I think generally the idea has been that it's a huge publicity opportunity for the artists, so it's more than worth doing for free. In fact, I had been under the impression that the artists playing at the daytime event actually paid to play, much the same way as you would pay to have a record stand there - it's all for promotion. I think in that sense it supports the sub-culture far more than a couple of hundred quid and a plane ticket would.
I guess when it started up it also wouldn't have been possible to run such an underground event if everyone was expecting their usual fee. Personally, I don' think that's a bad thing at all, I'm all for the scene being based more on mutual support rather than cash, where possible. Though I guess now the festival is such a huge success, it should possibly be re-assessed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kate simko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "matt kane's brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Johannes Gronvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:39 PM Subject: Re: (313) SONAR 2005 > > I agree with everyone that says Sonar Barcelona is not worth the trip. > Not only is the lineup lackluster and the city not at it's best at that > time of year, but also Sonar doesn't take care of the majority of artists > that play at the festival. > > According to a trusted Germany producer friend (who has been booked at Sonar), > only the main acts like Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills and a couple of > really big English acts with strong management get paid to play. They pay very > few of the German acts (Villalobos now probably) - they all have > to pay their own flights, no wage and only receive a hotel room for one day! > > So, many of the artists that we would consider paying to see, never get paid > themselves. How does that support the music subculture??? > > > On Thursday, March 31, 2005, at 08:41AM, matt kane's brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >At 09:37 AM 3/31/2005, Johannes Gronvall wrote: > >>But if you're going there you should book the accommodation *right now*! > >>Getting some decent and cheap rooms to sleep in is getting difficult..it > >>may be too > >>late already? > > > >well, i can't find a flight from the US for less than a grand, and hotels > >appear to be in the US$800 range on orbitz. no sonar for me :( > >-- > >unsigned short int to_yer_mama; > >matt kane's brain > >http://www.hydrogenproject.com > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: mkbatwerk > > > > > > > > > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > kate simko > > site* > http://www.katesimko.com > > downloads/ links* > http://homepage.mac.com/ksimko/File_Sharing > > out soon: > Remix of Philip Glass "Houston Skyline" > (OMM - June 05) > > Remix of Rebecca Gates "In A Star Orbit" > (Badman - Fall 05) > > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
