BEATKANGZ wrote:Summer Namm hmmm..... Well we paid to be club namm members so we could pass out our lit and talk to dealers etc. Cause the booth prices were crazy for such a small show..... When we had our team in there the officials at namm told us "Hey you cant pass out your lit in here unless you are a club member" then when our team flashed their badge with "CLUB" clearly on it they said "uuummm.... eehhhmmm.... Welll.... only exhibitors can do that"
Plenty were doing it but i guess we were targets cause we were not in suites and ties..... Professional but true to who we are.....
THEN.... We decided to throw a block party next door the the convention center so we booked an empty parking lot for all day saturday and saturday night and we set up a barber giving fades, B boy's wit a mat, Tag artist, Dj work'n thangz, Hell even a taco stand and bomb ass hot dogs....... We had a party bus with generator and gave demos on the bus. At night we plugged up a PA and had a freestyle session with Live keys, Bass, Sax and of course Thangz....... It was dope and the whole underground scene in nashville came out.
When we were setting up in the morning the officials at Namm came over and said we had to go, but we had booked the lot so what could they do..... yeah they called the police on us like we had no business being there. All the top officials were out there talking to the cops trying to convince them to shut us down...... We got it all on tape it was funny. We may post it..... The cops came over and requested to see all our paperwork etc and yes we knew we better be legit so we had it....... So we flipped off NAMM said Peace to the cops and Played "fight for your right to parrrrrrtttyyyy" right in front of the convention center......
People danced, Got fades, Ate hot dogs and tacos, listen and check out thangz and it was one of the coolest thing we have ever done..... It went from 12 noon till 3 am
Their show was closed to the public lame boring, Even gibson and fender didnt come or roland...... I have never seen such a dead namm.... It was sad
Our show "Booth 420" was the place to be and was open and free to the public
That was namm..... we have it all on tape and may release it. It was funny them trying to shut us down.
they may try to block us for the winter show but we'll be there giving'em hell.......
AJA
PS. We also met Scott Peer at namm who invented the ASRX. He contacted me before the show. We just signed him to an NDA and are in talks of bringing him on our dev team full time....... He loves what we are doing and we are big fans of his work as well........ ha ha its on
yo, thats why I moved to seattle from tennessee, muhfukas just dont respect ya in tennessee, they treat ya like shite unless you walk up in a suit, that use to always make me flip out, and get in peoples faces.. cats give you respect out here, you can be walking around with pink hair and wearing dress and still get respect, I think it is slowly starting to get a lil better in tn, but that is the main word "slowly".... and shame on you guys trying to cheat for the free software, Im a unemployed collage student, and if I told you how I got the money for my thangz software you would crap ur pants, and no it didnt involve stealing..
,.....but I'm glad it went to someone who won fair and square. 
