Just wanted to agree too...
I think that by ourdays, festivals are more "Cultural" events, than some
private companies sources of profit...
I can tell you that 80% of the live acts I've made in last 3 years in
festivals (even if its 90% in Europe, where its the same situation anyway)
were possible because of some sponsors or Governement cultural budgets...
Specially for free festivals...
Even if I think that lots of governement budgets are too low...or (its the
case in Belgium) just dedicated to "Classical music", nothing for
electronic, rock music etc...
So, its also the moment to talk about sponsoring for underground
music...(because I know that if we are talking about Movement, we will have
to talk about sponsorship..)
If we need to wear a "Ford" t-shirt (ok its maybe too much ;-)..., to have a
chance to make the people ear/discover our music ...why not...
Sponsoring exist for many centuries...it made possible some of the nicest
italian sculptures and peinting during renaissance hey !...of course Ford
didn't exist by these days, but was the same kind of business...;-)
Fabrice Lig
From: Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Fw: Re: (313) movement 04
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:58:40 -0800
I couldn't disagree more. Many businesses aren't profitable in
their first year or two. Even moreso for turnarounds, which
Movement is. DEMF had the advantage of launching during
a huge economic upswing, which ended shortly thereafter.
Movement is operating in a context of a bad economy (Michigan
is second only to my own Oregon in unemployment) and
contracting ad budgets. The music industry itself, as we know,
is an utter shambles.
Those who think they know how to run Movement better might
want to call up and volunteer. Maybe if your ideas are that good
they'll bring you on as staff. Better yet, invest a few hundred
thousand dollars and have a deciding voice in how the show runs.
That is in fact how many major festivals of all kinds operate.
fred
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Subject: Re: (313) movement 04
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:54:38 -0600
[Oliver Ruehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> movement 2004
>
> http://www.freep.com/news/locway/move14_20040214.htm
Man... Give it back to Carl Craig. How you can take over something
like Movement and not turn a profit is beyond ridiculous to me.
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