for suitability and forward it to the list - I reserve the right to make arbitrary decisions at any time!
If you want to unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to this address with "unsubscribe WAAN" in the subject line and I will remove you immediately.
If you know anyone who might enjoy being on this list, please tell them about it and refer them to this page.
If you might want to send info to the list yourself, read on. Otherwise, that's all you need to know. Enjoy the list!
Steve Barnes and the Fairbridge Festival Committee.
Guidelines for posting to WAAN
- The scope of the list is restricted to folk, traditional and world music. This inevitably starts off the "what is folk" discussion, to which my answer is "music with its roots in local traditions". This gets very hazy at times, especially with regard to singer/songwriters. I generally draw the line of relevance somewhere between recognisable folk-related acoustic singer songwriters (whose songs aren't exclusively about themselves) and full-on pop/rock acts, but it's a very fuzzy line. Commercial mainstream events generally won't get publicised on WAAN. I generally don't include mainstream blues events, although the acoustic country-blues end of the spectrum might get a mention.
- Please ensure that posting request contains the letters "WAAN" in the title. I get masses of irrelevent spam gig postings, so unless you identify yours clearly it will probably get flicked unread.
- The prime purpose of the list is to publicise upcoming folk, roots and world music gigs anywhere in Western Australia, but other relevant news (e.g. new bands forming, possible tours, radio or TV shows) may be considered. Regular residencies generally won't be posted more than once.
- Gigs can be posted generally within two weeks of the date
(sometimes further out for especially newsworthy events).
- Postings should be short and to the point - name of act,
venue, time and date, ticket pricing and availability, one or two sentences
about the event and maybe a bried biog. Please make sure the date, time
and place are clearly stated on separate lines at the top of the message.
All information should be in plain text format - no images, no photos.
PLEASE don't send anything in attachments, they will not be opened.
And please don't send big slabs of advertising copy, 50 words or so
should do. Website links are fine.
- Please don't send me any email petitions (they are invariably
a waste of time), virus warnings (they are invariably hoaxes), chain
letters or any other form of spam. I'm not averse to the odd joke, though.
- I'm pretty careful about using Blind Carbon Copy so that
the full list of addresses is not broadcast. This is a deliberate policy
to protect confidentiality and prevent spamming. If I forget occasionally,
please respect the privacy of other subscribers and don't pass on their
addresses. Thanks.
- Once again - please, no attachments! They won't get opened. I will only pass on information which comes as plain text in the body of an email message - plain text format please, not htm format messages with megabytes of unnecessary graphics.
TO JOIN - please email program#fairbridgefestival.com.au
(replace # with @)
Happy folking!
Steve Barnes and the Fairbridge Festival Committee.