EDM industry news

[Simon of the Playa]

yeah, fuck this fyre fest bull-shit.

[Bless]

yeah, fuck this fyre fest bull-shit.

Looks super legit

[some seeing eye]

Bassnectar, who built his career on Burning Man, faces serious charges in federal court civil suit

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents ... ar-lawsuit

[lucky420]

Bassnectar, who built his career on Burning Man, faces serious charges in federal court civil suit

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents ... ar-lawsuit

do they have receipts? I read it and there’s so much shit in there that is so far fetched that I’m really having a hard time believing it. Almost Q level

*edited out the harsh words because if it’s true, yes truly gross and criminal. Reading the whole thing, it’s just so bizarre to me that he’s not arrested.

[lucky420]

So reading the Vice article on bassnectar, it’s gross. If true, There should be a shit ton of evidence floating to the top before long.

[some seeing eye]

An ad came across one of my social media feeds from a festival ticketing startup. Of course they have flowery marketing writing.

I'll omit the identifying information. They are going through a crowdfunding platform which skirts SEC qualified investor rules. Essentially it is a monthly membership to the Exp*dia of festival ticketing. There is at least one other similar startup in the UK. It would run parallel to EverF*st, founded by Burning Man's own founding board member when the BMORG became a nonprofit, and now former board member, Chip Conley. (Never met him, but he seems to be an upright guy)

The point is festivals are becoming an ever bigger business of mergers, acquisitions, and auxiliary services to syphon revenue and market to you with private data.

It is actually amazing and a good thing the our Burning Man campouts are staying out of that world.

It is also a contrast to competing Burning Man community formation. The OG way most of us came to the BM world is through friends who guided us through our first burn. For the last few years we are getting more virgins from the Internet, no personal friend connection required.


"Make your experiential life an intentional priority"

"Our data-driven recommendation engine creates a personalized journey for every subscriber, delivering rapid growth in recurring revenue."

"Our average cost per acquisition (CPA) is less than $50 per member, against an average revenue per year (RPU) of $600+ per member."

"According to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc, the global online event ticketing market size is expected to reach $68 billion USD by 2025, exhibiting a 4.8% CAGR during the forecast period."

"Creating one of the largest data sets in global entertainment with deterministic approach to who is attending event

"Integrated with consumer datagraph of over 300 million US consumers"

*Basically that means they are probably subscribing to your Equ*fax/similar data aggregator private data and your FB friend list

"Powerful recommendation engine helping members discover events they will love analogous to Netflix content discovery"

"Credit based dynamic pricing model leveraging data to increase LTV of members"

"We’ve got $500K+ of media credit available, and we plan to spend all of it on ads targeting new members, who pay for their own acquisitions in an average of 2 months."

"This dynamic creates an optimal fragmented environment for a marketplace to increase ticket volume and normalize pricing for the consumer via subscription."

etc...

[Simon of the Playa]

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[Simon of the Playa]

diplo is Killin' it...

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[Simon of the Playa]

well, turns out the real shitshow was back east...

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[Simon of the Playa]

https://edm.com/news/attendees-slam-ele ... -hour-wait

[some seeing eye]

The Everywh@n group, renegade burners from Eugene, are back at it.

They had tried to get a permit from the BLM for a paid renegade burn on Black Rock playa, but were turned down. https://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/bur ... 000334002/

Now they are planning a paid festival on the Wasteland Week@nd site, 35.087439, -117.825400. WW is a Mad Max LARPing event. It's in a area that was platted for homes, which never came. Their festival will only cost you 275 dusty rocks and RV pumpout and ice are for commerce.

[Captain Goddammit]

https://youtu.be/KRPvmkDtAQM

[lucky420]

^^^ but I’d have my money can closer to me

[zaynnick]

The Everywh@n group, renegade burners from Eugene, are back at it.

They had tried to get a permit from the BLM for a paid renegade burn on Black Rock playa, but were turned down.

Now they are planning a paid festival on the Wasteland Week@nd site, 35.087439, -117.825400. WW is a Mad Max LARPing event. It's in a area that was platted for homes, which never came. Their festival will only cost you 275 dusty rocks and RV pumpout and ice are for commerce or paragon career consultant.

Somehow it is right.

[some seeing eye]

For all the criticism of the BORG, they do a lot right,

Why are music festivals so expensive? | The Economist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMfkO3Pv4VQ

Music festivals: a high-risk business | FT Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9womMYx3yw

[Simon of the Playa]

https://mixmag.net/read/goldman-sachs-c ... -2022-news

[some seeing eye]

The Blurred Lines Between Goldman C.E.O.’s Day Job and His D.J. Gig

David Solomon brushes off D.J.ing as a minor hobby that has little to do with his work at the bank, but his activities may pose potential conflicts of interest.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/busi ... sachs.html

[some seeing eye]

The Daily Mail UK is a crapola tabloid known for click bait. That being said...

Remember, Instagram is not necessarily your friend!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... g-Man.html

International DJ suing for £100,000 over injury from falling bricks 'is lying that she could not perform' after online posts showed her playing at Burning Man festival soon after, court hears

Chloe Caillet is suing after an accident outside Kipferl Cafe in north London
She faces 'dishonesty' accusations after claim she was spotted at Burning Man

3 March 2023

An international DJ suing over an accident that left her 'unable to perform' has been accused of lying, as online posts allegedly show her playing at a festival shortly afterwards.

Chloe Caillet is claiming a £100,000 payout after falling bricks hit her outside the Kipferl Cafe in Islington, north London, during a night out in June 2018.

The Paris-born performer is claiming £50,000 for loss of earnings, in addition to £50,000 for the accident's after effects with injuries, 'dizziness, sleep disturbance and bad dreams' meaning she had to take six months off to recover.

But defence lawyers say that Ms Caillet performed at events across the world during this period, including America's famous Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

Now facing accusations of 'fundamental dishonesty', a judge is being asked to completely dismiss the 30-year-old's claim and make her pay the legal bills for the case.

Chloe Caillet, 30, allegedly pictured at Burning Man, is suing for £100,000 following an accident outside the Kipferl Cafe in north London that she said left her 'unable to perform'

Ms Caillet, who is also a producer and multi-instrumentalist, has played at some of the most renowned clubs in the world.

Although she has enjoyed a jet-set life, based in New York and Ibiza at various times, Ms Caillet was living in Kensal Rise, north-west London, when the accident occurred.

According to a writ filed by her lawyers at Central London County Court, she was injured 'without warning' when 'a section of brick cornice on the front of the building fell and landed on the claimant'.

It is claimed that Ms Caillet received injuries to her left shoulder, knee and back, bruising and abrasions to her legs, feet and hands, and a number of psychiatric after-effects.

She also claims to have been suffering from dizziness, sleep disturbance and bad dreams, anxiety and memory impairment.

'I wasn't able to work for six months following the accident,' she said, in relation to her £50,000 claim for lost earnings.

Ms Caillet has enjoyed a jet-set life, based at various times in New York, Bristol and Ibiza (allegedly pictured at the Burning Man festival in Nevada)

Burning Man is a famous music and arts festival held annually in Nevada's Black Rock Desert

'I could not carry out any performances. My first set was on 19 January 2019 at the Petit Palace in Paris.'

But during a preliminary hearing at the court this month, Nick Grimshaw, barrister for the builder's owner, O'Hare Holdings Ltd, said her social media painted a different picture.

An investigator produced a statement containing a 300-page bundle of online evidence, mostly from her own Instagram account.

It showed the French DJ 'headlining at a variety of concerts on several continents', he told Judge Christopher Lethem KC.

Her performances allegedly included a World Cup party in Shoreditch, east London, on or around July 7, 2018, and at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada in August and September.

Burning Man is a famous music and arts festival held annually in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, which attracts 70,000 people.

She also performed at a magazine launch and pop-up street events in New York during that September, an October event for Burberry and the opening night of an Andy Warhol exhibition in November, the defence said.

Between then and the end of 2018, she played sets in Shanghai, New York and the Maldives, claimed Mr Grimshaw.

The DJ now faces accusations of 'dishonesty' after she allegedly performed at Burning Man

He continued: 'Publicly available social media reporting, including the claimant's own Instagram account, shows that she performed/worked extensively during the period July to December 2018.

'Throughout July to December 2018 she was playing events professionally and/or was fit to do so, had she wished.

'The defendant will invite the court to find that the claimant has been fundamentally dishonest regarding her ability to work/perform, having regard to the nature of her action and the extent of the loss of earnings presented.'

He said that, although O'Hare Holdings has admitted fault for the accident, Miss Caillet's claim should be dismissed completely because of her dishonesty.

'The claimant is required to prove each and every item of alleged loss and damage,' he said.

'The defendant avers that the claimant has been fundamentally dishonest in the presentation of her claim and, in particular, the duration of any period when she was unable to work/perform as a DJ.'

During the hearing in court, Judge Lethem gave directions towards a trial of the case at a later date.

He said the bulk of the case would essentially come down to whether she did or did not work during the six months when she claimed she was too unwell.

'The claimant is going to have to deal in her witness statement with a large number of social media posts,' he said.

'She is going to have to give an explanation for those posts, as well as indicating when she worked.'

No date has been set for the hearing into Miss Caillet's claim.

[Elorrum]

Remember, Instagram is not necessarily your friend!

“…the bulk of the case would essentially come down to whether she did or did not work during the six months when she claimed she was too unwell.

'The claimant is going to have to deal in her witness statement with a large number of social media posts,' he said.

'She is going to have to give an explanation for those posts, as well as indicating when she worked.'”

The buried story here is also that no professional dj gets paid or hired to play at burning man heh heh. Riiight.
“Er, well, that’s where me claim falls through.”

[Simon of the Playa]

[Elorrum]

Oh man, and the post date was NOT 4/1?! Ok my best idea is have it the week before Labor Day and maybe siphon a bit of scum off our thing. They are ripe and falling off the trees, easy picking.
Ha ha ha! https://variety.com/2023/music/news/fyr ... 79488/amp/

Mel Brooks had it right
BIALYSTOCK
“Don't you see, Bloom. Darling,
Bloom, glorious Bloom, it's so
simple. Step one: We find the
worst play in the world -- a sure
flop. Step two: I raise a million
dollars --there's a lot of little
old ladies in this world. Step
three: You go back to work on the
books. Phoney lists of backers --
one for the government, one for us.
You can do it, Bloom, you're a
wizard.
Step four: We open on Broadway and before you can say 'step five' we
close on Broadway. Step six: We
take our million dollars and fly to
Rio de Janiero.”

[Simon of the Playa]

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[Elorrum]

His own lawyer when asking for leniency in sentencing cited a psychological report saying McFarland suffers from Bipolar Related Disorder and may sometimes have “delusional beliefs of having special and unique talents that will lead to fame and fortune.”

[Lonesomebri]

The season is on us

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[some seeing eye]

https://edm.com/events/deadmau5-free-co ... vegas-2023

[Elorrum]

https://edm.com/events/deadmau5-free-co ... vegas-2023

El Pulpo Mecanico will be joined by other monumental art creations, including Electric Dandelions by artist Abram Santa Cruz/Liquid Pixel, lighted Cloud Swings by artist Lindsay Glatz and much more to delight the senses.

“This event will demonstrate the power of combining art and entertainment to revitalize urban areas,”
https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/news_detail_T28_R897.php

[some seeing eye]

Insomniac, a privately held independent production company, has canceled day 2 of Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State. Insomniac's main events are the Electric Daisy Carnival.

You can easily look up the news of what happened.

Many burners were affected by an after dance party house party thing that happened in Seattle on Capitol Hill in 2006. Several close friends survived. With our extended burner community, it is likely many have first or second hand experience with violence, unnecessary violence, survived, or did not survive.

I'm leaving this vague in hope it does not start a shit storm the moderators have to clean up.

[Simon of the Playa]

Insomniac, a privately held independent production company, has canceled day 2 of Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State. Insomniac's main events are the Electric Daisy Carnival.

You can easily look up the news of what happened.

Many burners were affected by an after dance party house party thing that happened in Seattle on Capitol Hill in 2006. Several close friends survived. With our extended burner community, it is likely many have first or second hand experience with violence, unnecessary violence, survived, or did not survive.

I'm leaving this vague in hope it does not start a shit storm the moderators have to clean up.

[Simon of the Playa]

Insomniac, a privately held independent production company, has canceled day 2 of Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State. Insomniac's main events are the Electric Daisy Carnival.

You can easily look up the news of what happened.

Many burners were affected by an after dance party house party thing that happened in Seattle on Capitol Hill in 2006. Several close friends survived. With our extended burner community, it is likely many have first or second hand experience with violence, unnecessary violence, survived, or did not survive.

I'm leaving this vague in hope it does not start a shit storm the moderators have to clean up.

a GUN VIOLENCE SHITSTORM?


i guess you better put your wellies on.

[Elorrum]

FFS. Plur, anybody?