Wheeler District

[warreng88]

per their website, they will be in Austin as well.

Cuarto - I think it is a pretty big deal for the OKC concert (Oct 2) as they seem to be hitting limited locales. BTW, they will be here in Seattle for Bumbershoot.

Interesting it hasn't been posted on pollstar.com yet. I usually see it there before I see it on the artist's website.

[TheTravellers]

if people were complaining of noise I wonder how the "mystic Sanctuary" EDM festival will go over. especially since EDM festivals usually start late and play into the wee hours at times. I am just curious as to what hours they will end up playing for that festival.

Should be interesting to see if folks were complaining about the "noise" in general or the profanity, since EDM (generally) has no lyrics, just THUMP-THUMP-DOOMP-PSSST-THUMP (not disparaging, I like IDM/EDM/techno/trance, whatever you want to call it now), which will, like you said, go on for hours.

[UnFrSaKn]

https://twitter.com/WheelerDistrict/...53827349716992

[Bullbear]

That is very cool. I would love to program a light show on it.


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[Jeepnokc]

That was actually from Wednesday, yesterday they announced Big Gigantic will also be there! Should be announcing another headliner not too long from now. Very exciting!

I sure hope they offer some diversity. We can't have a music festival without diversity. Oh wait...it is put on by a private individual and I can exercise my right not to go if it isn't my thing? What was I thinking? Maybe I should spend several pages complaining about it. Nah..think I will just open a beer and get in the pool with some Buffett playing. I don't recognize any of these bands but sounds like a good thing and will bring more people and money into OKC for a couple of nights so I'm all for it.

Let's all celebrate the Fourth and our individual freedoms to listen to whatever we like. Happy 4th!

[edcrunk]

Everybody I know is stoked about this EDM festy, but kinda bummed that we can't camp out. They're paying Bassnectar $250k... Which I think is outrageous.

[bchris02]

I think OKC's existing music festivals need to be marketed better. This Mystik Sanctuary festival looks to be awesome, but this is the first I am hearing of it. I am going to try to be there.

[AP]

I think OKC's existing music festivals need to be marketed better. This Mystik Sanctuary festival looks to be awesome, but this is the first I am hearing of it. I am going to try to be there.

I heard about it the day it was announced and every time they've realeased more names I knew the same day. It's not hard to come across this information. I'm pretty sure the info was posted here the day it was announced by elitespy.

[warreng88]

I think OKC's existing music festivals need to be marketed better. This Mystik Sanctuary festival looks to be awesome, but this is the first I am hearing of it. I am going to try to be there.

Then I am not sure what you are doing because I have heard a few advertisements on the radio and have seen one on TV. I have also seen advertisements in the Gazette. I think the demographic of people that avidly go to those types of shows are very informed about that who is coming next and I think that is how they sell tickets.

[jccouger]

Bassnectar for 250K is not even close to outrageous. That is industry standard for a name that big. You of all people should know that.

[edcrunk]

Granted, he hasn't been to OKC before... but maybe a few years ago when dubstep was hot he was worth it. $250,000 is still crazy to me tho.... but it encourages me to get my head out of 420 land and produce some music.

[Richard at Remax]

bassnectar puts on a hell of a show. saw him in Houston not to long back. even the people I went with who didn't like dubstep thought he was impressive

[jccouger]

Eh, Bassnectar has his own sound. I wouldn't even classify him as dubstep at this point but if you did have to fit him in to the 4 major catagories (dubstep, house, techno & trance..... 5 if you want to give trap its own, but I don't) he would for sure fit in to the dubstep genre. If he is not the biggest draw in the USA right now then he is close. EDM has exploded in America, and the crowd here generally loves our homegrown producers (Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Kaskade, Deadmau5) even more than the higher ranked foreign DJs (Hardwell, Tiesto, Armin).

[Richard at Remax]

yeah he is more of a hybrid. he's not a skrillex or porter robinson. if I had to make up a category id say industrial. just a mix of all the four above. Upside down, Timestrech, Butterfly, Pennywise Tribute, Empathy all have different sounds but run off the same mold.

[edcrunk]

Eh, Bassnectar has his own sound. I wouldn't even classify him as dubstep at this point but if you did have to fit him in to the 4 major catagories (dubstep, house, techno & trance..... 5 if you want to give trap its own, but I don't) he would for sure fit in to the dubstep genre. If he is not the biggest draw in the USA right now then he is close. EDM has exploded in America, and the crowd here generally loves our homegrown producers (Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Kaskade, Deadmau5) even more than the higher ranked foreign DJs (Hardwell, Tiesto, Armin).

I feel ya... just don't know anybody playing his stuff anymore.

[adaniel]

Eh, Bassnectar has his own sound. I wouldn't even classify him as dubstep at this point but if you did have to fit him in to the 4 major catagories (dubstep, house, techno & trance..... 5 if you want to give trap its own, but I don't) he would for sure fit in to the dubstep genre. If he is not the biggest draw in the USA right now then he is close. EDM has exploded in America, and the crowd here generally loves our homegrown producers (Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Kaskade, Deadmau5) even more than the higher ranked foreign DJs (Hardwell, Tiesto, Armin).

Interesting. I am pretty new to EDM and am more into garage house (Rudimental, Disclosure, etc.). IMO the international acts are much better and outside of your mainstream artists like Zedd, its a shame so few know about them.

[Just the facts]

I wish we could urbanize at least a portion of the river but there seems to be zero interest in doing that.

http://www.okctalk.com/general-civic...oma-river.html

[bchris02]

I wish we could urbanize at least a portion of the river but there seems to be zero interest in doing that.

http://www.okctalk.com/general-civic...oma-river.html

Isn't there plans to eventually urbanize the downtown airpark area?

[Just the facts]

Isn't there plans to eventually urbanize the downtown airpark area?

Not from what I saw. The buildings would all be built back a few hundred feet from the river with open space between them and the river. I am all for public access to waterfront but not everything has to be 200 feet away.

[bchris02]

Not from what I saw. The buildings would all be built back a few hundred feet from the river with open space between them and the river. I am all for public access to waterfront but not everything has to be 200 feet away.

I don't know, I kind of like the master plan for the Downtown Airpark the way its presented here.



The Oklahoma river isn't a real river and the city didn't develop with the river as its focal point like you see in cities like Memphis and St. Louis. Even those places have much of the development set back 200+ feet from the shore.

[jn1780]

I don't know, I kind of like the master plan for the Downtown Airpark the way its presented here.



The Oklahoma river isn't a real river and the city didn't develop with the river as its focal point like you see in cities like Memphis and St. Louis. Even those places have much of the development set back 200+ feet from the shore.

Lol, What's a real river? Not every river is going to be as wide as the Mississippi. The North Canadian river is a real river with enhancements and a new stupid name.

[UnFrSaKn]

We are designing the Wheeler District from the ground up and probably won't look anything like the Waterfront.

[Just the facts]

Lol, What's a real river? Not every river is going to be as wide as the Mississippi. The North Canadian river is a real river with enhancements and a new stupid name.

I think what he meant is that the North Canadian River was not used as a mode of transportation. Cities develop around the dominate mode of transportation available at the time of their founding - be it harbors, rivers, railroads, or the interstate. OKC was founded because of the railroad station that pre-dated the land run by a few years. Now granted, the railroad station was here because of the river, but the river only functioned as a supplier of water for the steam engine, not a mode of transportation.

[bchris02]

Lol, What's a real river? Not every river is going to be as wide as the Mississippi. The North Canadian river is a real river with enhancements and a new stupid name.

JTF said it right. It was never a river used to shipping and transportation like the Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, etc. Eastern cities usually developed with their river as their focal point. OKC developed around the railroad.

[PhiAlpha]

JTF said it right. It was never a river used to shipping and transportation like the Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, etc. Eastern cities usually developed with their river as their focal point. OKC developed around the railroad.

Unnavigable would be a much more accurate description than "not real" as it is certainly a real river, just not a mode of transportation.


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