Post by Jupiter on Aug 31, 2015 2:36:11 GMT
Afro Punk Festival?
First time I've heard of the Afro Punk festival.
(this is one festival I'd like to attend, my kind of people, love this style, where I live now blacks are no where near this colorful and artfully expressive)
I read an article about how it was started in 2005 by Afro Americans in the New York area who grew up on Punk rock music and that scene, yet routinely experienced 'racism' from European punk goers.
Sad but I guess even punk rockers have to segregate themselves by ethnicity and color.
So anyhow, the Afro punks created on alternative scene where they could just enjoy music and not feel unwanted.
But here's the unfortunate consequence of that, and that is once festival started doing well, attracting large Afro punk crowds, naturally Corporate interests begin poking their noses into it, saw dollar signs.
Fast forward to this year, and possibly last year and beyond, and now according to article event organizers are bringing in more pop, mainstream acts that aren't punk, thus defeating purpose of festival.
Corporate interests want to 'broaden the appeal' of the festival, but that's not what festival was created for!
The pop artist that were on stage at even this summer already have other venues, platforms, they can get exposer from, and have, like Lenny Kravitz.
This is what always happens to organically grown, created Festivals is Corporate interests always come in and spoil it by diluting events purpose.
This happens to 'white' festivals also, and happens to independent film festivals.
These festivals give unknown artist exposer, gives unknown artist the ability to perform with fair time on the stage without being bumped out the way or over shadowed by more popular pop bands that have already made it.
I hate to see local home grown Afro Punk artist shoved out the way so event sponsors can attract artist with 'broader appeal', to me that defeats purpose of Festival.
Punk is not, nor has ever had broad appeal, and that's what makes the niche so special for those into it.
But event sponsors see dollar signs, and don't really care, and I bet in a few more years there will be no punk acts at all, the event will probably get hi-jacked by Corporate bands, as is already occurring.
Then next thing you know more 'whites' will show up, and once again the Afro Punks who created this unique Festival will be shoved aside and once again alienated and forced to form another Festival somewhere else.
This cycle happens everywhere, not just the Afro Punk Festival.
This occurs on social media sites to, like twitter, where common ordinary users have been shoved aside by celebrities, and Corporate accounts, adds, bots ect.
I've never known about this festival till this evening and would actually like to fly up there to attend it one year before event gets to diluted with normal regular R&B acts, that would be a travesty...
Here's the original article about the Festival...Link to article
First time I've heard of the Afro Punk festival.
(this is one festival I'd like to attend, my kind of people, love this style, where I live now blacks are no where near this colorful and artfully expressive)
I read an article about how it was started in 2005 by Afro Americans in the New York area who grew up on Punk rock music and that scene, yet routinely experienced 'racism' from European punk goers.
Sad but I guess even punk rockers have to segregate themselves by ethnicity and color.
So anyhow, the Afro punks created on alternative scene where they could just enjoy music and not feel unwanted.
But here's the unfortunate consequence of that, and that is once festival started doing well, attracting large Afro punk crowds, naturally Corporate interests begin poking their noses into it, saw dollar signs.
Fast forward to this year, and possibly last year and beyond, and now according to article event organizers are bringing in more pop, mainstream acts that aren't punk, thus defeating purpose of festival.
Corporate interests want to 'broaden the appeal' of the festival, but that's not what festival was created for!
The pop artist that were on stage at even this summer already have other venues, platforms, they can get exposer from, and have, like Lenny Kravitz.
This is what always happens to organically grown, created Festivals is Corporate interests always come in and spoil it by diluting events purpose.
This happens to 'white' festivals also, and happens to independent film festivals.
These festivals give unknown artist exposer, gives unknown artist the ability to perform with fair time on the stage without being bumped out the way or over shadowed by more popular pop bands that have already made it.
I hate to see local home grown Afro Punk artist shoved out the way so event sponsors can attract artist with 'broader appeal', to me that defeats purpose of Festival.
Punk is not, nor has ever had broad appeal, and that's what makes the niche so special for those into it.
But event sponsors see dollar signs, and don't really care, and I bet in a few more years there will be no punk acts at all, the event will probably get hi-jacked by Corporate bands, as is already occurring.
Then next thing you know more 'whites' will show up, and once again the Afro Punks who created this unique Festival will be shoved aside and once again alienated and forced to form another Festival somewhere else.
This cycle happens everywhere, not just the Afro Punk Festival.
This occurs on social media sites to, like twitter, where common ordinary users have been shoved aside by celebrities, and Corporate accounts, adds, bots ect.
I've never known about this festival till this evening and would actually like to fly up there to attend it one year before event gets to diluted with normal regular R&B acts, that would be a travesty...
Here's the original article about the Festival...Link to article
