jojobadass wrote:I've said all this numerous times in the past, mostly during many a fight w/ rene:ColdSoreSuperstar wrote:please expound upon this statement.jojobadass wrote:If the API got their heads out of their drymounting asses, we'd all be better off.
1) they don't work in coordination w/ TRPS.........it only seems like a marriage made for each other. The two together could make a lot of good thing happen. Seperately, well.......that's the status quo.
2) they refuse to do shows unless there is some stupid music festival involved. Old people w/ cash don't want to sit w/ a bunch of stinky drymounting teenagers at some crappy new age music festival. At least in austin, I don't have to buy an expensive ass pass to see some bands that I don't give two chits about.
3) they don't seem to have any interest in the east coast......................where 1/2 of all drymounting americans live and probably 75% of the nation's wealth resides.
3a) San Fran and NYC are the epicenters of the poster world.......both sites are null and void to the API.
4) they shun collectors, who are the ones that are actually keeping this whole god damn thing afloat. Well, besides the $10/per poster college students.
5) rene was the only independent voice on the board........and I say that w/ a grain of salt. now he's no longer on there. So, there goes the one voice of reason.
6) they make little to no effort to embrace the artists of past generations.......who w/o them, they wouldn't be a speck on the drymounting scene. (minus the armadillo, they do a good job w/ those folks)
7) where the drymount are the big guns in the industry?......they are not at flatstock. Hell, I think the only reason Rob Jones shows up is because he lives there. Same w/ klausen and ames in seattle.
where's the advertising? there is little to no promotion in industry publications.
Frankly, it should all be bigger than it is........I think lack of vision and lack of a dedicated staff really limits their cause. fudge, the damn flatstock website is never up to date. Who the drymount knows what is going on.........if it wasn't for EB, I'm not even sure I'd even know.
on a positive note, they've made great inroads into europe and that certainly deserves some recognition.
You know i was wondering about that, why dont they ever have some sort of show in nyc, we have the plenty of spaces to hold multiple artist shows/conventions, fudge im not flying out to Austin , it aint vegas!
