I think that one of the best thing that happened thanks to
DEMF/Movement is that people in the US and foremost in Detroit suddenly
realized that they had this music that was completely unknown to them
but is so popular in the rest of the world. Without the festival
Derrick, Juan and Kevin probably never got the Michichan Governor
Award, there would never be a techo exhibit in the Detroit Historical.
I can remember that at the first DEMF people looked at me like i was
some mental patient just because i was in Detroit for this music fest.
I personally would not mind paying for the festival but i think the
strength for the local community is the fact that it is free, it is for
Detroit and not only the freaks. We have lots of funny pictures of
people who normally would never have visited the festival but got
exposed to it just because it was free.
Just my 2ct...
KJ
On 27-jan-05, at 17:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't that why we seek to get away from the world with such things as
techno? A DEMF isn't neccessary, but was a treat. Having the
festival at
any cost would appear to compromise the very idea that some of us loved
the most about it...
:D ense.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Neil Tomlinson wrote:
But the world goes round on money, no money, no festival....
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Sent: 27 January 2005 15:02
To: Martin Dust
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Subject: Re: (313) No Movement 2005?
Martin,
Honestly, the reasons for the "sucess" of the festival have already
been
presented by Ian and others. They lie not in the numbers, or the
money,
but in the ability to share the experience with someone you may have
never
been able to share it with, in a manner that NO ONE saw coming. That
very
first festival was clouded in doubt, almost didn't happen right up
until
the very day it happned, and was there not just for the true
techno-warriors, but for those who may or may not have ever been
introduced to techno at all. It was an ambassadorship for the sound
and
the freedom of expression that we all promote on a daily basis,
wrapped up
into a weekend in the city that incubated it, for those who may not
have
experienced it before... I think one of the best things about the
DEMF,
was the fact that it wasn't happening after midnight, in some stinky,
wet
warehouse, but rather, in an open place, in the middle of the day. It
attracted those uncommon to the subculture BECAUSE of the way it was
different from a european MASSIVE, or from a "rave"...
:D ense.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Martin Dust wrote:
Questions
1. Are we interested in the numbers only?
2. Would it not be better to put on a good festival that showcased
Detroit and International artists for 10,000 and break even, than 1
Million and lose everything, including the future of the Festival?
3. Are we on the list doing what we can to help make sure it happens?
4. Would it be better to start again and just continue to build on
what
we make than suffer at the hands of people who don't care?
5. If we feel the numbers would be low in Detroit, why not put it on
in
Europe?
M
