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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:	GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:	Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3280
Total number of notes:	61432

1691.0. "A band's NIGHTMARE!" by FREEBE::REAUME (Jane! Gimme back my loincloth!) Thu Feb 22 1990 19:01

      Well, the big news in Syracuse today has a big impact on our
    local rock and roll scene. We had a three alarm fire at a 
    warehouse here where twenty bands have rehearsal space rented.
    The front page shows musicians in the parking lot with drums
    and amps scattered around them. They were the lucky ones! 
    A lot of bands lost all their gear. I've practiced there,
    but not lately. Boy, I would've been p*ssed!
      This warehouse was the local rockers prime spot when not playing.
    Because it was in a commercial area you could practice to all hours
    of the night with no one complaining. Of course that wasn't all
    that went on there. If those walls could talk.
      A lot of the music stores in town are gonna be REAL busy this
    week, that's for sure.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1691.1	"DEC employee injured trying to save kittens"	RAVEN1::BLAIR	Great, there goes my toad farm...	`Fri Feb 23 1990 11:43`	4
	Hopefully nobody was injured and I'm glad to here your equipment wasn't there. I can just see the firemen holding John back while he screams, "My Kitties are in there, lemme go!".
1691.2	here's a real fire sale	FREEBE::REAUME	Jane! Gimme back my loincloth!	`Fri Feb 23 1990 14:13`	11
	You're right- I'd have a heck of a time trying to rebuild my arsenal. I'd probably have to fly to Europe or something and pay through the nose. I was expecting this. In the follow-up to the news story, the T.V. reported interviewed a few distraught musicians. Some bands are gonna have problems playing their jobs this weekend. I'm expecting a few benefit coming up to help these guys out. I really feel sorry for these guys, thousands worth of equipment up in smoke and I doubt a quarter of them are covered by insurance. Sad! -BoOm-
1691.3	I think I've been there	DISORG::WIEGLER		`Fri Feb 23 1990 15:38`	8
	Hey, where is that warehouse? I used to play in Syracuse and my band at the time, Short Fuse, used to rent space in a warehouse with a bunch of bands. I'll bet it's the same place. I was always concerned about fires in that place because people were coming and going at all times of the day and night and were involved in all kinds of activities. Willy
1691.4	$$$$	RAVEN1::DANDREA	Frog lickers unite!	`Wed Feb 28 1990 12:41`	5
	Any idea wht the insurance "situation" was? Did these guys have their own? Did the owner have insurance for the renters belongings? Sounds like a bad scene..... Steve D.
1691.5	Were You Serious?	AQUA::ROST	Bikini Girls With Machine Guns	`Wed Feb 28 1990 13:34`	9
	Insurance for the renter's belongings? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...... That's a good one..... Brian
1691.6	mega-loss	FREEBE::REAUME	Jane! Gimme back my loincloth!	`Wed Feb 28 1990 13:36`	12
	The warehouse was known as Albino's after the family that owned it. Last tally was 24 bands without a rehearsal space and without a lot of equipment. The total equipment loss is being estimated as high as $600,000. One band, Architect, is out $80,000 themselves. They had a whole studio set up in there! The keyboard player had just got done setting up a whole new rig. Among the missing keyboards: Ensoniq VFX-SD, Ensoniq EPS, Roland D-50, and a Yamaha piano. OUCH! The word I got was that these keyboards were vaporized.
1691.7	That's what Insurance if for!	MPGS::MIKRUT	Don't you boys know any NICE songs?	`Wed Feb 28 1990 13:41`	5
	You would think that with $80,000 invested, they would surely get Renters Insurance, without relying on the landlord. Especially it that type of environment. Mike
1691.8	yes....	RAVEN1::DANDREA	Frog lickers unite!	`Wed Feb 28 1990 17:58`	7
	RE: .5 I was dead serious. I practiced in a similar situation and we were able to "add" to our landlord's policy coverage for our stuff; and at a reduced rate as well....good deal. Steve D.