A cikin shekaru uku, Shaky Knees Music Festival ya zama daya daga cikin abubuwan da ake bukata na shekara-shekara na Atlanta, ba tare da ambaci ɗaya daga cikin bukukuwan wasan kwaikwayon da suka fi kyan gani ba. Ƙwararrun dan kasuwa mai suna Tim Sweetwood, wanda ya fara bikin a shekarar 2013, wannan bikin na kwana uku ya zama yankin na zuwa ga wasan kwaikwayo na indie-rock saboda godiya ga abubuwa masu yawa da suka hada da dukkanin abubuwa (tunanin Viet Cong, Strand of Oaks da Speedy Ortiz) zuwa manyan mahimman bayanai (irin su The Strokes, Ryan Adams da The Lumineers).
Tarihin Bayan Shaky Knees
A ainihinsa, Sweetwood shi ne zane-zane da aka yi wa kansa-yayinda yake ganin hotunan littafin My Morning Jacket ya tattooed a bayansa don hujja. Bayan shekaru 10 da aka nuna wa Kungiyar Earl da sauran wurare irin su Atlanta, Sweetwood ya fara yin amfani da shi wajen daukar 'yan kasuwa a duniya. "Yana da matukar tasiri saboda hulɗar da na yi tare da wakilai, manajoji, har ma da kawunansu," in ji Sweetwood, wanda ya yarda yana da abokai da kusan kashi 75 cikin 100 na ƙungiyar da suka yi shekara ta farko a Shaky Knees.
Bayan shekaru biyu masu nasara da suka samar Shaky Knees, ciki har da ci gaba da zama daga 9,000 a shekarar 2013 zuwa 66,000 mai ban sha'awa a 2015, Sweetwood ya yanke shawarar fadada alamarsa tare da Shaky Boots Festival a shekarar 2015.
Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasar
"Boots sun zo ne saboda babu wata ƙasa a Georgia da kuma irin wannan bacciyar tunani," in ji Sweetwood a matsayinsa na jinsi.
"An yi nasara sosai a cikin jigilar, ƙungiyar da ke wurin, abin da aka ba da kuma masu karɓar bakuncin. Ban da kudi, ba a buga alamar ba, "in ji Sweetwood game da Shaky Boots, wanda yanzu yake a kan hiatus. Abin sha'awa, Sweetwood ya ce Shaky Boots 'asusun tattalin arziki ya zama dole, fiye da kowane abu, ga al'adun ƙasar-music genre.
Sabanin sauran nau'in, inda masu kiɗa suka yi tafiya a kowane lokaci kuma yawanci ta wurin ƙananan yankuna, masu kiɗa na ƙasa suna yadawa a ko'ina cikin shekara. Wannan ya ba masu sauraro dama damar samun damar nunawa ta hanyar Miranda Lambert, misali, kuma ya rage darajar da ake yi na bikin.
"Wannan alama ce ta kashin kasuwancin kasuwa. Yawancin bukukuwa na kasar da aka soke a wannan shekara da kuma kullun da suka kori kuma sun soke a cikin wannan shekarar, don haka ina ganin wannan yanayi ya fi dacewa da yanayi a Georgia, in ji Sweetwood. "Mafi yawa daga cikin wadannan} asashe ... suna so su yi wasa da yawa kamar yadda za su iya a 2017 saboda ba za su yi tafiya a 2018 ba ... saboda haka muna janye daga ƙananan mutane don samun wadanda [magoya baya]."
Kamar duk wani cinikayya na kasuwanci, girma Shaky franchise yana game da shan kasada, kuma wasu suna da hakkin buga da ba daidai ba tashar.
Ba tare da dafawa ba
Duk da yake Boots ba su daina ɓoye, da fatan shi ne bikin Shaky Beats na farko, wanda yake faruwa a karshen mako bayan Shaky Knees a wannan wurin, za ta yi kira ga masu sauraro na EDM da kuma masu wasan kwaikwayo na hip-hop. Kiɗa na lantarki yana kawo shi kasuwa mafi gagarumar kasuwa fiye da kasar ko tabarbare-gira ta hanyar godiya ga bukukuwa masu yawa kamar Finalan Music Festival da TomorrowWorld.
"Ko dai shi ne Porter Robinson ko Manjo Lazer ko abubuwan da ke Rufawa - kowa a lokacin bikin yana da kyau sosai," in ji Shaky Beats 'ya yi kira ga magoya baya a cikin masana'antun wasanni na zamani. "Ba mu da yawancin DJs a can wanda kawai ke raya wasu daga cikin abubuwan da suka mallaka. Akwai ainihin kayan aiki da yawa, kuma ina tsammanin lokacin da mutane suka isa can, za su ga hakan. "