“I’m worried that curation in live booking has all but disappeared to make way for calculated safe bets”
Finding new musical talent used to be as simple as witnessing someone really special playing their hearts out to a handful of people in some grimy bar and having an overwhelming urge to help them go further.
The people that put together festival bills were, to all intents and purposes, curators – they took risks on new artists based on little more than talent and taste. Now, I’m worried that curation in live booking has all but disappeared to make…
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Here, Runway Artists agent Steve Backman shares his concerns that curation in live booking is making way for calculated safe bets based on data alone
Comment 14 April 2022