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When are we going to put Atlanta on the Clubbing map???
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| phonk64 |
This is more of a post for the promoters out there and to start a general discussion. When are we going to finally put Atlanta on the clubbing map? WMC, Coloursfest, Loveparade and the various other festivals all have one thing in common: They have nothing to do with our awesome city.
I know this won't happen tomorrow, but we should seriously begin considering where we want our city to go. I'm sick of being confined to 1150 and Fever. I'm sick of having to drive to Miami. I'm sick of having to fly to Europe. Its time to take our music outside of the club and bedroom and into Philips Arena, Centennial Park, Peidmont Park, or the Tabernacle (just to name a few places).
Atlanta NEEDS an electronic music festival. You could even name it something as simple as the Atlanta Electronic Music Festival. If gay people can have their own festival for an entire weekend, EDM fans sure as hell can too!!! :haha: Besides, it would be an excellent opportunity to show this city that we all aren't a bunch of pill popping partyers but are a group of music fans just like all the others.
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
This is more of a post for the promoters out there and to start a general discussion. When are we going to finally put Atlanta on the clubbing map? WMC, Coloursfest, Loveparade and the various other festivals all have one thing in common: They have nothing to do with our awesome city.
I know this won't happen tomorrow, but we should seriously begin considering where we want our city to go. I'm sick of being confined to 1150 and Fever. I'm sick of having to drive to Miami. I'm sick of having to fly to Europe. Its time to take our music outside of the club and bedroom and into Philips Arena, Centennial Park, Peidmont Park, or the Tabernacle (just to name a few places).
Atlanta NEEDS an electronic music festival. You could even name it something as simple as the Atlanta Electronic Music Festival. If gay people can have their own festival for an entire weekend, EDM fans sure as hell can too!!! :haha: Besides, it would be an excellent opportunity to show this city that we all aren't a bunch of pill popping partyers but are a group of music fans just like all the others.
Thoughts? |
we had that wierd music festival... it was preatty fun actually.. i cant recall what it was but it was in compound all day all night...
the acts were kinda lame exept C. Feelgood. but all in all, i had a blast all day long :D
maybe that will grow into something? if they bring good acts |
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| zenperson |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
Atlanta NEEDS an electronic music festival. You could even name it something as simple as the Atlanta Electronic Music Festival. If gay people can have their own festival for an entire weekend, EDM fans sure as hell can too!!! :haha: Besides, it would be an excellent opportunity to show this city that we all aren't a bunch of pill popping partyers but are a group of music fans just like all the others.
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Did u go to groovefest last year? Was awesome... All day and night at Compound, multiple floors... multiple styles... no one showed up and everyone missed out.
A festival would require a culture shift for this city, and that's not going to happen. Atlanta just is not a cool location for such an event... Doesn't have the allure of Miami or NYC or San Fran or LA or even Burning man in the desert... Sorry man, Atlanta is and always will be home to Hip Hop, Country and Gospel.... :rolleyes: |
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| Xyzpdq0121 |
| quote: | Originally posted by zenperson
Did u go to groovefest last year? Was awesome... All day and night at Compound, multiple floors... multiple styles... no one showed up and everyone missed out.
A festival would require a culture shift for this city, and that's not going to happen. Atlanta just is not a cool location for such an event... Doesn't have the allure of Miami or NYC or San Fran or LA or even Burning man in the desert... Sorry man, Atlanta is and always will be home to Hip Hop, Country and Gospel.... :rolleyes: |
I have to agree...
Hell look at Music Mid-town this year. For 13 years straight it has been on, each year (for the past five that I was on staff for it) there as been rumors that there would not be a next year. Well it finally happened this year. What was once known as one of the best music festivals that could draw a crowd to Atlanta has lost its fan base. Yes, some of it was very bad management over the past few years but alot of it is about what the city is into musically. Sadly it is not EDM. You best chance to hear EDM in piedmont park with any sort of crowd is during PRIDE. Sad to say, but it is true! |
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| phonk64 |
Something as simple as integrating into one of the large outdoor festivals that we already have would suffice.
The Dogwood Festival for example. We could get a local talent stage. Numinous and Habersham, Ian James, and other local DJ's could show off their stuff to a crowd that maybe hadn't been exposed to good local grown EDM. The culture of this city can change. You have to get out and take to the streets and stop confining our culture to clubs. I had hardly any friends who listened to EDM when I started college and now I have changed all their minds and they come with me to events at 1150. The moral of that story: Exposure. You expose people to something and they may start liking it.
And my biggest complaint againt Groovefest was being confined to Compound all day. It was a good effort though. I went and did enjoy it. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
Something as simple as integrating into one of the large outdoor festivals that we already have would suffice.
The Dogwood Festival for example. We could get a local talent stage. Numinous and Habersham, Ian James, and other local DJ's could show off their stuff to a crowd that maybe hadn't been exposed to good local grown EDM. The culture of this city can change. You have to get out and take to the streets and stop confining our culture to clubs. I had hardly any friends who listened to EDM when I started college and now I have changed all their minds and they come with me to events at 1150. The moral of that story: Exposure. You expose people to something and they may start liking it.
And my biggest complaint againt Groovefest was being confined to Compound all day. It was a good effort though. I went and did enjoy it. |
exposure i guess happens slowly.. the readio show from GT is a good start..... i agree though something like cochella in la where they have edm and rock artists etc.. |
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| zenperson |
Also remember that EDM festivals tend to attract a large amount of drugs.. Atlanta's not particularly fond of dealing with drugs in the current times, with the recent passing of 24 hour clubs... I just don't see the city being the city that is capable of pulling off such endeavours...
Maybe in small doses for locals, but don't expect to see an Ultra sized event there...Groovefest was a perfect example... Compound wasn't that bad.. there were multiple areas with multiple styles and it was 18+ and still no large turnout..
EDM in large doses is specific to the most liberal cities and Atlanta is largely conservative...
Also, I don't ever see Atlanta being "cool"... It's just not a cool place to go, unless you wanna bust a rhyme or two :rolleyes: |
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| Liquified |
| quote: | Originally posted by phonk64
Its time to take our music outside of the club and bedroom and into Philips Arena, Centennial Park, Peidmont Park, or the Tabernacle (just to name a few places).
Atlanta NEEDS an electronic music festival. |
As far as festival type shows Atlanta peaked in regards to tht in 2000. Anyone remember the two Liquified Universe shows we did at the North Atlanta Trade Center. Sold the first one out a week before with 8000 people and the second one had close to 7000 people. I was actually talking to bunny of RITM when he was in town about doing some type of renuion show but before we go back to the North Atlanta Trade center we need to put a couple 2500 shows under our belt. That being said we are doing a show at the tabernacle in november which i am failry certain that will be huge and can start to build back up to those larger shows again. |
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| exposureshow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Liquified
...but before we go back to the North Atlanta Trade center we need to put a couple 2500 shows under our belt. That being said we are doing a show at the tabernacle in november which i am failry certain that will be huge and can start to build back up to those larger shows again. |
sounds great! i can't wait to hear what's in store for the tabby |
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| phonk64 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Liquified
... That being said we are doing a show at the tabernacle in november which i am failry certain that will be huge and can start to build back up to those larger shows again. |
Awesome!!! Can you tell us any of the details or is it way to early at this point? I would love to see some EDM at the tabernacle! A main set upstairs and something chill or drum n' bass downstairs. :crazy: :toocool: :crazy: :toocool: |
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| nchs09 |
hahah what happened to "lioquified planet"? im guesing same will happen to this.
i remember the whole "we announce dj's in 2 weeks!"
"1 week!!!"
...*silence* |
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| Ang ' ela_ie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xyzpdq0121
You best chance to hear EDM in piedmont park with any sort of crowd is during PRIDE. Sad to say, but it is true! |
Haha, true story, I was there for it this year.
Wishfully thinking, though, an EDM festival in Piedmont would be pretty awesome... |
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