The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131641   Message #2974505
Posted By: *#1 PEASANT*
28-Aug-10 - 07:45 AM
Thread Name: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
Subject: RE: The Concept of FREED Folkmusic
What dont you understand about not needing entrepreneurs or travel.

Why do folk musicians have to travel? Stay where they are and train sufficient others and create an adequate local scene.

Travel is just another way to raise costs so we now have to pay for travel as well as the pool at the hotel.

You need to think about my proposals.

Telling me we need entrepreneurs is silly.

All a person needs to do is contact musicians coordinate a location go there and play....

That is exactly the problem fat cat entrepreneurs putting on festivals for their pockets and not for the music.

They load the festivals up with vendors and take money from them so that nothing vended is affordable either. We dont need shopping malls at festivals or money sucking entrepreneurs either or jet set folk musicians. Tell me this if they dont make much money how can they afford to travel as you discuss. I think those who travel like that make far too much money. They are supporting airlines not music.

Conrad