You're not taking into account the commercial viability of this. In Europe we're lucky because a lot of festivals have considerable funding from various councils and organisations in order to get them to go ahead. The only festival I can think of that that doesn't really run according to commercial foibles is Montreux, and that's been backed from the start by rich philanthropy.
Although I've not been, I don't think that is the case in Detroit. It has to be commercially viable in order to succeed in the future. Now, it may be that in say, 5 or 6 years time, the festival may be successful enough nationwide for them to realise their dreams of putting on at least in part the festival that everyone on 313 wants it to be. You may have to be patient for it to happen I'm afraid. They either put on a festival that no-one turns up to and they lose all their money on, or they pocket enough money to be able to do it next year. The fact that Paxahau are doing it I think means that those guys I'm sure will be carrying the flame for Detroit Techno all along, but it'll take time. Landscapes and crowds change - and mindsets have to as well. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 March 2008 15:05 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Movement Update (Redbull, Myspace and Dieselboy) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Virtually any festival of any note in the last few years has grown in this > manner. The first > few line-ups are always amazing, and then as it grows, costs escalate and > other factors > concerning the future viability of the project become prominent, and as such > other, more > commercial aspects get involved. It's also difficult to try to downscale such > a project once it > gets to a certain size. "everybody else is doing it" is a good reason to become wack? i dont see what the problem with scaling back in order to not turn this festival into a joke is. tom For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
