[ Closed ] CHIP-CON 2010 - MAY 31ST - CANCELED (Page 12 of 16)

oh bender..what won't you do...

as far as i have been into it no not really

No, "chipmusic" is not always like this.
An inquisitive nature is not detrimental.
An inquisitive nature is what lead "us" to this music.

i don't think it's the appropriate time for demotivating posters. I think we've kinda had enough of that dontcha think? We had an amazing event happening that wound up in a crapshoot...

Celsius is heaps wise.

By the way:

con
4 /kɒn/  Spelled [kon]  IPA adjective, verb,conned, con·ning, nounInformal.
–adjective
1. involving abuse of confidence: a con trick.

–verb (used with object)
2. to swindle; trick: That crook conned me out of all my savings.
3. to persuade by deception, cajolery, etc.

–noun
4. a confidence game or swindle.
5. a lie, exaggeration, or glib self-serving talk: He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets

Funny, isn't it?

Last edited by akira^8GB (Apr 6, 2010 2:36 am)

Those of you saying you were looking forward to chip music events and people new to the scene who haven't seen a show yet, there are chip scenes all over the place - there are other shows probably local - sure they may not be as big, but the people will be friendly (in my experience) and the music will generally be pretty good

Artists (in my experience) are always willing to play, just give them half an excuse and you've got a show just look out for one and get along to it!

Not having been involved in this as an artist, I acknowledge that this development doesn't affect me directly, but for whatever an observer's perspective is worth -- I took a spin through this thread again, and while there were some differing opinions being traded concerning some of the details, the overall atmosphere seemed to me to be one of excited anticipation; and for the most part, any contrary opinions being voiced were done so in a pretty civil way, and any concerns being brought up were done so out of what I'd consider a healthy skepticism. In other words, as far as internet shit-slinging goes, I've certainly seen a whole lot worse. So for me the biggest question is -- how fragile does an event have to be, to be toppled so easily by some chatter on an internet forum? I've booked shows before, and I've honestly never heard of a situation where a venue could be so easily spooked by cross-talk on the internet. I can't even really think of any examples where a venue gave a shit about online discussions at all.

I have to say too that blaming your target audience for the logistical collapse of the event strikes me as pretty unprofessional. Again: if a conversation like this one is all it took to capsize the show, the plans were obviously not very solid or dependable to begin with.

It's a shame this couldn't come together, it would have been amazing to see all of these artists in one place. I don't think anyone faulted you for trying, or doubted your intentions. I think the people that you saw as detractors were probably just hoping that you'd be able to dispel their concerns about the event being too good to be true. It's too bad that's how it turned out; it's doubly tragic that all it took to GET there was the mere question of whether that was how things were going to turn out.