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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: IPO Toronto |
| Date | Tue, 01 Jul 2003 17:22:19 -0400 |
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At Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:31:25 David Bash wrote:
>>Bob, there is quite a bit of pop in Canada but most people in Canada and
> > certainly the labels don't know about it. The labels here are quite
>easily
> > influenced by live music
Since when? CMW, NXNE, ECMA and other festivals have done little to sway the
industry into signing a fistful of new acts -- they're merely
self-agrandizing booze fests. Self-financed, self-produced FINISHED product
stuffed up the assess of A & R reps with self-promoted BDS radio charts and
Soundscan reports are the ONLY things interesting the labels right now.
Effectively, you have to prove that you can do their job better than
them...so they can play "clean-up" to your hard work. Witness Danko Jones
and Sam Roberts...two acts who were already on the take when the labels
decided to "invest". These guys couldn't get arrested by the industry from
performing live -- only the fans knew what was going on.
>and if a whole week of pop converged upon Toronto, they would take notice.
Doubt it. You'd have to pick them up in a bus, with catering, on a Tuesday @
6PM, liquour 'em up, tell them all their industry cronies were going to be
there and have them back at the 18th hole by 6:30 PM.
>I agree wholeheartedly with both of you, along with Jaimie Vernon, with
>whom I've been speaking >over the past year about having an IPO in Toronto.
> It's something that I feel confident will happen, >but I don't want to
>get ahead of myself. :-)
David,
The city is dead. The clubs are dead and the support mechanism is dead. The
SARS crises has nailed the lid on the entertainment coffin. They're throwing
a huge concert here with the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, and The Guess Who
among others to help prop up tourism. A one-day event at Downsview Airfield
is not going to turn the economy around. How about everybody start
supporting the clubs IN TOWN that are already suffering?
HOWEVER....HAMILTON -- a mere 60 kilometres west is an absolute HAVEN for
this type of festival. We just finished up the Dave Rave/Paul Hyde/Joe
Mannix/Kate Schrock Grand Song Caravan -- we SOLD OUT two nights in Hamilton
@ the Staircase Theatre...that's 200 people @ $12.00 a head, folks. Did the
same thing in Toronto....got 29 people. Do the math.
Jaimie Vernon,
President,
Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!"
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