Roland Swenson
Roland Swenson
band best business following relationships somebody works
Ideally, a band or somebody in the business is following up on something that?s already started. If there are relationships that are already in place, that?s when it works best for people.
stand
I don't want to stand in the way of somebody's pay-day, but we have to look after the event.
area growth
The big growth area for us has been international participation.
artists asked listen riches talk valuable
It's kind of an embarrassment of riches there. This year, we asked like 15 people, and got 14 ... For the artists attending, it's very valuable to listen to these established artists talk about their careers.
choice choices enjoy everybody people takes
Everybody has to make choices about what they're going to do. The people that enjoy it the most are the people that take it where it takes them. It's not for every personality type.
trend
This is a trend going on around the country.
basically change direction harder people takes understand
People always say, 'Well isn't harder because there are so many people.' And I don't really understand that kind of thinking. Basically it only takes one person to change the direction of an artist's career.
body count cutting last public sales year
We're cutting back on comps and wristband sales to the public to try and end up with the same body count as last year in the clubs.
event hoping planning
We started out planning the event hoping we'd get 150 people, so we were happy.
events seen
We've seen big events go down very fast.