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Some musings on the nature of my plan
Jan. 6th, 2006 10:58 amfollowing on from my last post and particularly keef's comment.
my whole thought for the club (and possibly the name) is subculture. I don't think it would work as a one genre pony but i'm also aware that people don't want 7 blended nights a week playing the same stuff.
the take off of monthly and 2-weekly nights has been a big boon I think as it allows for a good variety of nights out on a regular basis.
my initial thoughts would be to have some sort of generic alternative saturday (possibly with a more metal slant on wendyhouse weeks so as not to compete with a bigger and better fish) and then have a rotation of fridays between different alternative genres - goth, industrial/noise, metal, indie etc and with random nights midweek. I'm almost thinking of a bigger venue than the bassment that can be made smaller for smaller nights by having some sort of partitioning (it's the death of a night to appear to rattle round in its venue even if its at the capacity of it's audience) also 'subculture' doesn't strictly mean goth/alternative/metal/industrial so there's room for stuff like smaller gay nights etc.
the partitioning idea could also allow for a two roomed night - an alternative night with a conversation room would be nice
I also think it's important to be able to use the place as a venue and to approach any layout thoughts with this in mind. this is one reason why I think the bassment's a bad idea - it's got a shonky layout for such things. leeds is in desperate need of a good small/medium alternative friendly venue and midweek gigs could certainly help to fill the roster in terms of financial viability. I've had all sorts of thoughts regarding easily removable stage areas (it's the engineer in me)
I take on board the stuff about staff. I would never want to manage people directly so would need an excellent bar manager who would have absolute power in staffing issues. this is an involved job and is certainly not one you'd give to someone unqualified for it. my friend cat is a bar manager (in a large bar which was set up from scratch so she has some useful experience to impart) and has to be very harsh with people - this is not a role for me!
anyhoo that was just a few thoughts. feel free to comment and criticise.
I'm off to town tomorrow to nosey at what's going in the cheaper areas (if anyone wants to join me - I'm a slow hobbler at the moment thought)
what I most need to know right now is costs (premises, equipment, refurb and general running) so I can work through numbers and feasability a little more before we all get too excited
my whole thought for the club (and possibly the name) is subculture. I don't think it would work as a one genre pony but i'm also aware that people don't want 7 blended nights a week playing the same stuff.
the take off of monthly and 2-weekly nights has been a big boon I think as it allows for a good variety of nights out on a regular basis.
my initial thoughts would be to have some sort of generic alternative saturday (possibly with a more metal slant on wendyhouse weeks so as not to compete with a bigger and better fish) and then have a rotation of fridays between different alternative genres - goth, industrial/noise, metal, indie etc and with random nights midweek. I'm almost thinking of a bigger venue than the bassment that can be made smaller for smaller nights by having some sort of partitioning (it's the death of a night to appear to rattle round in its venue even if its at the capacity of it's audience) also 'subculture' doesn't strictly mean goth/alternative/metal/industrial so there's room for stuff like smaller gay nights etc.
the partitioning idea could also allow for a two roomed night - an alternative night with a conversation room would be nice
I also think it's important to be able to use the place as a venue and to approach any layout thoughts with this in mind. this is one reason why I think the bassment's a bad idea - it's got a shonky layout for such things. leeds is in desperate need of a good small/medium alternative friendly venue and midweek gigs could certainly help to fill the roster in terms of financial viability. I've had all sorts of thoughts regarding easily removable stage areas (it's the engineer in me)
I take on board the stuff about staff. I would never want to manage people directly so would need an excellent bar manager who would have absolute power in staffing issues. this is an involved job and is certainly not one you'd give to someone unqualified for it. my friend cat is a bar manager (in a large bar which was set up from scratch so she has some useful experience to impart) and has to be very harsh with people - this is not a role for me!
anyhoo that was just a few thoughts. feel free to comment and criticise.
I'm off to town tomorrow to nosey at what's going in the cheaper areas (if anyone wants to join me - I'm a slow hobbler at the moment thought)
what I most need to know right now is costs (premises, equipment, refurb and general running) so I can work through numbers and feasability a little more before we all get too excited
