[Dynagroove] Promoters/promotion

[joe poop]

In response to the message from beckstar, 
       At Gravy we let anyone, promote anything, for any night. I say bring on the flyer's. It is part of the experience. Flyer's everywhere... on your cars, in your pants, in the toilet, and even in your eye if your not careful. I could care less if you promote a other Friday night at gravy. People have been hitting us up with mad flyer's since the day we started doing the night. The people who promote are usually the ones who love the scene and love the music most. Soooo.... why would you tell them to not spread that love and spread  music???  Do those people really think, that people are only going to go to one venue, week after week, if they don't let flyer's in there spot??? I think that, is insulting to the people who support the music. 
      Out of respect for the dynagroove crew, I did not include any info on Gravy since it is... a competing night. 
 
cheers, 
Luke McGluke (pres. solidfunk) 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "beckstar" <beckstar at distantbeat.com>
To: "Dynagroove" <dynagroove at dynagroove.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:44 AM
Subject: [Dynagroove] promoters/promotion


> hey just curious...
>
> how many promoters out there allow other promoters to come pass out 
flyers
> on their nights?
>
> (and this is excluding events the same night of...or 
whatever...that's
> pretty much all accepted etiquette)
>
> the reason i ask is that lately it seems, us promoters are being 
limited
or
> completely prevented from probably the very best way to get the word 
out
> about our nights...hand to hand flyer promotion.
>
> now i know the internet rox and all that jazz, but there are SOME 
people
out
> there (yes, the horror) that do not rock the internet on the constant 
like
> so many of us.
>
> i cant tell you how many instances i have found myself at the doors 
of my
> peers' ventures being told to leave my flyers in the car. (in varying
> degrees of friendliness, i add)
>
> we do, and always will, have an open door policy at electric and 
gravity
to
> promoters. we respect the energy and effort involved in being out 
there
> night after night...only getting a short time to chat and hopefully 
dance
at
> some very fun nights before moving on...but mostly, being the mighty
> footsoldiers responsible for gathering up new recruits.
>
> so my question to all of you who dont allow promotion:
>
>  what's the deal? is it the club owners? is it fear that your crowd 
will
> know there are other choices? not into cleaning up the mess? i am
genuinely
> curious...
>
> for me, hell, i just clean all the flyers up at the end of the
night...scoop
> em into the can and they's gone.
>
> ...no biggie
>
> well besides when the overzealous flyer pitcher comes in and 
veritably
> baptises the room in some form of paper saturated shrine of 
excess...i
mean,
> really...if the club only holds a hundred people...and you only see 
fifty
in
> there....why on earth would you toss down like four hundred flyers on
every
> available surface?
>
> PEOPLE!!! THE TREES!!!!
>
> aside from that small rant...promote on! you are always welcome at
electric
> and gravity. spread the word, the love, stay and dance awhile...what 
have
> you. we like it that way. keep up the good work!
>
> becky*
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