Eminyakeni emithathu nje kuphela, uShaky Knees Music Festival uye waba omunye wemicimbi yaminyaka yonke eyayilindeleke kakhulu e-Atlanta, ingakhulumi ngeminye imikhosi yomculo ethandwa kakhulu. I-brainchild yomgqugquzeli womculo uTim Sweetwood, owaqala umkhosi ngo-2013, lo mkhosi wezinsuku ezintathu uye waba yisifunda somculo we-indie-rock umculo ngenxa yokuhlelwa kwezinto ezihlukahlukene ezihlanganisa konke kusuka ebusweni obusha (cabanga i-Viet I-Cong, i-Strand ye-Oaks ne-Speedy Ortiz) ukufaka ama-mainstays (isithandwa se-Strokes, i-Ryan Adams ne-The Lumineers).
Indaba Ebukeka Ngama-Shaky Knees
Emgodini wakhe, i-Sweetwood ngumculo we-dork ozibiza ngokuzibiza-nje ubona ikhava ye-albhamu yami ye-My Morning Jacket uye wayibhala phansi ngemuva kobufakazi. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 ukugqugquzela imibukiso ye-Earl nezindawo ezifanayo e-Atlanta, i-Sweetwood yahlonywa ukuba ithathe ukuhweba kwezamabhizinisi ibe yizwe lomkhosi. "Kwakuyigugu [okuhlangenwe nakho] ngenxa yobuhlobo [engangenza] nama-agent, abaphathi, ngisho nezibopho ngokwayo," kusho u-Sweetwood, ovuma ukuthi wayengabangane ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-75 amaqembu awenza ngonyaka wokuqala eShaky Amaqhubu.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili ephumelelayo eyenza ama-Shaky Knees, okubandakanya ukukhula okuvela ku-9,000 kuphela ngo-2013 kuya kuma-66,000 angama-2015 ngo-2015, i-Sweetwood yanquma ukwandisa umkhiqizo wakhe neSikhwama sokuqala se-Shaky Boots ngo-2015.
I-Country Music Dilema
"Amabhuzu afika ngoba kwakungekho elinye izwe elizithokozisa eGeorgia futhi lolo hlobo lwaluphazamisa ingqondo," kusho uTonwood of the foray yakhe.
"Kwakuphumelele kakhulu ekuxhumaneni, izibopho ezazikhona, umkhiqizo owawunikezwa nabantu abamukelayo. Ngokwezezimali, akuzange nje kushaywe uphawu, "uyavuma i-Sweetwood mayelana namaBhoots aShayina, okuyi-hiatus manje. Ngokuthakazelisayo, i-Sweetwood ithi ukulahlekelwa kwezimali ze-Shaky Boots kwakudingeka, ngaphezu kwanoma yini, kumasiko wezwe lomculo wezwe.
Ngokungafani nezinye izinhlobo, lapho uhambo lwabaculi luhamba kancane futhi ngokuvamile ngokubheka izindawo ezincane, abaculi bezwe bavakashela kabanzi kulo nyaka. Lokhu kunikeza izethameli amathuba amaningi okubamba umbukiso nguMilanda Lambert, isibonelo, futhi unciphisa ukuphakanyiswa kwenani lomkhosi.
"Lokho kubonisa ukuthi imakethe yezwe yenzani ngokujwayelekile. Kube nemikhakha emincane yezwe ekhansekile kulo nyaka kanye nesandla esincane esasikhiphe futhi sikhansele ngonyaka ofanayo, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi isimo sezulu sezwe esingaphambene nesimo sezulu eGeorge, kuchaza i-Sweetwood. "Iningi lala maqembu [amazwe] afuna ukudlala izinsuku eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngo-2017 ngoba ngeke zivakashele ngo-2018 ... ngakho-ke sidonsela kubantu abancane ukuze bathole labo [abalandeli] ngaphandle."
Njenganoma yikuphi ukuzikhandla kwezamabhizinisi, ukukhula kwe-Shach franchise ngokuphathelene nokuthatha izingozi, kanti abanye kufanele bahlasele isenzo esingalungile.
Ngaphandle kokukhipha i-Beat
Ngesikhathi ama-Boot kungenzeka angazange aphelelwe yisikhathi, ithemba lokuthi i-Shaky Beats Music Festival yokuqala, okwenzeka ngempelasonto ngemuva kwe-Shaky Knees endaweni efanayo, izokwenzela izilaleli ezihlelwe kahle ze-Atlanta ze-EDM ne-hip-hop. Umculo we-elekthronikhi uletha imakethe yokuncintisana ngaphezu kwezwe noma izinhlobo ze-indie-rock ngenxa yemikhosi ethandwa kakhulu efana ne-Think Music Festival ne-TomorrowWorld.
"Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-Porter Robinson noma i-Major Lazer noma amaphuzu e-Floating Points-wonke umuntu emcimbini udlala kahle kakhulu," kuchaza uShaky Beats 'ekwenzeni abalandeli embonini ye-electronic-festival. "Asinabo abaningi be-DJs phezulu lapho bavele bexosha ezinye izinto zabo. Empeleni kukhona okuningi kokusebenza okubandakanyekayo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi uma abantu befika lapho, bazobona lokho. "