Post by mojo4395 on Jul 6, 2010 19:07:28 GMT -5
This is kind of like DMB's "Remember Two Things," but there's only one thing to remember here:
One person put on this festival. Frank Chandler. Now, I've never met Frank and wouldn't know him if I was standing next to him, but that in and of itself is an accomplishment. Most other festivals are, in one way or another, run by companies. Whether it's the corporate behemoth that is Bonnaroo where everything is sponsored or another professional promoter putting it on, festivals have turned into big business. I'm not saying that they're all bad, and I have good relationships with many of the organizations that book concerts and festivals. But they are still companies. In the case of Nateva, that wasn't the case. This was Frank's work, and he made it happen. There were problems (and I'm probably looking too much into the problems listed on this board), but that happens at every festival. Everyone who went to Nateva supported a festival that is locally owned and operated, put together by a guy that simply wanted to throw a party and listen to great music.
So when you are complaining that some things didn't go well or that things weren't as organized as they could have been, I would challenge you to put on a festival yourself. Frank and the other folks who worked to put this on were extremely upfront and honest about things, and I do believe that the mistakes that were made were honest mistakes. Frank is not a professional concert promoter, so things weren't 100% smooth. But, when weighing the positives and negatives, they were still pretty freakin' awesome. I have every confidence that they will do a thorough evaluation, look at where the problems were, and fix many of them for next year. I for one absolutely appreciated their honesty with their fans, the openness about when they made mistakes, their willingness to listen, and the fact that my support for Nateva wasn't support for a corporation.
/rant
One person put on this festival. Frank Chandler. Now, I've never met Frank and wouldn't know him if I was standing next to him, but that in and of itself is an accomplishment. Most other festivals are, in one way or another, run by companies. Whether it's the corporate behemoth that is Bonnaroo where everything is sponsored or another professional promoter putting it on, festivals have turned into big business. I'm not saying that they're all bad, and I have good relationships with many of the organizations that book concerts and festivals. But they are still companies. In the case of Nateva, that wasn't the case. This was Frank's work, and he made it happen. There were problems (and I'm probably looking too much into the problems listed on this board), but that happens at every festival. Everyone who went to Nateva supported a festival that is locally owned and operated, put together by a guy that simply wanted to throw a party and listen to great music.
So when you are complaining that some things didn't go well or that things weren't as organized as they could have been, I would challenge you to put on a festival yourself. Frank and the other folks who worked to put this on were extremely upfront and honest about things, and I do believe that the mistakes that were made were honest mistakes. Frank is not a professional concert promoter, so things weren't 100% smooth. But, when weighing the positives and negatives, they were still pretty freakin' awesome. I have every confidence that they will do a thorough evaluation, look at where the problems were, and fix many of them for next year. I for one absolutely appreciated their honesty with their fans, the openness about when they made mistakes, their willingness to listen, and the fact that my support for Nateva wasn't support for a corporation.
/rant
