Don't jump on Tina, she was replying to your post where you backed up your point with "promoters you spoke to." The more specific you are in backing up what you say, the more people will be likely to agree with you. Keith speaks from organizing Lindy Gras, Tina has worked on SoFlex.Kyle wrote:I have walked the figurative mile, more than once. I have organized events, big and small. Nothing ENORMOUS (ULHS etc..) but, every event that I have put on has been a social success and a financial success.gatorgal wrote:No offense, but if you spent any amount of time organizing and/or promoting you wouldn't say anything as blatantly naive as this. You can talk to as many "wanna be's" as you want, but until you have walked the figurative mile in any organizer's shoes, you cannot hope to understand the work and the potential for "failure" (a word I don't like by the way) involved in setting up a successful event.
Next time, please ask before you stake claims like that.
Events are not a difficult thing to run. Yes, there are a lot of things to do, organize, and coordinate. but by no means are they difficult. Most of it takes common sense, something that is far too uncommon in swing promoters.
I still don't know what events you organized.
Nathan