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SPOT is an annual music festival in the city of Århus, Denmark, showcasing up-and-coming Danish and Scandinavian talent. Around one hundred artists and bands from most genres of contemporary popular music - such as rock, hip hop, electronic music - play various stages in and around the Århus theatre and music venue, Musikhuset. Around 800 people attend, according to the official web site. Speakers also participate in panel discussions and give lectures on various music industry topics. For example, they answer musicians' questions on "How to make it in the US" and participate in debates on topics including file sharing and the future of the album. While the audience is mainly local, the most quoted of its (stated aims ) is to promote Danish and Scandinavian music to the international music business, from record companies and concert organisers to agents and the music press. Trying to please both camps, a curious, local music audience and an international music business crowd, is occasionally a source of friction. ==History== Started in 1994 at a local initiative, the festival has been organized by ROSA (Dansk Rock Samråd, translating as Danish Rock Council, an umbrella organization representing various Danish musicians' unions) from 1995 onwards. In 2002, David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine spotted The Raveonettes at the festival and his subsequent endorsement was considered instrumental in landing them a contract with Columbia Records. This incident greatly increased interest in the festival among musicians as a 'place to be seen', prompting among others Sort Sol, a staple of the Danish music scene since 1977, to appear the following year in the hope of garnering international interest in their back catalogue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spot (music festival)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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