For decades, the city under his administration is the popular local music scene - and by extension artists, businesses and supporters who make it go away - as second-class citizen. A show of Radiohead in Grant Park in 2001 was a triumph, but the city blocked Grant Park is shown by the Smashing Pumpkins in 1998 and Grateful Dead band derived from the other in 2002, citing fears of public administration - this despite the hosting major events, as densely populated as Taste of Chicago and the Jazz Festival on the same property.In 2000 and 2001, legislation was passed that effectively suffocated after-hours dance parties in a city known for its dance music. The relationship between the city and its clubs took another step backwards in the wake of the E2 nightclub disaster in 2003 which claimed 21 lives. The fire department conducted more than 2,000 spot checks on the night of that year and closed only 16 clubs at least temporarily, most for exceeding occupancy limits. One club, the martyrs, was forced to end a show of the Spanish group Ojos de Brujo prematurely and a fine of $ 2,500, although the show was sponsored by the city and the band had flown from Europe to perform. club owners who had been in business for decades with no criminal record, said they were being used as scapegoats for negligence in the audit performed E2, a club that was operating in spite of numerous building code violations.
In 2007, the University of Chicago study highlighted the tension between City Hall and the music community, describing Chicago as "a music city in hiding."
The economic study found that Chicago ranks third among U.S. cities in the size of your music industry, third in the number of concerts and fifth in the number of bands and artists that work, however, noted that most of the world does not identify strongly with the city music how does the smaller cities like Austin, Nashville, Atlanta, Seattle, Memphis, New Orleans or Las Vegas. He suggested that city officials and tourism have not done enough to "turn the music on a more economical motor and social significance to the city," and that Chicago is missing an opportunity to generate significant revenues and tourist trade conventions.
The tide began to turn slightly. city parks, long aversion to events such as rock or hip-hop concerts that attract large crowds of young people, started with great festivals like Lollpalooza in Grant Park and Pitchfork in Union Park. The Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park has begun to open its stage for rock concerts in recent years, with a series of free and paid events throughout the summer.
However, little has been done to feed the popular music scene of independent labels, clubs and working musicians. In the last couple of years, Daley enacted an ordinance, which have severely restricted the ability of independent promoters for events, even in long-standing clubs, twice the surface, only to be presented after a public outcry. It was another long response in the formation of the E2 disaster seemed oblivious to the reality of how the clubs and the promoters of shows and made the stage work to ensure their safety. The latest version of the ordinance would require independent promoters to get $ 300,000 in liability insurance and pay fees ranging from $ 500 to $ 2,000, even if they were working with the clubs fully licensed.
These events help the music scene in the city generated $ 84 million annually and employ nearly 13,000 people in 831 companies, the U of C study found. That's the kind of numbers that should have made a meat and potatoes Mayor Daley and more attention, but too often most powerful official in the city has treated the scene as an afterthought and at best a nuisance at worst. At least a significant segment of the population of the city, not to be missed.
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