I play bass for a band called The Blisters and we had the breakfast set (11:30 i think), but from where i was standing the house seemed pretty packed. Solid Sound does a great job of timing the sets so you can see almost everything you want.

In fact, Solid Sound does a great job of pretty much everything. I haven't played many festivals but later in the summer we played at Lollapalooza in Chicago and i was amazed at how much SS spoiled me, haha. At Lollapalooza having an artist wristband doesn't mean anything because anyone can pay a couple hundred for a pass that offers more privileges. Plus there are too many people in charge and none of the staff knows anything so to get anything done you have to argue with ten different people. Which is how most festivals (pitchfork, sxsw, bonnaroo, etc) are to my knowledge.

But at Solid Sound, everything was organized fantastically. from the stage crew to the festival managers, everyone knew what they were doing and when and how they were supposed to do it. More importantly though, everyone there is so nice! I felt welcome as a performer, because all the audience members are there to listen to music, and you can definitely feel that on stage.

So yeah, Solid Sound is very different in that the people in charge's main concern is just to put on the best music festival possible.