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so, i am in a fever induced haze, but what do you think of the fillmor as a reality and as a potential?
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so, i am in a fever induced haze, but what do you think of the fillmor as a reality and as a potential?
There are 3 responses to this article.
Tom Neal said:
It needs to build its mythos, rep, legend … but in the meantime it needs to pay its bills. It needs friends: musicians who call it home and play there cheap, promoters who bring in acts at low cost to help nurture a new venue in an under-served market, music lovers who come out to see these things when they happen, support from local news media to provide a spotlight on the action. Owners need to be as imaginative as possible; teen night is great, how about a hippie jam night, come-one-come-all guitar slinger battle to the death, celtic fest, concert for hurricane recovery, “north by midwest” new band coming out party, acoustic night, heavy metal polka?
I’d say the reality is that there are many challenges. The potential is, of course, great, but it needs a big push.
September 25th, 2008 at 7:31 am #
grinningsoul said:
In truth, it comes off as a little sterile, and I don’t mean the lack of cigarette smoke. I agree with Tom Neal that it does need to build a legend.
In sync with the idea of it building a legend, I feel that it will be a difficult to build due to the size of the place. It is gigantic in proportion to the crowds. Some great bands have played, but the size spreads people out. You know this from the Sunspot show when you were trying to group your friends and aquaintences together. (I admit, I was one of them to take a lonely corner.)
The music brings the people together, but the shared experience of being in close quarters with people, dancing as a group, getting sweaty as a group, basic camaraderie, is what brings people back.
The venue could certainly accomidate larger acts but that costs money and even then one can not be certain of the crowed it would draw with the community being a little fickle. It would be a great place for emerging artists or bands to play, but then again, we are not a big “college town.” I am not saying that the music there currently isn’t great, it is just too big.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:00 am #
Dino Corvino said:
Maybe you could go talk to Bill and Dan Miller, the owners.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm #