Booyakasha! MEK
"/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/22/2008 08:37:06 PM: > Michael, you get it. > > respect, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Fred Heutte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:01 PM > Subject: Re: (313) 4 more Movement acts > > > > > > > > Fred Heutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/22/2008 03:04:35 PM: > > > >> Look, the question of whether there has been one "festival" or > >> several different "festivals" because there were different > >> production companies just doesn't matter very much to me. > > > >> At the same time there has > >> obviously been a different approach and style that each production > >> group has taken on. > > > >> What matters to me is that the general trend is the decline in the > >> relative weight given to Detroit-area DJs and live acts over the > >> years. > > > > Eh, yep - string these three together and you've got > > > > 1. there's been three different fests > > 2. three different fest production companies > > 3. a general trend in a decline of Detroit artist presence > > > > You're comparing apples and oranges > > You have to consider the festivals from each production company seperately > > - not as a whole string of the same event. > > It's fair to compare 2002 to 2001 but not 2008 to 2001 because the company > > in charge during 2001 had NOTHING to do with 2008's fest (and vise versa) > > > > each new production company is a new and different festival > > It just so happened that Pop Culture, Carl Craig, Derrick May, and Kevin > > Saunderson had a similar goal in mind > > it's Paxahau's Movement that isn't continuing the same trajectory and > > never > > did from the start of their production > > it's unfair to the previously mentioned producers to lump them in with > > Paxahau because I don't think they are cut from the same cloth > > > > By all signs given, Paxahau is *not* going to do a festival in the same > > vein as the others > > they are *not* going to return to a Detroit Electronic Music Festival > > style > > event like we had during the 2000-2002 span > > > > It does come down to the production company and their mission > > Each one has had a goal for the festival that was reflected in the > > line-ups > > Each production company has given different results > > > > My opinion is if you want a 2000-2002 style festival don't wait around for > > Paxahau to deliver it > > Three years in a row they've shown that they just aren't interested in > > doing it > > > > MEK > > > > >
