Well, Moogfest Day 1 is over, and looking back, I had a good time, but it seems that things are no where as organized as the last two years.

Having set up sessions at a major conference before, I understand the complexity of trying to manage sessions, attendees, speakers, etc. And we are you are dealing with a spread out session like MoogFest I bet the issues are compounded. Having said that, the one thing you need to be able to do is communicate. Let your attendees know when sessions cancel or get moved.

I had finished organizing my calendar on the 13th, and the conference started on the 17th. imaging my surprise when half of the things I had planned on day one were no longer valid. Events are cancelled, performers are not here, and sessions have moved. I’ve been walking all over downtown Durham only to find that the things are no longer happening.

I heard two musical acts, one – Sister, Brother – was a the Pinhook. A small bar, that has the vibe of the type of place I my band in college would play at. That is not a bad thing. I also got to see a live scoring of the German silent film “The cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, at the Armory done by Suzanne Ciani. Very cool session.

I was able to go to one presentation, “How to build your own Synth for fun (if not for Profit”, by one of the Moog Engineers. It was interesting and informative.

Today’s big event, the “conversation” with Michael Stipe appears to be cancelled, which is a bit frustrating. As he was the biggest name for this year’s show. I also spent some time looking at my original scheduled (5 printed pages), and it is now not even 2 full pages. I am wondering if there will be a Moogfest 2019.