{"id":3327,"date":"2010-09-07T06:29:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T14:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2010-09-07T06:29:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T14:29:30","slug":"fyf-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/07\/fyf-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"FYF Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live review: Despite failures, FYF Fest gives crowds a lot to cheer about<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This blog does not do the story justice.<\/p>\n

I woke up to a large photo of a throng of fans with their hands in the air on the front page of the Calendar section of the "Los Angeles Times".<\/p>\n

At this point, I only get the paper for the LATExtra section with the local news, because not being a TV watcher, certainly not of the news, I’d be completely out of the local loop without it.<\/p>\n

The Calendar section used to mean something, but that was before Nikki Finke took over movie business reporting on Deadline Hollywood.\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> As for music reporting?\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Hilburn’s been retired for years and Ann Powers moved to Alabama and if you don’t know the players, you can’t trust the information.<\/p>\n

And I don’t know the three people who wrote this story, and that’s just the point, what I don’t know.<\/p>\n

Actually, I do know some of the acts on this bill.\u00c2\u00a0 But read the review, they’re writing like these bands have fans, like people know the songs.<\/p>\n

But what’s really important here is 20,000 people came.<\/p>\n

They paid $20 in advance.<\/p>\n

$30 day of.<\/p>\n

Tickets were sold at record stores.<\/p>\n

It happened, but I was out of the loop.<\/p>\n

And the mainstream music business was out of the loop.\u00c2\u00a0 These acts are on indie labels.\u00c2\u00a0 They get almost no commercial radio play, and needless to say, are not on TV.\u00c2\u00a0 But they’ve got fans.<\/p>\n

This is the future.<\/p>\n

Yes, it’s hard being a baby boomer.\u00c2\u00a0 You want the good shit served right up to you.\u00c2\u00a0 But young people don’t expect that. They know it’s about foraging for music.\u00c2\u00a0 And that if it’s on the radio or TV or in "Rolling Stone", chances are it sucks.<\/p>\n

In other words, the mainstream music business is eluding these kids.\u00c2\u00a0 More accurately, they’ve rejected it.\u00c2\u00a0 They know it’s manufactured crap.\u00c2\u00a0 Prepubescents might listen to terrestrial radio, might even make an impulse buy at iTunes.\u00c2\u00a0 And those of drinking age might want to bump asses to the famous cut in the club.\u00c2\u00a0 But almost no one wants to see these acts live.\u00c2\u00a0 Why would you?\u00c2\u00a0 You might stop at McDonald’s in a pinch, to get fueled up.\u00c2\u00a0 But you don’t sit at home salivating, making a date to meet the girl of your dreams at the Golden Arches.<\/p>\n

Then again, you might make a date for In-N-Out, or Five Guys.\u00c2\u00a0 Because although they’re cheap, they’re quality.<\/p>\n

Ticketmaster was not involved.\u00c2\u00a0 And there’s no reason for big fees, because kickbacks are unnecessary.\u00c2\u00a0 The service fee was $1 or $2.<\/p>\n

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FYF Fest Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And tickets went UP in price if you waited.<\/p>\n

And you’ve never heard of the promoter.<\/p>\n

Who, by all accounts, did a terrible job.\u00c2\u00a0 Just like the unknown promoters of the initial rock festivals forty years ago.<\/p>\n

The major labels and in most cases the big promoters are built for a business that doesn’t exist anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s falling of its own weight.\u00c2\u00a0 A new business is being born, of small acts that may never achieve world domination, but satiate hard core fans and then die.\u00c2\u00a0 Or live.\u00c2\u00a0 Depending on the perseverance and tenacity of the players. They’re performing for the love of it.\u00c2\u00a0 They see their fans as equals.\u00c2\u00a0 And the fans don’t look like reality TV stars, but regular people.<\/p>\n

In other words, music is leading the way once again.<\/p>\n

In an era when movies are unwatchable bloated behemoths made for worldwide consumption by people who in many cases don’t even speak English, when big time TV is all about the lowest common denominator, reality shows featuring nitwits who will do anything for money, music is about emotion, expression, unfiltered, from the performer directly to the fan.<\/p>\n

Anybody who says the Internet revolution killed music is invested in the old ways.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s a vibrant scene.\u00c2\u00a0 Being built by people who those in power won’t give a chance.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s a burgeoning audience.\u00c2\u00a0 It may be incomprehensible to oldsters, but the youngsters understand.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, I just received this in my inbox:<\/p>\n

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Subject: FYF FAN FEST TODAY- DETAILS- $5<\/p>\n

Hey All- Yesterday was FYF Fest. We know all the problems… The lines… And are addressing them now. In no way are we sleeping on these problems. The bands were amazing and the turn out was unreal. I’m speechless.\u00c2\u00a0 Today is the FYF Fan Fest. 3 different shows. The plan was to charge $10 each for these shows. After yesterday we decided not to… Sure, we have bills but would rather eat the costs and make these special for you, the fans.\u00c2\u00a0 If it wasn’t for you there would be no FYF Fest.\u00c2\u00a0 Tickets for the Rapture show at the EchoPlex are $5 at the door. Panda Bear at the Glasshouse is $5 at the door.\u00c2\u00a0 Davila 666 at the Echo is free.\u00c2\u00a0 If you purchased a ticket to either the Rapture or the Panda Bear show you will be refunded $5 at the door (your name will be on will call). Doing a free show is a disaster. When there is no cover too many people show up and always hundreds of people are turned away.\u00c2\u00a0 That is the last thing we would want, hence why two of the shows are not free.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are the details. It’s going to be amazing time.\u00c2\u00a0 Hope to see you in the future. Sean Carlson & FYF Fest\u00c2\u00a0 FYF FAN FEST #1 Sunday, September 5th Panda Bear The Goat @ the Glasshouse 200 W. 2nd St Pomona, CA $5 \/ 8:00pm \/ All Ages FYF FAN FEST #2 Sunday, September 5th The Rapture Big Freedia @ the EchoPlex Los Angeles, CA $5 \/ 9:00pm \/ 18+ FYF FAN FEST #3 Sunday, September 5th Davila 666 Don Juan Y Los Blancos Audacity @ the Echo 1822 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA Free \/ 6:30pm \/ All Ages<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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