On Feb 21, 2006, at 3:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: February 21, 2006 3:04:52 PM PST
To: "J.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (313) Re: [ok] RE: (313) Saunderson not doing Fuse-In.
no one told you to quit loving the music, but at least admit that
after 4-5
years of having the even lose money, can't we all admit that the
scene can't
support it the way we want it?
Nope, I'm not ready to admit it, Joe.
41,000 people is a pretty damn decent turnout for a festival, if you
ask me. Especially in America.
Sonar gets far more people than that, of course, even with ticket
prices that are 3 times that of Fuse-In ... and it keeps growing.
I think Kevin should've charged $25 a *day* instead of for 3 days.
People will say "NFW, then no one would show up". Well, *I'd* show
up, and given that Sonar can get 80,000+ (when the 3-day tickets
are now up to $130 or so), it's not like there aren't people with
the money in their pockets out there (just that most of 'em are in
Europe, apparently ... hehehehe).
As others have noted, it's a cart-before-the-horse problem.
Attendees from overseas aren't willing to commit large financial
resources without a clear direction and indication that the thing
will take place. Sonar is 2 weeks after Fuse-In and the dates
and basics of the festival are already posted on their site.
I can decide to go from Manchester (after a few pints with Alex
& Francis, I hope) down to Barca and know that I'll find a festival
when I get there. It's much more professionally run and, most of
all, it appears to always have the full support of the city and
the Barcelona city government.
DEMF/Movement/Fuse-In has the unfortunate problem of being a
wonderful civic thing that should be city supported, in a city
that has no money to support it with. And we've already seen
what happens when you dance with the devil and accept corporate
sponsorship - you get stupid Bacardi ads and endless repeated
Eminem commercials. No thanks.
It's not the scene, if you ask me - it's the circumstances.
- Greg
