there are a few more fest. Tastefest, from July 3-7 has a Motor stage with Derrick May, Acquaviva, Carl Craig and Terrence Parker on 4 different nights.
Dally in the Alley has had the motormouth.org electronic stage the past two years, and its always great. On Wed, 22 May 2002, Lester Kenyatta Spence wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002, :P wrote: > > > how come no one like paxahau hasnt created a smaller festival later in the > > summer? detroit should have EMFs all damn summer long :)) > > -Joe > > what would be the hurdles involved in having something at belle isle...or > for those of us americans not in or around the detroit area, any nearby > park or plaza: > > *the ok of the city > here i'm talking about licenses to not only get the spot for a > picnic or whatever, but also the license to play loud music. the first > part is just about getting to the correct city office in time. the second > part might be difficult > > *getting dj's to play for free or ponying up the loot to pay them > you can't very well charge for events like this, and i don't know > how many dj's would render their service for free. > > *finding the right dates > dj's have hectic globetrotting schedules. finding the right > string of dates then getting individuals to commit (particularly given the > most likely financial scenario) would probably be labor intensive. > > *figuring out the market size > as the demf has shown there is a "market" for daytime park-like > events. but how big of a market is this? it doesn't matter how SMALL it > is...we all can recall events where we gigged our asses off with just 10 > or more people. but it does matter how big it is. too big and you can > easily have your event shut down before it even gets started...too big and > you'll find yourself having to pay the city for all types of unspecified > charges. > > > None of these hurdles are insurmountable...and they may actually be the > way to go in order to further grow the music. Fowlkes made a comment > about pre-1981 neighborhood parties as initiating the scene as we know it. > This could be a good idea...and could take us back to the future. > > (ducks) > > > peace > lks > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
