Do you think Feasts such as this should be about showcasing local musicians, or focusing on the opportunities for all musicians to play in Darebin?
There should be a balance of both. Definitely focus on local musicians, but don’t be exclusionary of ones that live in other suburbs. Not everyone can afford to live in Darebin…. and also people can regularly be a part of the communities there even if their actual houses are a bit further away.
If you were programming the Darebin Music Feast, what would be the overall theme (if any), and who would you want to play?
I’d have the overall theme as Brain-Eating Aliens, and I’d make all the venues look like alien laboratories so that you think it’s all just a dream when you’ve left. Your head would probably hurt the next day anyway, adding to the theme. I’d want Shit Sex to play, because they are rad.
In recent years, the affordability belt has moved from Fitzroy through to Northcote and Thornbury, and is now through Preston and Reservoir. Will musicians, and music venues, follow that affordability belt?
I don’t really know what an affordability belt is. Is it something you wear that makes things cheaper? Or is it when musicians move away from suburbs because they’re too expensive? Because in that case yes, obviously.
