Yes, us bloggers and hobby-journalists can be a pest sometimes. Especially when we ask for a festival-pass or a place on your guest list, to write an article or a review for some obscure website you never heard of. But. You see, most of us do not earn any money with the writing we do, so we’re in for the fun and because we like it. And we also like the festival or artist you are representing, otherwise we would write about something else. With us, you can have the most unbiased and devoted writers covering your “product” – because no editor tells us to come to your show to earn money. So, if you respond to an email, promising an update at a certain date, you can expect me to ask for an update at that date. And if I get no response, I’ll write another mail. Or make another call. And another. And another.

The Kentucky Derby was decadent and depraved, but they gave him a press pass.

I appreciate that you have loads of work to do and your inboxes are filled to the brink every day. But if you don’t find the time to tell me in two short sentences that there are no more press passes available (after which I’d stop to mail and call), why not tell me so via the FAQ’s or press area on your website? After all I write for the interwebs, so you can be sure that I’ll visit these pages.

Rants ends here. Thank you for your cooperation.