POR, 05.Aug.2008: FREEDOM

On 2007-10-25 15:46, Caligula wrote:
sorry i'm being misunserstood. firstly @ a3k, i apologise, i shouldnt have read too far into the link you posted. i take back what i said.

it must be noted that i AGREE with the comments about dali's playing. i just don't agree with the manner in which it is expressed. i AGREE that a lot of music at freedom festival was commercial and that acts like dali and skazi are mediocre. however, i don't agree with labelling an entire festival as "pop" when acts such as shift, pitch-hikers, azax syndrom, seroxat, daksinamurti (or a large proportion of the actual dj's for that matter), absolum and many others are excellent acts who really gave good performances.

my point is this: why must everybody reduce themselves to insults to make their opinions heard? give a contructive analysis of why dali should NOT be booked, or reasons WHY skazi is mediocre without categorising and labelling them as such - which is essentially meaningless and unproductive.

this is a thread advertising the 2009 freedom festival, not a place for people to voice their opinions about how their taste in music does not correspond with the festival organisers'.

please let me reiterate that i share the opinions with many of these people, but they would do well not to lower themselves to personal insults. i am equally angered by "fake" live sets, and music engineered to only sell, rather than exist as an artform independently. I didn't enjoy many of the acts at freedom festival, however I find it ironic that those who so callously voice their disapproval knew of the lineup months in advance and yet still travelled there to be disappointed. Why were they surprised when psycraft was billed to play and actually played? this shows a fair level of ignorance, and it is not acceptable that these people comment as they have. it is like renting a dvd you saw at the movies and hated, and then moaning that is was terrible. it is an illogical approach to debate.

I fully (!) advocate the exchange of ideas and opinion, and i acknowledge our tastes are all vastly different when it comes to art, but people somehow seem to disregard respect and dignity, the cornerstones of wisdom, when they express their disapproval, rather than positively and constructively doing so. We should be endeavouring to move forward...

plur.