I remember the beauty of the music at Easter Confest: Chai tent, so many nice
little bands, acustic bands, I mean. Paradise.
And, two nights in a row, the beauty of 30th or so musicians, sitting at the
edge of the tent: drums, violins, flutes... like one body, hours and hours, and
hours, different musicians entering the body, and then leaving it, and the jam
going from blues to folk to just drums to Celtic to Arabian...
Paradise.
I remember also somewhere I think near arts there was something similar to red
beach, where there was some sort of big drummings, which would do for something
similar to techno.. it was cool.
I do also remember about one hundred people sitting right off the chai tent, in
a circle, singing and play hippie chants.
Drums would not affect this, there was a nice balance. Drums would be playing
further away. Paradise.
The spirit of the land was singing.
And how about this last NY confest?
Guys, the problem is not JUST amplified music. The problem is that it seems a
forgetfulness of what confest is and therefore of what music at confest should
be.








> I just received this off-list. It brings up two things (you will need to
> scroll down to read the forwarded part)....
>
> First, folks, please make sure that you reply only to the list, and not
> directly to the poster. Two reasons for that - firstly, it is the only way
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> Kev - I know that sound travels nicely over water. However, I said "NEAR
> Arts", not "AT Arts". My campsite was away from the river, close to 500 or
> more metres in, and well surrounded by scrub. The noise which woke me was not
> coming along the river, in fact is sounded as though it was coming from the
> market area.
>
> But whether sound carries along the river is actually irrelevant to this
> discussion. The fact that someone cranked up the sound at 3:30 AM indicates
> that that person (and anyone present in that location at the time who did not
> take some action to turn the level down) is an inconsiderate @R^&^@(*. How
> would you like it if you were sound asleep and someone started pumping
> Beethoven's 1812 Overture out at 500 watts right under your bedroom window?
>
> Of those camped in the same general vicinity who were so pissed off (most of
> them even more so than myself, BTW), most were actually fairly young - I
> would probably have been one of the oldest there.
>
> Still, ultimately it boils down to a question of consideration. If a small
> sub-group can't or won't show some consideration or restraint, then perhaps
> they should be forcibly prevented, or the activity be banned?
>
> ---Begin Forwarded Message---
>
> > Sound from Red Beach will travel nicely down the river to Arts Beach, sound
> > travels well over water. I think that amped techno should be allowed on new
> > years eve only and should cease at 2am. Lots of young people like techno
> > and it would add to the youthful atmosphere of the festival.
> > Kevin.
> > (Three times BigMumma ConFester) 
> >
> > --- On Fri, 23/1/09, Alex Fisher <settantta@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Alex Fisher <settantta@...>
> > Subject: Re: [confest] Amplified music at ConFest, your views please?
> > To: confest@...
> > Received: Friday, 23 January, 2009, 8:30 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Depends on just what and how loud....
> >
> > ConFest just gone, I was woken at 3:20 AM (yes, I checked the time). The
> > noise which woke me was techno from Red Beach. Considering that I was
> > camped near Arts, it had to be pretty loud.
> >
> > I don't mind amplified music, but some types are quite inappropriate.
> > Techno and all other types of electronic noise is not appropriate for
> > ConFest. There are plenty of other "festivals" devoted to that sort of
> > thing.
> >
> > More importantly perhaps was the timing. Noise such as was blasting from
> > Red Beach might be tolerable in the evening, up until perhaps midnight,
> > always provided that the sound level is no such that it drowns out or
> > intrudes upon anyone or anything else that is further away than about a
> > kilometre. The racket I'm referring to would have been clearly audible over
> > even a drumming circle, if that drumming was closer than about 500 metres.
> > Conclusion - it was unacceptable and inappropriate *at that time*.
> >
> > I wouldn't go along with a ban on amplified or electronic sound, but I
> > would certainly support a curfew, perhaps even some specific maximum SPL as
> > measured by a dB meter at a range of 500 metres. If the level is over that
> > point, then the perpetrators would be required to either reduce the level
> > or turn the amps off.
> >
> > More interestingly, I know that I was not the only person totally pissed
> > off by the noise. Another ten minutes and there would have been a distinct
> > possibility of a very angry crowd descending on Red Beach.....
> >
> > > I would like to hear peoples views on amplifier use at ConFest.
> > > Are they happy to have amplified sounds/music? do you think there
> > > should be a night time stoppage of amplified sound/music? etc.
> > > All views and suggestions can be made here or directly to me via
> > > email. It is very important that as many of you reply to this as this
> > > may go to shape future policy at ConFest.
> > > Thankyou,
> > > Pete
> > >
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