Totally agree with you on this chalky, We are giving United Sound of Soul, a break for a few months, due to clashing + falling numbers, on average we get 100/120 which i dont think is too bad for a rare soul nite, but the last nite we were down to about 75... Numbers is not a major problem to us but then the owner moans about their bar take being down... then theres...in the past emailing fellow promoters to give dates for following year and their dates are changed twice to clash, We had to change back and forth so not to clash on our part, sometimes you wonder if its done on purpose... At our next date in november, we will decide wether or not to continue with USOS, my feeling at the moment is not to continue... Weve been running usos for over 3 yrs now, and i know we moved area and venue a few times.... in all that time martyn and myself havent dj`d at our own event more than an handful of times.(theres a lot better djs/collectors out there than me). its not what were about...
It would be great to get together with like minded promoters and sort this all out... think the bi monthly thing is a good idea and makes it easier to promote properly...
other things that get to me are
ill come to your do if you come to mine... not on really... i want to go were i want to
if i give you a spot can i dj at your do... you should get spots on your merit/tunes not coz you run a do....
i remember back in the eighties they aranged a number 1`s meeting for scooter clubs to sort out following yrs run/events