2009 Seattle Occultural Music Festival

SEATTLE OCCULTURAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Seattle Occultural Music is a domestic non-profit in the State of Washington, dedicated to maintaining & funding the Seattle Occultural Music Festival. This unique community-based festival celebrates new & experimental music in the Pacific Northwest of psychic, ecological, or otherwise deeply resonant importance. Our diverse programs incorporate performers and composers spanning the regions genres and musical generations, consistently mixing established artists, new talent, and influence not from the immediate Seattle area.

SOMF takes place in May but is organized most of the year, so your input is always welcome. If you would like to contribute your time/efforts/ideas, you are encouraged to contact us. If you are interested in performing in the upcoming festivities or represent someone who would be, please read our guidelines first & then submit your work.

///FEB2010 Dates and venues are now set for the 3rd Annual Seattle Occultural Music Festival. Festivities will be May 12th through 15th (5 shows over 4 days) at the Mercury, the Good Shepherd Center Chapel Performance Space, the Northwest Film Forum, and the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre. Many thanks to Joy Von Spain, Steve Peters, Matt Cunningham and Adam Bass. There are only a few spots still open for performers so if you interested please contact us as soon as possible.

In order to make SOMF 2010 run smoothly, we will be in need of your help with the following tasks and are asking for volunteers. If you are able & interested to commit to any of the following, please contact us:

Door (1-2 individuals) An individual to handle admission costs, giving and checking for stamps, and selling merchandise for our performing acts.

Drivers (1-2 individuals) Several performers are flying in from out of town and will need transportation to and from the airport.

Postering (8-10 individuals) Numerous individuals needed to work in small groups to hang posters and distribute handbills in designated quadrants of the city.

Live Sound (1 individual) Assistance running live sound will be needed for several of the nights – most performers will need hookup to and use of the PA.

Media Relations (1 individual) Responsible for handling consolidated distribution of listings and press materials, as well as additional promotional tactics for you to devise of your own ingenuity.

///NOV2009

Seattle Occultural Music will be holding a benefit concert on March 26th, 2010 in support of the 2010 festivities at the beautiful Good Shepherd Center Chapel Performance Space, courtesy of Nonsequitur. There will be 10 performances by 10 luminary guitar artists, each set 10 minutes or less. Suggested donations $5-15, though neither sky-limit nor penny-pincher contributions will be turned away. If you'd like to donate your performance and help bring folks out to support our events, get in touch. The lineup will be announced early in the new year.

Having "played" a critical role in the first 2 years of the Occultural Music Festival, contributing time, venue space, promotional assistance and a variety if top-notch performances, long-time supporters Aphonia Recordings will also be holding a benefit concert, at Gallery 1412, details are still forthcoming.

///OCT2009

General framework is being laid for the 3rd annual Seattle Occultural Music Festival. Current planning indicates 2 weekends with showcases of the best in folk, black metal, chamber music,

drone, noise & possibly film. If you're interested to play in 2010, note that the festival takes place in the first couple weeks in May. May is not only tour season but a great time in the Puget Sound area for festivals, including the Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Northwest Folklife Festival and many more.

///JUL2009 Subterraneous posted photographs of the festivities, very atmospheric. He posted performance shorts from several nights: the 3rd night of SOMF 2008 and the 4th and 5th nights of SOMF 2009.

///MAY2009 Thanks you to those who made our 2nd year a success. To our fabulous board Hillary Crawford, Evan Gilman, Christopher Greenchild, Patrick McMurchie and Michal Szostalo without whom none of this would be possible.
For the priceless poster artwork James Nielsen and Christopher Greenchild.

For hosting these festivities: Marianne Maksirisombat and the Art Church; Steve Peters, Nonsequitur and The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center; Ben L. Robertson, Aphonia Recordings and Gallery 1412; Adam Bass and the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater.

For additional promotional and organizational assistance Jon Sargent, Jason Kopec, Noise Poet Nobody and Elemental Abstractions, Forrest Baum, Tiffany Mikes and others at Hollow Earth Radio, and Christopher Delaurenti. And to our wonderful audience and beautiful performers, some of whom traveled great distances to share their work with us.