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[GR Department]

^_^ Thank you guys for all the suggestions so far...we've already started for 2011, so please keep the requests coming in! :)

Just for clarification, FanimeCon's awesome GR Department is the one that brought over Momoi this year and last year :) We just collaborated on the concert for 2009.

as long as i have a fanime badge, i can go to the FLOW concert, right?
i don't have to like line up to get tickets or something? because i remember a few years ago, i think it was ancafe, there was this HUGE line to get tickets or something to see the concert.

All you need is your badge.

Will there be an "advantage" from attending the panel?

...??? What do you mean?

Will there be priority ticketing for the autograph session to those who go to the panel? It wouldn't be fair if the people who didn't go to the panel and instead camped out for the autograph session for hours on end get first crack at it while the people who attend the panel will only have an half-hour window to get in line for the autograph session and risk going after those who did not go the panel.

tl;dr People who went to the panel should go first in the autograph session.

There will be no priority lines. We hope that everyone who wants an autograph will get one but there will be limitations on the number of items and how long spent with each member so that everyone can get a chance. So be nice to your fellow attendees in line with you!

Some questions for the mods:
1) What can you actually get signed during the autograph session? Only official goods?
2) Can we give gifts to them? Then what would be the gift policy?
3) Are cameras banned from the Civic Auditorium like it was for An Cafe?

1) You can get whatever you want signed by them. (I suggest the awesome MusicFest t-shirts!) There are limitations on how many items will be signed.
2) Yes, you can give gifts. There will be a place to put all your gifts in.
3) Cameras are definitely banned from the San Jose Civic. If you have a camera on you or in anything you are carrying, you will not be allowed inside.

Also, to add to the gift-giving...No foods or perishable goods, please. :)

Will there be an "advantage" from attending the panel?

...??? What do you mean?

The Info Desk will list when the FLOW autograph session is from what I read in the schedule, right?

I'll write it here anyway xD

FLOW Autograph Session
Hilton San Carlos
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Start: 2:30 p.m.

I am wondering when and where and how this is happening and do we need a seperate ticket?

San Jose Civic (Across the street from the Convention Center)
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Doors 6 pm, Start 7 pm

No separate tickets needed. Just show your attendee badge at the door.

When will the autograph session be?

It will be on Monday, May 31, 2010, at the Hilton - San Carlos Room @ 1:00 p.m.

Sorry to be a pest.  The schedule lists FLOW in the Marriott Salon on Saturday.  Is this an autograph session?  Q&A?  What have you?  Details would be wonderful if you have any.

Thank you!

The one in the Marriott Salon would be the Q&A Panel.

Is there a set time and date for the concert and the autograph session, or is it still TBA at this moment?

Doors for the concert will be 6:00 pm, show start time is 7:00 p.m.

I need to confirm a couple of things for the autograph session, so...I'll get back to you in a lil bit on the autograph session time.

Wait Momoi is having a concert too?
Damn MusicFest stealing all my time...

To be completely fair. MusicFest brought in Momoi last year. This year, it's all our GR department. :)
Also, she won't be giving just one concert but multiple.

To be completely fair, the awesome GR Department is the one who brought Momoi last year, too :) We just worked on the concert together :)

     So I was wondering about the autograph session and the Q&A for LM.C, will your badges let you in? I know when An Cafe came they only allowed like the first 300 people who got autograph tickets in. Will it be like that or will everyone be able to come till the time of the session is over? And I assume anyone can attend the Q&A? Btw, I'm really excited to see LM.C! I was not really planning on going till I saw LM.C was coming! Will be an EPIC concert. =^-^=

Yes, for ALL of LM.C's events, all you will need is your attendee badge.  We are not doing tickets this year for any of their events.  :)

Will they also have a vendor of LM.C t-shirts and such merchandise to buy that is for the occasion of the concert?

Yes, I believe merch will be sold at the concert.

So I know if you have a badge or whatever you're entitled to all of Fanime's events, but will there be a ticket pick up like there was last year? And will the hours for pick up be accurately listed? I remember last year was chaotic because it seemed like the pickup window was open for like 30 minutes every 3 hours or so, or at least it seemed that way.

No, we won't be doing ticketing. Just line up at the venue and show your badge at the door.  :)

Will FLOW have an autograph session like the other guests?

FLOW will have a Q&A session as well as an Autograph session on Saturday. Please keep an eye out for the schedule when it becomes available!

Just on Saturday?

Yes, only on Saturday.

Why Friday. WHY. Especially considering Swap Meet registration and selling period. People expected a settle/panel day on Friday. WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO HAVE MUSICFEST SO LATE-NOTIFIED AND SHIFTED TO THAT DAY. AFTERNOON, OK, THAT WORKS. BUT NIGHT TO THROW OFF THE FOOT-TRAFFIC TO SELLERS?!

Way to screw pre-reg for the rest of us!

[/honest rage]

Uhm, if anyone has been paying attention, we've had MusicFest on Fridays for the past two years that overlapped with the same time that people started lining up for Swap Meet.  And only NOW it becomes problem because our Friday concert has a big band that people have been requesting for a while...?

With a convention of this size, it's only to be expected that some events are going to overlap and/or conflict. Black & White Ball overlaps with my Sunday concert, and does that affect the attendance? Yes, it can, but then again, those are two different events, and the people who are inclined to go to one event may not even consider going to the other one.

I can sympathize with you more than you realize. For as long as I've been with MusicFest, there have always been other events out there that have taken away potential audience members from the concerts, almost to the point where those numbers affected my negotiations for potential guests. It's just something that you have to deal with when you have an event at a convention.

From the replies on the thread, it seems there are SOME people out there who are happy to have another event option for Friday.

As for the late announcement, that is something that can't be discussed, but I can tell you, this took more than a year and a half out of my life to establish and plan in order to make something happen that attendees have been asking for for the past few years.  

This wasn't done to spite Swap Meet but to GIVE THE ATTENDEES WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. >:(

You don't place emphasis in advertising a service that people pay for (Swap Meet) only to mention at the last minute one of the BIGGEST NAMES IN JP MUSIC to kill people out of selling plans. As of now the list of Swap Meet sellers is approximately 200+ including the waiting list; It doesn't matter if it wasn't done to spite Swap Meet.

What you are insinuating is that Swap Meet sellers are not as important as attendees (Who are also attendees), and are not as important in the course of events.

Yes, B&W Ball and Concert are two different things that people must choose from. But these things are freely attend-able, without previous fees planning and registration; show up and go. People that are planning things to sell and preparing paperwork as well as the fees work are not the same level as the events or Panels. Swap meet is money talks. Money.

If this initiative was planned in the first, it should have been announced that much earlier, to prevent misleading registration of the meet in light of possible selling opportunity.

There are people who will go to MusicFest and there are people who will go to Swap Meet. Do you know how many times I've run up and down the convention center to hand out flyers for MusicFest's Friday shows only to be told "I don't do concerts." ?? There are different kinds of attendees out there who won't care about FLOW but will care about going to Swap Meet and vice versa. Quite honestly, I don't think this is something to panic over.

And I would greatly appreciate it if didn't put words in my mouth. I NEVER stated that SM Sellers weren't important.

What I said was we listened to the attendees, and we gave them what they asked for. Simple as that. Friday is the only logical day to put that concert, and like I've stated previously, we've had concerts on Fridays for the past two years, and this year wasn't going to be an exception.

As for why things weren't announced sooner...Again, I can't talk about it for confidential reasons. This has been planned for a very long time, but the process of announcing is much more complicated than anyone realizes until they actually have to go through it. And it can drag on and on and on, and a LOT of people get involved. We planned and pushed for a much earlier announcement, but with all things, delays and other crap happened.

When you get involved in taking part in a convention, you HAVE to keep in mind that there will always be conflicting schedules. That's the nature of the beast.

Why Friday. WHY. Especially considering Swap Meet registration and selling period. People expected a settle/panel day on Friday. WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO HAVE MUSICFEST SO LATE-NOTIFIED AND SHIFTED TO THAT DAY. AFTERNOON, OK, THAT WORKS. BUT NIGHT TO THROW OFF THE FOOT-TRAFFIC TO SELLERS?!

Way to screw pre-reg for the rest of us!

[/honest rage]

Uhm, if anyone has been paying attention, we've had MusicFest on Fridays for the past two years that overlapped with the same time that people started lining up for Swap Meet.  And only NOW it becomes problem because our Friday concert has a big band that people have been requesting for a while...?

With a convention of this size, it's only to be expected that some events are going to overlap and/or conflict. Black & White Ball overlaps with my Sunday concert, and does that affect the attendance? Yes, it can, but then again, those are two different events, and the people who are inclined to go to one event may not even consider going to the other one.

I can sympathize with you more than you realize. For as long as I've been with MusicFest, there have always been other events out there that have taken away potential audience members from the concerts, almost to the point where those numbers affected my negotiations for potential guests. It's just something that you have to deal with when you have an event at a convention.

From the replies on the thread, it seems there are SOME people out there who are happy to have another event option for Friday.

As for the late announcement, that is something that can't be discussed, but I can tell you, this took more than a year and a half out of my life to establish and plan in order to make something happen that attendees have been asking for for the past few years.  

This wasn't done to spite Swap Meet but to GIVE THE ATTENDEES WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. >:(

[concert]

WOAHH! so many japanese music guest this year<3
can't wait<3

are there any information about cameras at flow's concery yet?

Unfortunately, due to the request of the management, no photography will be allowed for FLOW's concert.  :-\

[FLOW]

Hello everyone!!

MusicFest here with another announcement!! Our last headlining band, FLOW, has finally been announced!!

http://www.fanime.com/2010/05/14/flow-blasts-into-san-jose-for-fanimecon-2010/

http://www.flow.mu/09/liveinfo/detail.php

\(^o^)/ Yay!

Edit:
OOPS, forgot to add...their Concert will be on Friday, May 28th!! :)

Edit #2:
Doors open at 6:00 pm, Concert will be between 7:00 - 9:00 pm!

JAM Project or Maasaki Endoh please? :> (JAM went to Otakon i think before)

Jam Project did go to Otakon, I'll tell you right now though they're out of Fanime's budget. Jam Project is like 20 people to bring, and Otakon spent the majority of their entire guest budget only on them. Won't get into the details, but seriously, there's no way Fanime can afford them.

... this is probably why I'll never head MusicFest again.

You know you want it back!!! ;) 

So the LM.C autographing session is definitely going to be on Monday right? Anyone know like... a certain time of when this will be happening because I have classes around noonish..haha DX

...o.O You have class on a Holiday..?