bang4buck
Super Member
A question for Fest veterans, how typical were the demos, both in terms of available space and choice of music? It seemed like just about everybody was putting on classic rock just to be heard above the general din.
Don't get me wrong, it was fun, and of course everybody should play whatever they please. This is not about individual musical choices. But a roomful of audio and music nuts with a median age probably well north of 50, but no Beatles, Beethoven, Brubeck for some 4 hours straight? (See what I did there? And I could have said Mozart, Miles, Motown just as well.) Nobody sets up one of those lovely analog tuners to pull in WICN (jazz) or WCRB (classical)? That did surprise me.
Just the luck of the draw, maybe?
At any rate, maybe for the next edition some nooks throughout the building will be available to set up for some non-competitive listening. I'm already thinking about what to bring!
Don't get me wrong, it was fun, and of course everybody should play whatever they please. This is not about individual musical choices. But a roomful of audio and music nuts with a median age probably well north of 50, but no Beatles, Beethoven, Brubeck for some 4 hours straight? (See what I did there? And I could have said Mozart, Miles, Motown just as well.) Nobody sets up one of those lovely analog tuners to pull in WICN (jazz) or WCRB (classical)? That did surprise me.
Just the luck of the draw, maybe?
At any rate, maybe for the next edition some nooks throughout the building will be available to set up for some non-competitive listening. I'm already thinking about what to bring!