This is something I’ve ranted and raved about a lot, and usually people just listen to me quietly and stare at me with horror in their eyes, like I’m suggesting making babies the 5th food group.
For a long time I wondered if things were only amiss on the hip hop side of things, due to the rather common and infuriating ignorance towards hip hop as a viable subsection of the industry in Canada. But then I started hearing stories about how, for instance, even though SonicBids was the primary means of applying to
The truth is, that doesn’t even scratch the surface. There are so many things wrong with
But I’ve never blogged about it, and that’s just a shame.
So, to summarize my opinions about CMW and NxNE, here’s a handy link to broken engine, where time has been taken to spell it all out.
“About the time I had my 3rd pint of Wellingtons, I realized why I hate CMW, and why I refuse to enter. They just have no shame”
Yo, if he can figure this out while drunk, what’s wrong with the rest of the industry?
Comments
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 7, 2006, 6:31 pm
I didn’t even tell the story about the time I was in the office of an indie label, and the president threatened to pull his $2500 booth out of the tradeshow unless his 3 acts were booked, right away, and got his bookings in 2 minutes. Which meant 3 bands were bumped.
So, these bands that pay their $50 and sit back waiting for the call are really just fooling themselves. They have no chance unless they can get some other way in.
Not to mention, they are poorly run events.
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 8, 2006, 11:39 am
PS: I’m 6′4″, 230lbs, and I’ve been in a band for over 15yrs. 3 pints of Welly’s isn’t enough to get me drunk.
Just FYI.
Comment from Jill
Time: March 8, 2006, 11:41 am
Well, that’s not very dramatic though, is it?
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 8, 2006, 6:17 pm
Ah, it’s that “creative license” thing I keep hearing about. Never mind me
(exit, persued by a bear)
Comment from Jill
Time: March 8, 2006, 6:20 pm
Did you know, that’s my favourite stage direction in all of theatre, for all time, ever?
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 9, 2006, 11:21 am
And aptly so, as it is the greatest stage direction of all time. ALthough, I am now embarassed to say, I do know it’s from Shakespeare, but, um, which play again?
Comment from Jill
Time: March 9, 2006, 12:08 pm
The Winter’s Tale. Apparently the theatre where it was produced was used for bear baiting most nights. So that would have been an inside joke. Not that bear-baiting is funny. No…
I guess today, assuming you could fill the ACC with a production of anything Shakespeare, it would translate to something like “Exit, pursued by WWE smackdown superstar.”
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 9, 2006, 1:04 pm
“Exit, persued by a teenaged multimillionaire with oversized shorts, and his mother.”
Comment from brokenengine
Time: March 10, 2006, 10:58 am
Perhaps, in the future, I should remember that I DO actually know how to spell “pursued”.
Wow. :\