Knetz are divided about the reservation system for BigHit’s new building (HYBE)

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TL;DR -- I really don't like the reservation idea.

As a (semi-serious) musician and a (less-serious) dancer who likes consistency and knowing what's coming, but also uses dance and music to cope, I can say that I'd personally be distressed if I were in that situation. Different music practice rooms have different sizes, sound quality, instruments, equipment etc, and different dance studios have different equipment and sound systems, different lighting, different floors, different layouts and markings etc. And while yes, we are trained to be adaptable and to adapt to whatever space we need to perform in, sometimes things, especially in earlier stages of rehearsal can't be moved as easily. If you do tap on specific floors, it ruins the floor. If you do pointe on specific floors, it ruins the floor. If you use the wrong sole-color sneakers on specific floors, it marks the floor. If you train tumbling, acro, leaps or jumps on specific floors, you can really damage your legs, especially if the safety equipment you need isn't there. If you turn on specific floors for a long time, you can rough up your feet really badly.

There is a good reason for there to be different types of studios with different sizes and different floors and different equipment. But if I, on a whim, decide that I want to practice Chinese traditional dance (a substyle of which I'm actually learning right now), and the studios that allow me to practice this safely have been booked up weeks before, that sucks. It's not the end of the world, but it still sucks. Having a space that I can reliably use and know will be proper for the things I want to do is really really nice, and although I've never had that with dance studios, I've definitely had that with music practice rooms. And while yes, I know most Bighit artists aren't doing tap or ballet or acro or trad, and likely don't need specific studios as much, from experience even just The Vibe TM being off makes practicing less productive. A constant space is also really helpful for practice. Floor markings taped out to practice with can stay in the place that you use every time, and you don't have to remeasure and replace whenever you rehearse. You can use markings on the floor or walls as reference points. You don't have to schlepp set pieces and props around. 

(Also, my university is currently having us book study spaces and practice rooms on campus using an app or a website, and it makes it a nightmare to do anything on a whim. If I want to go and practice while I'm on campus, I'm probably not going to be able to because of the reservation system. The practice rooms I need are all booked up, and there's nowhere else I can go. It's for COVID, so I get it, but Bighit isn't doing this for COVID unless I've missed some massive memo, and so I don't understand why the reservation system is needed.)

In my opinion, the ideal would be for there to be one studio that's dedicated to each artist. No need to reserve that one, that's just the standard studio for you and/or your group. If you need specialized equipment, if you need a bigger space, if you need something different, then you reserve one of the other studios. Unless the reservation thing is a long term system where you can reserve it as "your studio" for maybe a few days, a few weeks, or a month, it seems like a logistical nightmare for both individuals who want to dance or choreograph on a whim, as well as for long term group projects. I also wonder if artists themselves will be able to reserve the spaces directly, or if they'll have to go through managers and other staff.

It probably sounds like I'm overreacting, and you know what, I probably am. I doubt that many, if any of the artists would have the same feeling that I have, at least not to the same degree. But this is just my perspective, please don't neg me into oblivion because I will be sad D : (And yes, I know that this is not the most coherent thing I've ever written, I'm sleep-deprived, in pain (partly because I was practicing turns on a Terrible Floor To Turn On yesterday), and a bit annoyed at other people.)

I'm not a fan of the rent thing as a whole, but I think that's more my dislike for large corporations (especially who seem to be working towards a monopoly) speaking.

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31 minutes ago, satoori said:

I agree no need for negs. Many companies with multiple groups/artists under them most likely have some sort of reservation or sign up sheet system to keep things organized. The managers are the ones who handle it. There's no stress for the idols themselves. I agree, people are overreacting. Let's be real, with 3 whole floors dedicated to just dance practice rooms I doubt there will be any huge problems lol And it's not like everyone will be making comebacks all at once. 

Also according to corporate video each company do each have a dance studio. Which if true, I'm guessing is a smaller set up... mostly used for filming official content, maybe... 

I just completely missed that point in the video oof... If every group, or even company do have an allocated dance studio, then I think that mitigates most of, but not all of the issues with the system. My primary concerns with the reservation system if that is the case is if artists themselves will have access to the studios when they're not being used, either without having to reserve them (IMO the ideal), or by being able to reserve it themselves. Because sometimes you just Wanna Dance or Practice to get stress out, and having to go to your manager to become able to do so kinda sucks. Either way, I'm not a fan of it, but it's also not a big deal.

Personally, I think many of the Knetz's comments are making the parts of this that are a non-issue into an issue. I don't understand why any artist should have, or would need their own floor? Artist-specific dance studios, this makes sense. But what are you putting on a whole artist-specific floor??? Name engraved toilets? Personalized scarf racks? Custom massage chairs for each member? I know these sound super exaggerated, but I genuinely can't come up with proper reasons to have a full floor for an artist that isn't "Let's Waste Tons of Space To Fuel The Fans' Ego." (The only things that I could see being reasonable for an artist specific floor would be: - Dance studio - Possibly Recording studio - Studios for the members who produce, but even still, I don't think this is a good idea)

Note: I've been a BTS stan since like 2015, it's not like I'm saying this because I hate them. I've spent FAR too much time, money and energy supporting them to say this because I'm secretly an anti.

Producers, engineers, choreographers, teachers, arrangers, financial management, etc. don't always work in isolation, so I'm genuinely confused as to what practical reason there would be to have an "artist-specific floor". It makes sense for there to be areas for dance, areas for recording, areas for vocal training, areas for social media management, etc, and if you still feel the need to split those up by artist, splitting them now makes more sense. Because they don't always work in isolation. Even members of groups who are producers still work with other producers. The social media manager for Bighit (or HYBE, this name change confuses me) as a whole has to work directly with the social media managers for each artist's official social media accounts, sublabel accounts, and sublabel news accounts. (Think about all the cross-retweeting and stuff.) So why pull some of them out of the chain? 

Genuinely, I don't get the Knetz's comments at all. Please, if someone understands, can you tell me what the benefits of having an artist specific floor would be, or even what you'd put on it?

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1 minute ago, satoori said:

I think perhaps you're giving to much freedom to Kpop idols. If the idols need to use a dance room most likely they will inform their managers first. Who will then check if there is any availability (which most likely there will be, I mean 3 whole floors haha). Also in most case idols practice as group unless they have some solo or unit material. Again, plenty of rooms.

"Artist-specific floors"? The floors are not separated by artist it's by company. The video named some things included, such as dance studio, vocal training, recording studios (for example: RM, Suga, Hobi all have their own studios), there's resting areas, dressing rooms, storage, filming studios for shows, and more. 

About how HYBE runs as a company if i remember correctly they're similar to JYPE. Each group has their own team of staff. At least we know that's the case with TXT and BTS. With some staff naturally will crossover. None of the groups/companies are being pulled out of the chain. 

HYBE is the parent company under them is Bighit, Somu, KOZ, and Pledis and more.

My whole thing about the artist specific floors was about what the Knetz were saying, complaining about BTS not having their own floor -- that I don't get at all. That was 100% at the Knetz, not you, and I probably should have made that clearer haha. I think that pulling one artist out of the general workings would disrupt the whole system. Having teams for each group and each company makes sense, but physically distancing one of them doesn't make sense to me. Don't worry about this whole thing at all though, this wasn't directed at you : D

I thought there was some other massive Bighit thing about HYBE? Or am I mistaken? People explained this in a really complicated way but I think I do generally get it now.