Last year we tried very hard to have online and local music vendors come (many phone calls and e-mails) but they didn't think it would be worth their while (MusicDirect, AcousticSounds, ElusiveDisc, Chesky Records and so on...).
I spent a lot of time on it and Tyll used all of his contacts to no avail. Perhaps if we could use this year's National Meet videos to coerce (er, I mean "nudge") the music vendors they can see the success of the current attendees from this year.
I envisioned having a member walk over to a table with a 1000 CD's for sale (at a show price) pick a couple out for purchase and play them in familiar setups, and then ones they've only read about and never heard.
A win-win for all!
