no the problem is support.
in portland there's a lot of good record
shops and a venue dedicated to electronic music.
I mean I print up 2500 full color fliers
with a good design on them, distribute them over
4 cities, get cds to radio stations, get promos to local
stores, and still get like 40 kids for an idm show.
Aside from that I've built 2 mailing lists for
music shows, have over 175 people between the two of
them getting my e-mails, post every show to the planet-mu,
no future, and WATMM shows, I mean fuck some times I burn
cds and give them to kids so they'll come out. meanwhile
an indie-rock band can send one cd to a radio station,
has access to a network of distrubtors that reach about
20 times what the average idm distro reaches, and the
promoter puts up maybe 10 posters and there's like 200 kids there.
idm has a LONG way to go till it reaches the level indie-rock
has. at the very least though, it seems like people have their
act more together now in the u.s. (I mean u.s. idm acts are touring
all the time now).
it's not how u pitch it, it's people knowing what's there.
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On Monday, June 07, 2004, at 03:56PM, <hime@charter.net> wrote:
quoted 22 lines i'm pretty sure you could make quite a bit of money on a show
>> i'm pretty sure you could make quite a bit of money on a show
>> headlined by Cylob. Why is it the current trend to slag off idm
>> shows and say people won't come out to see them? that's total
>> bullshit. it's all based on how it's promoted. if you promote a
>> show like it's going to be a bunch of dorky boys bobbing their heads,
>> then who the of both sexes will come out to see the music and
>> dance.
>> on the rephlex tour in portland cylob and co. rocked a sold out show.
>>
>> i don't think it's the people who won't come, it's morons who can't
>> promote a show to save their lives.
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>God, if only it were that simple. I'll make sure to put "Dance Party." on every flier now, just so I can get draw. How do people react when they find out it's not?
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