On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:32 AM, U&I Design <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK... I'm sorry, but I practically choked on my morning coffee when I > read this... Frank, I had such higher opinions of you than this!! > You think the overall number of performers increased? They've > consistently had 4 stages sometimes 5 throughout the years, same hours > too.. simple math would tell you thats not humanly possible... that's > Ok that you might've miscalculated that, forgivable... hmmm, im actually not so sure about that. i remember people getting lots of longer sets earlier, these past couple of years many people have been restricted to only 1 hour sets. i dont know if there have definitely been more performers recently, but it feels like it is possible with such short set times. > but here's > where I choked on my coffee... you think there's a finite number of > DJs and producers in Detroit?!! WHAT??!! Do some research, go back to > school, learn about not just the history of where it began, but also > where it has evolved to, because your comment is dead wrong. This > city has more amazing DJs, Producers, and live musicians laying beats > on techno tracks than I could ever book if I was producing a 5 day > festival with 4 stages, making every stage Detroit only. there are cats all over the place in detroit! but even more importantly than the actual detroit guys that they book, i think the detroit related artists have been consistantly going down to the point where many people playing probably dont even care that they are in detroit as opposed to any other city. tom
