Comments on: Charlotte Is Movin On Up

By: Biff Tannen

Biff Tannen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:00:25 +0000

Come off it there Steve. Like Tank said, people who listen to Nickleback aren’t currently driving their F250′s up to NoDa to listen to Marry a Thief. So how are NoDa venues gonna see less of a crowd? The same toity self deprecating artists will still go to the same toity venues, except now they have a new group to be “holier than”.

On the flip, maybe people can dump a few gallons of piss in the bathrooms at the Music Factory and spray paint the walls to get that “Art Bar” vibe that is so sought after. If by “corporationy” you mean “tetanus free” then I don’t see an immediate downside. The only thing that matters is the music, not the venue and not the amount of piss.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:33:28 +0000

I wouldn’t define “too many venues” as being a complaint, but rather, more of a concern. It will undoubtedly force other venues out of business if the new venues are successful. I don’t see enough music interest in Charlotte to support this many venues. The corporationy vibe is also pretty off-putting to me.

Every city could use work on it’s scene, for sure. Maybe that’s why this concerns me. I think a scene is defined by it’s fans, it’s bands, and by the venues. These kind of venues don’t seem like a place I would love to go see music at.

It will be interesting to see what kind of effect this has.

-Stephen

By: Tank Abbot

Tank Abbot — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:28:07 +0000

I think Tim Robbins best explained corporatism:

“Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out… and the corporations sit there in their… in their corporation buildings, and… and, and see, they’re all corporation-y… and they make money.”

I’ve never heard of the complaint “there are too many venues” but I guess there’s a first time for everything. Maybe I’m an optimist. I mean nobody here is gonna see Nickelback anyway, let alone if MAT is playin in NoDa.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:16:56 +0000

I agree with Stephen, I dont want Charlotte becoming Asheville. Even though Charlotte could use some work on its scene also.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:40:29 +0000

Hinder and Nickelback would just play the Bobcats arena though, and when their careers go in the shitter (please let this be soon) they can play at Amos’. This saddens me because I have played 4 different venues in Charlotte and always had a great time and a good experience.

Asheville is the place to go for popular indie shows, but their local scene is horrible. Whereas, Charlotte’s local scene is pretty sweet. I would prefer Charlotte to not become like Asheville.

-Stephen

By: Marcy

Marcy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:14:27 +0000

Whhhhaaaaat? How have I not heard of this until now!?

By: HT

HT — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:13:57 +0000

Charlotte seems like a weird place to put a giant music center. My guess is the calender will be full of hinder and nickelback and bret michaels and stuff.

Everybody knows Asheville is the place to go for music in NC.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:44:10 +0000

My concern is that this is going to over-saturate the music market in Charlotte. There are already at least 10 venues there. Seems like overkill to me, but I’m no businessman.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:10:58 +0000

I am also interested to see what bands they bring for this place. They might put some venues out of business, but I believe Amos’ and the Noda district are probably pretty safe.

By: David Stringer

David Stringer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:56:07 +0000

For some reason I have a feeling that they won’t book any good indie bands, although I really hope they do. It looks like they are trying to bring corporate Nashville to Charlotte and lump it with Nascar.

Regardless, if Charlotte becomes a big music city indie bands will quit bypassing the area and start playing other venues in the city.

Having worked in Charlotte I know that Money runs the city. So for this place to survive they are going to have to bring in Nickelback and various country artists. I’m sure each venue on the site will cater to each type of artists.

It just upsets me that this will put all of the other venues out of business, but you take the good with the bad I guess.