There are certain things in life I unashamedly take for granted: the internet, Waterloo Bridge and the relative straightforwardness of putting on an indiepop show. And although you’ll never catch me feeling tearful when reading a lovely email or gasping at the beauty of the sun setting behind London’s skyline (never!), you might occassionally witness me banging on about how much I love our indiepop underground for its lack of arrogance and pretentiousness. It’s so rare to find anyone ever complaining about the order of the line-up or fighting about who’s going to headline (although I’ve seen bands fighting over who wasn’t going to headline) and there is no chance you’ll ever see a situation where a band won’t happily share their equipment. That’s why I never feel like I can take any credit for being a promoter: if you’ve ever felt elated and full of smiles watching a good popshow, it’s all down to the bands for making it easy and for writing all the pretty songs. And when you see an ace line-up, like our popfest one, always remember that people responded to our begging emails saying “Yes, please!” instead of “Well, how much?”.
Yes, please!
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I really do know the feeling, you just feel so priviliged when you can work under circumstances like these!
And I’ve had bands fighting over who’s not headlining, too.. :)
Really looking forward to this.
Hope some of you can also make it to the 5 years anniversiry for Cosy Den, last week in July!
I’m really tempted by your anniversary shows, Mattias. I’ve got a plan!