> i hope it does well. i'm behind the new guys all the way in hopes that they > will bring back not only the quality of the first festival, but the > electricity each and every night held. and if i'm asked to be a part of the > freakout setup team/artist co-ordination, then i'd be honored to do so. > hell, i'd even DJ ;P... > think I will volenteer again
> i hope derrick and whomever is in charge provides the festival with not only > a good balance of new (*cough*craig gonzalez/matt dear*cough*) and > old(*sneeze*shakeandclaudeyoung) detroit people, but artists also taking it > to new territories. maybe bringing some really way out stuff like Taylor > Deupree or Kim Cascone. some Jan Jelinek, Telefon Tel Aviv or Metro Area. > there's plenty of exciting, quality new music out there that Detroit > audiences have yet to be exposed to. i hope they have the wide angle lens on > to include alot of different styles, rather than just banging it out. > I would really like to see jeff mills there, and not just in the crowd, on the stage baby dazelling me with the 1,2,3's! > i hope the visuals are tastefully done and not over saturated with > unecessary loops of inappropriate commercials during an artistic performance > (in between performances is okay, if you really HAVE to.....). i also hope > the main thoroughfare doesn't become a noisef_k of bass from stacks in every > tent. there HAS to be some sort of limitations on that. > I dont mind the ads, but the extra sound tent are just bull sh*t, no other way to explain it. every record label does't need to have dj zxy his new record. I just think if ou playing at the demf you should be on one of the stages and not in a side tent, save it for an after party. I was so p*ssed last year when I went to see marco c. and all I could hear was every other stage. I guess having the aztec pyrimid closed really made it for a conjested event; both sound and people. > > there are many many other things i'd like to see happen, but i'm happy with > the outcome and i sincerely hope that they buckle up, shut up, put their > heads down, work their tails off and present a festival unlike anything > detroit's seen yet. > I wounder if the PEMF is going off this year? scotto lansing, mi.
