Yesterday I went to watch my son perform in a show at one of the many clubs in sydney and he was of course BRILLIANT!!
There were three acts, and he was the first performer, and after he was finished the next act was introduced and wheeled on stage (the rest of the acts were senior citizens). I have been to so many shows and am constantly amazed at the age of the band members and some of the performers. I know some of these musicians are very good but if they never retire when do the younger generation of musicians ever get a go? There is work out there for rock bands but there are a whole range of other acts that need work as well, and they can't get any because Sydney clubs refuse to change thier old acts.
When are the people that book the acts for these places going to give the younger entertainers a fair go and give them a decent amount of work ?
I have seen so many fantastic young performers over the last few years and they need to be seen. I know that the older entertainers need work as well but they have also had many years of work out of a small industry and its time to showcase some of the younger talent we have in this country.
Yes there is a healthy live scene in Sydney for bands and dj's but what about the kids that want to do cabaret ot theatre? Surely we can't go on losing them to other countries when they are so good. I think if people went along to some of the talent quests and saw whats out there they would be very surprised by the standard of some of these young people.
I don't believe for a minute that the big clubs can't afford to do something to promote these artists. They must be making a fortune from poker machines and they just keep hiring the same old 2nd rate acts that have been around forever. WHY?
Is there some old entertainers mafia we dont know about? They shouldn't treat audiences, even old people, like idiots that will watch and enjoy any old crap that's put in front of them because they don't want to spend any of their pokie profits on getting a really good standard of shows in Australia going. Surely if they spent some of their dollars on TV advertising and promoted the hell out of these young people there would be an audience for the shows, after all people don't know how great these kids are if they dont see them!! So in closing I say, agents and clubs get your shit together and rejuvinate the industry. IT'S TIME.
Yes there is a healthy live scene in Sydney for bands and dj's but what about the kids that want to do cabaret ot theatre? Surely we can't go on losing them to other countries when they are so good. I think if people went along to some of the talent quests and saw whats out there they would be very surprised by the standard of some of these young people.
I don't believe for a minute that the big clubs can't afford to do something to promote these artists. They must be making a fortune from poker machines and they just keep hiring the same old 2nd rate acts that have been around forever. WHY?
Is there some old entertainers mafia we dont know about? They shouldn't treat audiences, even old people, like idiots that will watch and enjoy any old crap that's put in front of them because they don't want to spend any of their pokie profits on getting a really good standard of shows in Australia going. Surely if they spent some of their dollars on TV advertising and promoted the hell out of these young people there would be an audience for the shows, after all people don't know how great these kids are if they dont see them!! So in closing I say, agents and clubs get your shit together and rejuvinate the industry. IT'S TIME.
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