The first year there were some Featured Artists that may have had some financial assistance. This is complete speculation and not intended to be rumor mongering. But, hey, they flew from the Netherlands :)
Scott
On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Per Boysen wrote: I totally get the picture and would gladly pay that price for a ticket, if it wasn't happening so far away. It seems as the typical gathering were you would rather not want to haul around instruments to perform in order to being more free for walking and talking around all those awesomely nerdy people. per On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Warren Sirota < wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote: I was there last year (which is where I met Kevin).
I don't get the outrage - you don't like it,
don't participate. The ticket cost was minimal. It was fun - lots of
interesting people there. I doubt that the organizers were turning
much of a profit. I don't think there was hardly anyone there who
wasn't performing. The space was out in the Philly burbs - no walk-by,
no hip urban environment (or hip beach college town environment) to
speak of. Food is included, although it's pretty spotty - but there is
no place in walking distance to eat. And it's a big space (if it's the
same) - don't know what the rental is, but there is a concert hall, an
addl performance room and an events room, along with a jam room
upstairs. something happening pretty continuously everywhere, it
seemed to me.
Hey, I used to belong to bands where we payed for rehearsal space -
that was about as much "pay to play" as this is, really.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:41 AM, <kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com> wrote:
Quoting Bob Amstadt <bobld@amstadt.com>:
Yea, unless a festival can secure enough corporate sponsors, you are
forced to run it this way. Basically, you can think of it as a
convention. People are gathered to share their art with their peers.
That is how I view electro-music -- as a convention.
-- Kevin
-- Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) www.stockholm-athens.com
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