[Dynagroove] Bad F.A.M.I.L.Y.

[timmyDOTcom]

I hear you bro. We have been trying to book our night (Tangent) slightly different than the norm, with people whom you don't necessarily see in LA a lot. As you said, not because the local talent isn't good, but because there just isn't much diversity from event-to-event. To our dismay, in our first month we had a line-up that, in any other city, would have blown people's minds, but here in LA we had a luke-warm reception. So, this month we've tried to mix an assortment of "out-of-towners" with some local talent so people can still see their LA faves but also experience some new talent while they're out. We'll see how this month turns out.

I guess to sum it up, as a music lover I'd love to see a bit more diversity in LA, but as a promoter I've learned that you need to book the "safe" acts in order to make any night work here. Kinda sucks whether you're a music lover or promoter. Hopefully it'll change slowly. I'd sure love to see some fresh new (to LA) talent ALONG-SIDE with some of my LA faves.

-timmy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Findley" <scottfindl at earthlink.net>
To: <AbstraktJazz at aol.com>; <dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] Bad F.A.M.I.L.Y.


> You know this is something that has been troubling me. Ive been seeing a
> lot of parties up their rates lately for what seems to be, like you said, a
> $10 lineup.
> 
> whats the deal?? if I pay $20 I want to see some out of town talent, maybe
> some *gasp* adventerous bookings - and MAYBE someone who doesnt play the
> same shit, every other DJ in LA plays. There is such a lack of diversity in
> LA's musical spectrum it just blows my mind sometimes. And its not entirely
> the promoters fault for playing it 'safe'.. the bottom line is people just
> want to see mark farina and doc martin! names they recognize and know what
> theyre going to get. Its pretty sad, since there is so much more happening
> in our music than the same ten filtered disco tracks, but welcome to LA,
> the cultural chum-bucket of the universe
> 
> I dont want to see the locals who, although all good djs, for the most
> part, I could see at free thinking on any given weekend (for the low low
> price of nothing)
> 
> and another thing...
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