Frustration and Naivete. . .Tours and Financing - Round 2! - August 9th, 2006

Back in March the Wild West announced that we were raising funds to bring Bernie Torme, and his new Band, Guy McCoy Torme, over from the UK for a US tour. The fund raising entailed a range of packages consisting of various Torme CDs, DVDs, bootlegs, and even a special meet and greet with the band. The idea was that we would look to the devoted fans to help make this happen. We were looking for ideally 100 such dedicated rockers at $100 a pop. If you do the math that means we are raising $10,000 for the tour. It is and it is not alot of money, depending on where you come from.

Our expectations, however, back in March and April, were overly optimistic. The exercise did provide enough for us to come back today, however, for what will be a second round of fund raising.

This time, the Wild West will have a proper business plan for the tour, and we will initiate a second round of fundraising, this time appealing to both fans and or investors who expect a return on investment. In addition to the business plan, the Wild West will be trying out a few other new tricks or at least some spiced up old tricks. All of which will be happening in the next few weeks. So stay tuned and we shall what we can do this time!

Never say die.

Bob Schaffer
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Hunting for Venues - The Fun Begins - August 4th, 2006

So last weekend we hit several venues dropping of a CD of bands that we would love to bring up to Westchester. We reached out to places in Stamford CT, venues around White Plains, and down in Yonkers. This week we started following up on those initial venues. One of them wanted little to do with the Wild West, no dates available right now. . .Nothing anytime soon. No problem.

We spoke to one or two others and there are some possibilities. So we got to go back to those venues and see if something can be worked out. Even those who are thrilled we will be back, just to make sure! and thenof course we realize now we forgot one venue - oops!

And this weeekend, we ae out again, checking out another batch of venues, followed by more phone calls until we have some dates to come back to the bands with!

Never say die.

Bob Schaffer
bob@wildwestrocks.com
www.wildwestrocks.com

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