I wasn't at SCaLE, and I'm sorry I missed this. In my humble opinion, that's largely what Linux as a whole frequently lacks: real world, real life demos. Don't just tell me about how great Linux is, show me the cool stuff you're doing with it, and show me <em>live</em>. Risk the demo going horribly wrong, give me that sense of dread that it could all come crashing down on us all at any moment. Whenever I give a talk about Linux and multimedia, I do everything live for that reason. It's terrifying sometimes but it usually goes well and I think that makes a better impression than just talking about it or showing demo reels or whatever. Just my two cents. -klaatu On 02/26/2014 08:06 AM, Brian Monroe wrote: > Hey guys, I was at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) this > weekend to work the Fedora booth. Just wanted to let you all know that I > brought a laptop with the spin installed on it, set it up with a Fast > Track Pro, mic, keyboard, keyboard stand, and a guitar. > > I was running Ardour, Hydrogen, Guitarix, and Qsynth, > > I had done a cover song in Ardour/Hydrogen, and was ready to help people > start adding to it/messing with it. > > Surprising to me, not that many people really cared about the recording > but a TON of people were shocked by the guitar/effects and wanted to > play. At times it drew a fairly large crowd and started a ton of > conversations that we wouldn't have had at the booth without it. > > We actually won the "Most Interesting Booth" award from SCaLE. > > Some interesting things I took away from conversations with people who > stopped by: > > 1) Several Asked if there was a group install (so like +5 on that idea) > > 2) Many of these people weren't real linux users and asked if there were > specific instructions on how to set it up. Two of these asked if there > was a youtube video showing how to do it, which I think is a great idea, > and I'll do if no one else wants to pick it up. > > 3) Two people asked if there was any music that was recorded with Jam, I > didn't know of any, and I can't think of anyone who has. Anyone have any > input on this? > > 5) Several people were asking for Ableton-like programs and I didn't > know of any that were on the spin. > > 4) What do you guys think about a Fedora Activity Day where we can maybe > do a joint effort for a group recording project? Not quite sure how that > would look, but I think it's doable. > > > There are a few other easy fixes for us to change on the spin, but I'll > address those later. Great job guys! > > > I wish I had remembered to take pictures of the rig, but I didn't. I'll > look for a few and see if I can get one. > > > _______________________________________________ > music mailing list > music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music > _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
