Back From Musecon

[billroper]

I had a really good time at Musecon, although I didn't attend pretty much any of the workshop sessions. There was at least one that I should have hit -- harperjen's arranging workshop this morning, but due to some more entertainment with our hot water heater, a really late night the night before, and the need to feed little girls, I didn't manage it. The workshops tended to fall into two categories: things I wasn't really interested in and things that I couldn't fit into my schedule. :)

Note to the concom: I understand that there are a finite number of slots in the schedule and that scheduling is a black art (been there, done that), but scheduling music workshops for 9 AM on Sunday morning is probably suboptimal given how late the filk ran last night. (Although Chas says attendance was good, so maybe it was just me that was asleep. :) )

But I enjoyed the songwriting workshop / panel that I was on with Eric, Lizzie, and Alex; I was able to catch the Moebius show on Friday night and Alex's concert on Saturday; and the filking was really fun, especially on Saturday night when things just got crazy in a very good (and not all-funny-all-the-time way).

The amount of tired that I am pretty much reflects how much fun I had. :)

So that's a good thing.

Comments

[tollermom]

Agreed about the 9 a.m. workshop timing... I was there this morning, but neither my brain nor my fingers were functional after being at open filk 'til 3 a.m..

Still a fun con, though!

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

I agree that scheduling is a black art - and I've helped at at least one of the Conjectures I've chaired.

On the other hand, I can see the problem with music workshops at 9:00 on Sunday, or even Saturday.

I could promise you that won't happen at Conjecture/Conchord, but I'm not going to get involved with programming any more than necessary to getting the schedule up on the website ;-)

[madfilkentist]

Personally, I like a few early-morning music-related items. quadrivium often runs 9 AM yoga sessions at cons, and I attend when I can.

[xap]

As you noted, it's a bit of a trade-off. We can put things in suboptimal (for many, though as noted below not for all) slots, or we can run 2 less music-related items. When that was tried in the past it also caused unhappiness.

Not that I expect to make everyone happy :) We all know that's not an option :) So it's an ongoing experiment to find a balance with the least amount of UNhappy experiences....

The amount of tired that I am pretty much reflects how much fun I had.
And that makes ME happy :)