Wow awesome overreaction Mr Island Bay!
I kinda don't understand your point either because we seem to agree - lots of internationals don't come to Wellington for the very reasons you mentioned, AND for the reasons I mentioned - the big promoters are Auckland based and to bring a band down to Wellington - to a smaller crowd - is financial suicide. The Wellington promoters that bring bands down here often lose money on gigs but they still do them. Why? Cos they're crazy in a good way. They also work in conjunction with AK promoters to bring the bands to NZ in the first place - which I suspect you know, Simon. Yes I was being sarcastic, and yes I was over-simplifying because I want people to support shows like this one. I don't get any money or tickets in exchange for pimping the gig on the Wellingtonista, just a warm glow and a sense of purpose, and the likelihood of more shows coming to our fair city. Palomino are bringing Stereo Total over soon too, which excites the hell out of me. How about you?
I have lived in Auckland (and Hamilton!) and worked with big promoters up there. For the record they (the biggies, I'm talking Chugg-affiliates etc not Mystery Girl and the like) often don't know how Wellington works - it's a wildly different scene in terms of promotion down here - and to generalise wildly, they don't give a shit... if one show bombs they don't bring the next one. It's our job as responsible music enthusiasts to quietly take the piss and loudly buy tickets to shows to encourage more of the same.
Wow awesome overreaction Mr Island Bay!
I kinda don't understand your point either because we seem to agree - lots of internationals don't come to Wellington for the very reasons you mentioned, AND for the reasons I mentioned - the big promoters are Auckland based and to bring a band down to Wellington - to a smaller crowd - is financial suicide. The Wellington promoters that bring bands down here often lose money on gigs but they still do them. Why? Cos they're crazy in a good way. They also work in conjunction with AK promoters to bring the bands to NZ in the first place - which I suspect you know, Simon. Yes I was being sarcastic, and yes I was over-simplifying because I want people to support shows like this one. I don't get any money or tickets in exchange for pimping the gig on the Wellingtonista, just a warm glow and a sense of purpose, and the likelihood of more shows coming to our fair city. Palomino are bringing Stereo Total over soon too, which excites the hell out of me. How about you?
I have lived in Auckland (and Hamilton!) and worked with big promoters up there. For the record they (the biggies, I'm talking Chugg-affiliates etc not Mystery Girl and the like) often don't know how Wellington works - it's a wildly different scene in terms of promotion down here - and to generalise wildly, they don't give a shit... if one show bombs they don't bring the next one. It's our job as responsible music enthusiasts to quietly take the piss and loudly buy tickets to shows to encourage more of the same.