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Posted by Mikman on Jul-24-2008 17:17:

Summer Music Conference '08

Hey All... How did this event get overlooked?

SMC '08 Toronto
July 23rd - 27th
http://www.summermusicconference.com/

It's not all trance but it is music & big parties. Maybe some people in here have some connections to get more electronic music into this conference. Would be great for T.O. to have it's own WMC.

Posted by UmmiE on Jul-24-2008 17:25:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...5&forumid=12&s=

Posted by LKD on Jul-24-2008 17:45:

theres not a single thing happening in this great SMC that i could care about....

Posted by kaniz on Jul-24-2008 18:13:

It got missed due to poor promotion and a lack of cohesion with the festival?

While I'm sure behind the scenes allot of work has gone into it, but what is 'presented' feels like it was slapped together with the majority of SMC 'events' being things that happen in the city regularly anyways (Dekoze @ Straight on Thursday, Rehab @ Footwork on Friday), with not (m)any hype-worthy DJs to really build up buzz around the festival.

Posted by Big Boss on Jul-24-2008 21:16:

Just the name Summer Music Conference turns me off. It's too similar to the Winter Music Conference in name and it has no affiliation with the aforementioned WMC. Just looks like something trying to cash in on the WMC name.

A true summer conference would have to be in Europe because all the heavy hitters are residents in Ibiza. I think Pete Tong actually put it together in Ibiza this year called the International Music Summit and how much did you hear about that?

Posted by chinamon on Jul-24-2008 22:14:

from what i heard, they originally had a big investor from europe involved but that investor pulled out so i guess the event already flopped before it even occurred.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jul-24-2008 22:32:

As kotsy pointed out it actually didn't! Well, at least not completely. Poor promotion for sure.

Posted by activate on Jul-24-2008 22:56:

I wrote out this big long reply critizing the whole thing.. then i realized it would be better to just not say anything at all...

BUT... i gotta say something.. so I'll keep it short and sweet.

poorly executed
poorly promoted
unoriginal
not well thoughtout

Is their really a need for another music conference? There's already Miami, Amsterdam, Montreal, Las Vegas, Ibiza.. and lets not forget San Fran which already had the SMC name first FFS! I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting about to...

I don't understand the point or purpose of "SMC"

Posted by junkie_vince on Jul-24-2008 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by activate
poorly executed
poorly promoted
unoriginal
not well thoughtout

I agree

Posted by Big Boss on Jul-24-2008 23:56:

quote:
Originally posted by junkie_vince
I agree

Shut up!

Posted by junkie_vince on Jul-25-2008 00:48:

sorry

Posted by LKD on Jul-25-2008 05:24:

if they raelly needed this to go well, they shoulve started promoting it in early november last year announcing names that arent here often or havent been in a while and then had several big events this weekend at various clubs

Posted by junkie_vince on Jul-25-2008 14:48:

quote:
Originally posted by El K Dee
if they raelly needed this to go well, they shoulve started promoting it in early november last year announcing names that arent here often or havent been in a while and then had several big events this weekend at various clubs

what names? they don't have any.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jul-25-2008 14:50:

Summer Fail Conference

Posted by LKD on Jul-25-2008 16:40:

quote:
Originally posted by junkie_vince
what names? they don't have any.

thats my point...they shouldve had some big names playing at this that arent usually here to develop hype about it...just like how virgin festival does it right from january

Posted by smuncky on Jul-25-2008 16:43:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Summer Fail Conference

HA! a play on words!

Posted by Mikman on Jul-25-2008 18:15:

quote:
Originally posted by UmmiE
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...5&forumid=12&s=

Ok... I guess this was already discussed a while ago but didn't even survive on the forums. I agree with a lot of comments from the old thread and this one. Maybe this music conference is too late to compete with the others around the world and a Toronto based event could be more successful. I'd even be happy with a strictly Canadian DJ lineup. Tons of great talent across the country.

... wait a sec. Since the Destiny guys aren't doing WEMF lets get them to throw TEMF. World and Toronto are interchangeable words anyway... ha ha... {;op

Posted by Big Boss on Jul-25-2008 18:25:

I actually felt sorry for one of the guys from the Summer Music Conference as I saw him at an event he was doing at the venue I work at.

Long story short, seems like a few local promoters kinda screwed him over by over promising and under delivering (in this business you always under promise and over deliver, not the other way around.

If it was a local conference with the key idea to support the Toronto scene and local talent, I think it would have fared better. By calling it SMC, and having virtually no headliners, killed it dead really fast.

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-01-2008 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by activate
I wrote out this big long reply critizing the whole thing.. then i realized it would be better to just not say anything at all...

BUT... i gotta say something.. so I'll keep it short and sweet.

poorly executed
poorly promoted
unoriginal
not well thoughtout

Is their really a need for another music conference? There's already Miami, Amsterdam, Montreal, Las Vegas, Ibiza.. and lets not forget San Fran which already had the SMC name first FFS! I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting about to...

I don't understand the point or purpose of "SMC"

+1

so much for this .. who ever said it earlier that this was all hype and no substance was pretty much spot on.. it goes down in the annals of other failed conference "wannabe" events here in Toronto like the International Dance Summit which just took place a couple of years ago (I'm sure most of you are thinking - what Dance Summit? - Exactly.)

There's so much great talent in this city, you'd think the promoters could think up something more original than this. Toronto missed the whole 'conference' boat years ago. Let's try and be creative for once and make something that's truly unique to the city rather than trying to recycle old ideas which seem to have already been played out long ago.

Kudos to the organizers of Breaks, Beats, and Culture .. 5 years running and showing more promise each year.

Posted by samhouse on Aug-01-2008 20:58:

i was there...

nothing to add that hasn't been said.
went to see a friend of mine play (DJ Kosmic) and he did a standup job to an empty room. The confusion that occured after his set was upsetting to see. Its easy to point blame in this business but the bottom line is you reap what you sow.

needless to say, we left very quickly.

Posted by dEsidEL on Aug-05-2008 16:08:

well according to the organizers, it was a "huge success" .. so much so in fact that astonishingly they've even planned another one for next year!

quote:

Thank you to everyone who attended the SMC!

Overall this year has been a huge success, planting the seeds in Toronto and creating a force that will help to support all music in the region for years to come.
Next year's conference will start July 22nd to 26th 2009 - be there!

http://www.summermusicconference.com/index.php

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-05-2008 21:50:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Summer Fail Conference