We noticed that the Crozet Music Festival had only 60 views on YouTube. It happens all day on Saturday, October 20th. Forecast: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. HELL YA. Let’s show them the power of cVillain readers and actually watch the video:
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What do you think? I’m a little nervous about the open jam session. What bands are you looking forward to? It’s nice to have a concert away from downtown.
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This looks horrible. Better luck with the talent for next year (if there is a next year)…
It is a great concept, however, and I hope it does well this year so there can be improvement for next year. I apologize for saying it looks horrible. I was just taken aback to see it compared with Merlefest at its site.
The ad sounds like a car dealership ad. Which is odd, as I am mostly seeing accoustic instruments in the band photos. The bands’ photos say “pickin and grinnin” whilst the ad says “extreme flaming motorcycle base jumping into vats of electric eels”.
I too, think this is a *very* good idea, but when you said “eclectic” didn’t you really mean “month-long line up at Uncle Charlie’s - all in one day” ?
Horatio, don’t feel bad or apologize. There’s a huge disconnect in that “ad” making it truly horrible. Belmont yo’s description is great, but I’d add that it has the sound of the “Crazy Eddie’s” commercials (anyone know those? It might be a Northeast thang).
I *was* looking forward to this “family friendly” event until I found out there is NO PARKING onsite, the limited shuttle service only gets you within about 1/2 mile, and you can’t bring ANY coolers or containers of any kind. Not particularly family friendly if your family includes a young child.
Thanks for the comments on the Music Festival. Please understand that this is the first year of the Festival, and lessons learned this year will most certainly be applied next year.
What could be better about the Crozet Music Festival? What would you like to see?
Jim - can you pull off a reunited Pink Floyd?
Jim,
Besides the bad youtube spot, the line up does not exactly ring “Merlefest”. Just because it is acoustic (with a little electric) does not make it like Merlefest. I realize you can not get top notch talent the first year, so this could be a fun day. Teri Allard is definitely a family friendly, and locally approved act. But there are other local bands (such as the newly back together Mando Mafia) which could have really given the festival a taste of Merlefest.
As to the other comments above, especially the one about parking, that is a serious problem.
I am sure it comes as no surprise, but I would like to see extreme flaming motorcycle base jumping into vats of electric eels - especially after the shouty man and the brightly colored vector graphics in the commercial got me so keyed up.
I know we are the curb of the appalacian trail and whatnot, but believe it or not, there are many genres of music that do not involve mandolins, or even accoustic guitars for that matter. Just for once i’d like to see the freaks and fringe tossed a bone, if even on the third stage behind the portapotties. I mean c’mon… you stole our sassy high contrast vector graphic style for cripes sake! Aw hell, who am i kidding… to perform “outside” in this neck of bergvilleton, one has to have a f’ing mandolin, a sensible eco-friendly beard, and sing 100 year old songs about trains and pitchin’ woo.
Oh well, at least maybe there will be nitrous… heh.
/wears his bitterness like a crown
Oh and, for the record, I am not “anti-mandolin”. I am “anti-SO-MUCH- mandolin”. Christ. Now Im gonna get jumped by the Foggy Mountain Boys, and no one will even care because they don’t wear oversized white t-shirts.
sigh.
/never been a-ramblin.
Dare I ask why? I think many of the artists in the bands on the bill could hold their own in a superjam of sorts.
By the way, it’s nice to see Shannon Worrell on the music calendar again.
the line up is bad. how depressing. it’s like all the bad friday’s after five bands rolled into one big all day jam fest.
While I agree that the lineup is a little less than inspired, pretty much all of the musicians are local and we’re used to seeing them around–but as these things tend to go, the festival is about more than just the music, it’s about suporting local businesses, buying slightly over priced food and beer and helping a start-up festival work out its growing pains. We can’t bitch about Charlottesville being too booshie all the time and then turn around and bitch about a start-up festival not being to everyone’s standards the first go round. The point I’m making is that it will be nice to have a big event right outside of town that doesn’t involve cookie cutter 18-year-olds humping and puking on each other while watching horses race around, you know? Additionally, it would be nice for everyone to give it a shot and then let Bill know what the problems might be rather than being a bunch of negative nancy’s (mmm hmm, I said it) before having checked it out. Instead of bitterness, I guess the festival will wear their war wounds like a crown because it’s good to try and bust your ass vs never launching anything at all.
Oof! And its mau with the body blow!
Look, I said I thought i was a really good idea. I even put little asterisks around the “very”. Little asterisks! Of course it wont be perfect the first time round. And of course the music won’t be to everyone’s taste (I deal with that every week in a very empiric manner, sigh). But see, I thought this board was for opinion and criticism… so thats what i offered, as honestly as I could. Besides, I dont see the folks putting this on being worried about the ravings of one lunatic smart ass internet poster on some random board.
And war wounds? Please. This thing will probably be a *huge* success. There’s a reason there are so many bands in the organic-tote-bag-elitest-home-brewed-beer genre around here… that what most people like… at least the people with disposable cake to drop on whimsical hand crafted sundries. As far as artistic subjective qualitative judgements go, its not necessarily my thing… but if I were a businessman or a sponsor, I would be happy to see them hitting the very dead middle of the parabola, if you know what i mean. Eventually The Capshaw will notice it, consume it whole, get it sponsored by google, and then fricken GOD HIMSELF will be doing an acoustic set. So don’t worry about the CMF, they’ll be just fine.
And lastly… (climbs up on his ‘Pillar of Umbrage’) I have spent a kajillion (thats a lot) hours and many manythousands of dollars trying to “launch” things here to share what I love since I landed here in Davemathewsberg. It consumes every minute I have when Im not at one of my two jobs, or being a part time single parent. It may not be your cup of Lipton’s, and thats cool, but I am *very* passionate about it (there go those asterisks again), and I am supportive of anyone else that is at least trying.
Anyway, I think neither the pot nor the kettle are black in this case, so can we hug and sing Kumbaya already? Maybe have a juice box together? All this animosity gives me hives.
Wait, oy.. are you asking for a date?
“Pulling off a reunited Pink Floyd” is asking for a date?
Is that some kind of euphamism for a ‘pearl necklace’ or, perish the though, a ‘dirty sanchez’? If I ask for a “Dark Side of the Moon”, should I buy some lube?
I’m so unhip…
Oy, I’m falling a little behind here, but I am *very* glad that your passion is so tangible. Juice box accepted. No lube nessec.
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