Hi everyone,
I found both Jyoti's and Patrick's contributions thorough and shrewd in how we make this concept into a project. Jyoti was right to point out that venues change depending on the night- I can certainly witness that at my work on evenings. I have a few ideas of how to view venues, but that will be discussed in person.
I went along to the event I posted the other day at Camden Roundhouse which discussed the idea of diversity in music and whether or not it is overblown. For example, a producer Conrad noted that at his gigs (DJ) there are few people of the LGBT community. Diversity can be exclusive, as well as inclusive, as the niche merely does not appeal to every single community. So in terms of the politics of leisure, there is the immediate idea that some areas of music have the chance of becoming mainstream whilst many do not. However, the rise of grime in the UK is a remarkable transition of being a genre centred around oppressed or forgotten communities, to Skepta winning the Mercury Prize in 2016.
How have the politics affected that change? I would need to do more research to have a nuanced answer on that matter.
We are of course meeting this Sunday, so if anyone wants to put on last minute thoughts to induce some conversations tomorrow, go for it! We all clearly have ideas and interests in this topic- even if we don't use everything I think part of the point of a project is separating the simply interesting and the relevant information we should present.
Best wishes and stay safe
ÉGA
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