Such an endeavor would require considerable planning to pull it off successfully. Any event of that level requires lots of thought and deep, deep pockets.

First, is there a big enough need to have such an event?
How many folks would be seriously interested?
How many folks would actually attend an event like this?
What new things would be taught that most folks using this don't already know or use in their music already?
What else besides PG things would be offered to attract people and sponsors?
Would there be enough folks there to justify a company like Cakewalk (for example) to send folks and displays to such an event where they might only see a few hundred people as opposed to the trade show where they see tens of thousands on a weekend?

Then, you have to weigh all that against the out of pocket cost to the individuals attending. For most of the users, there would be airlines round trip tickets, passport, motel rooms & meals, time away from family or work, and a host of other sundry expenses involved.

In my experience, Events like are being suggested are not generally worth the costs for the knowledge learned. Case in point.... I attended a Taxi Road Rally in LA one of the first years (2009) that I was a member with them. Incidentally, I was also fairly new to BiaB at that same time. Tickets were free to all members and so was all of the events, training, and seminars. I still spent close to $1200 out of my pocket on round trip budget airline tickets and motel room for a few days & meals. Did I get anywhere close to $1200 in value from contacts made or training? That could be discussed in great detail.... which I won't go into here. People literally flew in from all over the world. Sweden, Australia, Japan, Europe, Africa.

If the PG Company and staff wanted to throw a big meet and greet party with some PG specific training seminars and such things....and advertised it well in advance, and set a reasonable number of available slots, I would say it's likely that they would fill the slots. People will go for the party.

One of the big problems is, there are already industry events and doing a special event like this is a very expensive deal. In the industry trade shows, the cost is spread amongst the many companies representing. An event like this would be, all costs on PG. They couldn't do it for free, and then the question becomes, how much would people be willing to spend above travel costs for tickets to such an event?

As much as I love using PG software, I don't know that I would attend an event of this nature. Probably not unless it was really really some sort of special knowledge or training that I felt I absolutely needed in my musical toolbox.

It would be interesting to hear from PG on this idea though.

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