few comments to make on this post Sunnysoul.
Not sure if the central issue is bringing younger people on the scene.Do you mean get rid of the moaning types,who care enough ,and have been around a long time on the scene("let them gracefully slip away").
Replace them with fresh meat.? A nice blank canvas to work on?
The "Big Picture" paragraph sounds very corporate to me,like a business waiting to be launched on a public who didn't even realise they needed SOUL MUSIC in their lives.
The "masses might naturally gravitate to something big and exciting" ,but who would want the masses to do that.I certainly wouldn't.
Keep it a little underground?
Agree about Wigan tho',was like a tsunami,,,but ended up musically (imho) like a millpond.
Taking the scene onward and upward.Leaving people behind?.Sounds like you're cutting out the dead wood.
Remember this scene is a social one for many,passionate,but not run as a business venture.
KEV,,(part time punter,wanna be dj,knows f*ck all,returnee,35 years on the scene,likes funk,thinks the Mecca was better than Wigan,acknowledges Levines contribution to the scene...........and doesn't think the scene is on its arse).
ps..just read another of you posts re;Kings go Forth,you don't like the track,but talk of "open minded people" and "taking the scene to a whole new level" to "younger people"?