It' s not that american artists don't get booked, they still get booked in Holland but they refuse to fly over to Europe now. A series of concerts which was supposed to take place over here with Jay-z, Erika Baduh and Grandmasterflash (not techno, i know, but Baduh sounds pretty relaxed at home:-) was cancelled because they are afraid of flying over, also matchbox 20 and some other guitarbands refused to fly over, not sure about the peeps in technoscene (anyone ever heard someting about that?). So i don't think it's a question of not getting booked, i think it 's more a question of artists willing to come over (even if they are booked), in these times.
Just a thought on a lousy thursdaymorning... Martijn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg::Malcolm ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: RE: (313) American Artists overseas > i was in holland for a festival last week, and was treated very kindly by > the dutch ppl i met, they are very anti-bush more than they are > anti-american. > > ppl there referred to the US as "the empire", and when we landed @ detroit > en route to cleveland, it really seemed like the opening scene out of the > first star wars...ppl were getting up and getting their luggage, when an > announcement came out that US customs agents had entered the plane...they > were armed and had a german shepard, and removed a few middle eastern men, > who were presumably on some kind of country threat list. one was sitting > two chairs down from me...very scary and most of the plane, who were > foreingers were very anxious as well. > > GREG MALCOLM // TWINE // HTTP://TWINESOUND.COM > > > > > > >From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: 313 list <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: (313) American Artists overseas > >Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:42:09 +0100 > > > >Hey, > > > >*I've* been attacked by skinheads - in East Germany! (At least they > >attempted to attack me!) > > > >The good thing about skinheads is that they effectively don't discriminate! > >They hate everybody who disagrees with them (which is virtually everybody!) > > > >Ken > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:33 PM > > >To: Odeluga, Ken > > >Cc: 313 list > > >Subject: (313) American Artists overseas > > > > > > > > >I hope you're right, that American artists are still getting booked. > > >A good friend of mine who isn't a techno artist was rather frightened > > >on his last tour in Germany, where he was harrassed by skin heads and > > >yelled at for being Americans elsewhere. > > > > > >Here's hoping, all evidence to the contrary, that we're not entering a > >new > > >dark age. > > > > > >On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Odeluga, Ken wrote: > > >> >American artists are less welcome > > >> >in Europe given the current troubles. > > >> > > >> Current US/European political agreements aside, I can't see how > > >this would > > >> contribute to US artists of any kind being overlooked for bookings > >here. > > >> > > >> In 'big business' (the ugly specter of which I raise, just for > > >the sake of a > > >> comparison and an example) long-term well-known relationships > > >are as normal > > >> with no question of wider considerations altering that. > > >> > > >> The only thing that's hurting everybody (inlcuding all types of music) > >is > > >> the global economic slowdown. > > >> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >
