[Phonopsia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > If there were any gaurantees about the success of DEMF II absent > corporate sponsorship, it wouldn't be there. Did you read the > interview with Carol Marvin? They funded this out of their own pockets > last year. If she's raising four kids, I'm sure it would be difficult > to justify that risk while building on the success of last year when > corporate sponsorship is banging down the door. From what I'm hearing, > Ford's hand in the quality of the event is nearly invisible. While > this may not be true going forward, I can't see it as an entirely bad > thing *in this instance*.
I think that it was a very bad path to go down and could be a very slippery slope. One day it's the "Ford Focus" main stage and maybe two years from now the CEO of Ford will make them have his son, a funky breaks and trance DJ, headline the second stage and then a few years from now BT and NSync are playing a set together (if anybody didn't read the Entertainment Weekly story yesterday, BT is producing the next NSync single, which is two-step garage... That could very well be the beginning of the end). I don't think that anybody is really pissed about the Ford thing so much as they are concerned (and rightfully so) that it could be taking things in the wrong direction. It is good that there are watchdogs out there keeping things legit because it would be all to easy to take corporate money and totally sell out the festival. As an aside, I don't see why not having another DEMF would be such a bad thing. I know that statement could be considered sacrilege, but everybody on this list bases their arguments on the assumption that DEMF must continue every year. Perhaps it should've been one beautiful event that people will remember fondly, instead of repeating on into mediocrity. I don't actually have an opinion on this, since I don't know enough about the whole situation, but I thought I'd throw it out there. -- :: atomly :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.atomly.com | http://www.mp3.com/atomly
