Promoters / DJ = Service provider
Punter = Paying customer
My oberservation as someone who works in customer service.
If the service/product is not what the customer requires then they will cease to be a customer.
As a customer you cannot tell me what product I should buy (listen to) or I will walk away, feel free to sugest by all means, but if the shop continues to be empty get the hint that is not what I (as a customer) want.
As for traveling to attend a venue, I will travel as far as I wish, it does not make me an inferior punter because I choose not to go to all the other venues in my area, it's my choice, just as it's your choice to promote a venue.
As for venues closing, last night, without any research, I know their were three events on within an eight mile radius of my home all of them have been going for a few years, I have not been to two of them and unless the one that I go to closes, I am not planning on doing so.
Tonight their are two venues less than 3 miles from my house and less than 4 miles apart, one is a new event the other has been going for years, now which if any should I attend?
Don't blame the punters for not attending it's not all their fault!
I will end in saying it's the music that I go to listen to, not the colour of the label or whatever the label is.
I love the music, not the medium that carries it.
Now i'll get my coat, pack my bags & leave the country never to darken a dance floor again!
Phil