Comments on: Surface Unsigned Festival Addendum http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/ Linking up Birmingham's Artistic and Creative Communities Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Created in Birmingham » Collective Memory - the Surface Unsigned Debacle http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18481 Created in Birmingham » Collective Memory - the Surface Unsigned Debacle Thu, 22 May 2008 00:49:10 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18481 [...] After a weekend of checking that CiB had done nothing wrong, the original post was amended and an addendum was [...] [...] After a weekend of checking that CiB had done nothing wrong, the original post was amended and an addendum was [...]

]]> By: Pete Green http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18412 Pete Green Wed, 21 May 2008 13:50:47 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18412 CiB is doing a great service to Birmingham and to music by bringing this to people's attention. Good on you. CiB is doing a great service to Birmingham and to music by bringing this to people’s attention. Good on you.

]]> By: Ben http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18284 Ben Tue, 20 May 2008 18:59:59 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18284 I'm in I’m in

]]> By: Dave Harte http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18272 Dave Harte Tue, 20 May 2008 17:36:04 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18272 How comes everyone gets lovely trackback things showing but I don't. The internet's a mystery to me sometimes. Anyway - just to note I've written about this at the <a href="http://blogs.birminghampost.net/business/2008/05/support-your-local-music-enter.html" rel="nofollow">Birmingham Post</a> (with a copy on my own <a href="http://daveharte.com/?p=26" rel="nofollow">blog</a>) Dave How comes everyone gets lovely trackback things showing but I don’t. The internet’s a mystery to me sometimes.

Anyway – just to note I’ve written about this at the Birmingham Post (with a copy on my own blog)

Dave

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18253 Andy Mabbett Tue, 20 May 2008 15:07:55 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18253 FYI: http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1219580#1219580 FYI:

http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1219580#1219580

]]> By: Stef Lewandowski » “Surface Unsigned” - How not to score a PR own goal when criticised online http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18238 Stef Lewandowski » “Surface Unsigned” - How not to score a PR own goal when criticised online Tue, 20 May 2008 13:16:16 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18238 [...] A blog post had gone up on Created in Birmingham saying something about an organisation called Surface Unsigned that they didn’t agree with. [...] [...] A blog post had gone up on Created in Birmingham saying something about an organisation called Surface Unsigned that they didn’t agree with. [...]

]]> By: catnip http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18210 catnip Tue, 20 May 2008 09:51:57 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18210 Another thing that concerns me about this is how they handle the text voting (details on the banner at the bottom of the http://www.surfaceunsigned.co.uk/presspage.html). If a band does not qualify by not bringing 25 fans, what happens to any text votes for that band? Voters have to pay £1 plus network fee for each vote. Is this announced at the end of the gig before voting starts "You can vote for BandA, BandC and BandD, but not BandB". This seems unlikely. Another thing that concerns me about this is how they handle the text voting (details on the banner at the bottom of the http://www.surfaceunsigned.co.uk/presspage.html). If a band does not qualify by not bringing 25 fans, what happens to any text votes for that band? Voters have to pay £1 plus network fee for each vote. Is this announced at the end of the gig before voting starts “You can vote for BandA, BandC and BandD, but not BandB”. This seems unlikely.

]]> By: CatherineBray http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18116 CatherineBray Mon, 19 May 2008 19:10:06 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18116 And now, courtesy Stuart Fowkes over at Oxfordbands: http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/19/pay-to-play/ Is that the first outside-Brum post? And now, courtesy Stuart Fowkes over at Oxfordbands:

http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/19/pay-to-play/

Is that the first outside-Brum post?

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18108 Andy Mabbett Mon, 19 May 2008 17:57:02 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18108 More here, too: http://www.uksponsorship.com/a941.htm More here, too:

http://www.uksponsorship.com/a941.htm

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/05/18/surface-unsigned-festival-addendum/#comment-18107 Andy Mabbett Mon, 19 May 2008 17:51:34 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1678#comment-18107 Updated my post: http://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/suface-unsigned-to-be-avoided/ The person behind Surface Unsigned is involved in another event which openly advertsies similar conditions. Updated my post:

http://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/suface-unsigned-to-be-avoided/

The person behind Surface Unsigned is involved in another event which openly advertsies similar conditions.

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