Fame or Famine

The party was wild, crazy, absolutely a fantastically good time!

Not.

It started out well enough – heck, part of the reason I went was because my friend Steve Boyett was going to be spinning. There was a great room, good food, and an open bar! What’s not to like? It was a little weird not to see any signs or powerpoint slides on the projectors declaring that the great music was produced by DJSteveBoy.com, creator of Podrunner and Groovelectric podcasts, but I figured they’d announce it later, right?

Well, I’ll tell you. About an hour into the evening, the music suddenly stopped. No announcement, no easy segue with bumper music. They just cut the spinning, turned up the mic on the podium, and somebody went up to start the awards ceremony.

Now, I’ve been a street performer. I’ve been friends and colleagues with professional presenters. And you’d think at a huge event they would find it a little useful to use some of that kind of professional talent to run a show like this.

Nope. It had all the excitement of a middle-school assembly. The mic was too soft, the presentations were monotone, and as I watched the crowd, no one cared. There were maybe 30 people total who actually watched the presentation, while everyone else ate and drank and was merry.

So I suppose it actually was a good party for them, and no complaints. But from a performer’s eye, it was mismanaged – and, I should add, DJ SteveBoy was never thanked in public, never given so much as a nod except through Twitter the next day.

That is not how you get world-class talent to come back, people. For shame. I expect the bigwigs of the Blogging World to behave better.

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