Okay, let's not be idealistic. Events of this size and scale are done for money. The logistics and scale are too crazy to justify doing for the love of music. If people want to do an event for the love of music, they find a loft, scrape some money together, and fly in a couple of talented DJ's whose music they believe in.
Personally, I have grown to dislike festivals in general, they just do not have a vibe I can get into. I suppose it's okay to help artists get paid well, but at the same time, I tend to lose respect for artists who ONLY play festival size events. As far as this particular festival, the important question is, whether the commercial events have a positive impact on the more underground scene, with good events springing up around the large scale event. This has been the best aspect of DEMF in my view, to the extent that last year I didn't enter the main festival at all, and probably had the most enjoyable DEMF experience yet. ~David On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Arturo Lopez <arturo.m.lo...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've always been of the opinion that there are two types of events in our > little corner of the music scene: > > The ones people throw to make money and the ones people throw for the sake > of everyone having a good time. > > One maybe charges enough money that your artists get paid and maybe > everyone breaks even. One tries to sell VIP bracelets. > > I hope it's the former type of event, but I suspect its the latter. > > -Arturo > > > > > > > > >
