Perspectives – more arisefest thoughts…
Posted on: January 11, 2011
…or thoughts inspired by arisefest…
i had a brilliant time at arisefest…seriously, too awesome. brett wrote a reflection piece on it here…which reminded me of a tweet i had seen a couple days after the fest.
the artist brett was talking about on his blog said something to the effect of “last year i got kicked off the stage, and this year the same thing happened again” when he was told that he was going over his time. someone in the audience then tweeted something like “i can’t believe their kicking [artist] off but they didn’t kick anyone else off” – like they were specifically targetting this artist…which was not true, cos i saw A LOT of bands being given the “5 minutes left, one last song” signal.
also, from the perspective of the organisers, it must be very frustrating to have someone go over their time allotment…and i’m sure it doesn’t feel good to have to be the one to tell someone to leave the stage. but you have other bands that are there to play, and you want to be fair to everyone – give everyone their space to play, cos i mean there’s a reason you asked them to play in the first place right…
but from the perspective of the audience, you always want your favorite artist to play longer, to play all your favorite songs. you don’t think about all the other people who are there to listen to their favorite artists who have yet to come on stage.
i guess it all comes down to selfishness in a way. and i know music festivals are about having fun and enjoying yourself, but it is a Christian music festival, and if you call yourself a christian, at all times you should be dying to yourself and thinking of others more highly than yourself, right?
in conclusion, i know i’ve been the screaming fan in the audience yelling for one more song, so i have to apologise. and at the next arise i promise to try and see things from other people’s [especially the a-team's, who did a fantastically amazingly brilliant job btw] perspective.
6 Responses to "Perspectives – more arisefest thoughts…"
January 15, 2011 at 17:44
Maybe the MC wanted the mic and take the stage as he was jealous of the band taking the applause? So basically a conflict of two showmen for the microphone and the band won.
January 15, 2011 at 17:48
The Kifness was probably the best band though
January 15, 2011 at 19:30
The kiffness were amazing! Don’t know if they were the best for me personally but I really liked their stuff
January 15, 2011 at 17:56
Do you think there the MC had something personal against the guy?
January 15, 2011 at 19:28
Hi Johan, no I don’t think the MC had anything personal against the artist or that he wanted the spotlight. I know the MC and I know that he is in fact a fan and friend of the artist so it was not personal, it was really just a case of there were still other artists that were yet to perform and the organisers had a strict timeline to adhere to. I’m sure the MC would have otherwise been cool with listening to more of the dudes music.
Thanks for the comments.
January 11, 2011 at 07:06
true, true, especially when you have 11 bands playing on an evening with such a tight schedule already finishing at 1.30 or 2 in the morning – if you go late someone else loses time or the whole evening stretches into the morning which is not cool for the band with the 1am slot already… also when you hear that said artist went 30 to 45 min (depends who you speak to) over the year before and the band scheduled to go after him ended up not playing cos everyone just left after, that also adds perspective – but like you said when you’re the crowd you want to hear your band and you’re not likely to be aware of the dynamics…
and much agreement on the A-team…