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local music scenes often suck because everyones trying to sell you something. A band is trying to get tiktok famous, a promoter is trying to make money, clout has poisoned the well that art drinks from.
Just find a spot, ask friends to bring amps and drums, tell everyone to get there at 7 and listen to your buddies play music. literally anyone can do it. it can be alot to manage and be responsible for but its worth it
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the best community i have found is in the local music scene where i live. all of my friends are either in bands or are there to support their friends and their music. even if you’re not super into music, there’s still so much community in going out to shows and events to meet people you might not have met otherwise. genuinely some of the most authentic connections and friendships i have are with people i met in at diy shows in backyards. it’s worth a shot to just go to a show alone and see who you meet!!
Nov 24, 2024
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going to a friends dj set is the lamest shit you can do these days everyone thinks they’re way too cool and at 99% of the gigs no one is dancing or having a good time. cover bands are wayyyy more fun and you have a way better time. no one is taking it seriously, so much more work is involved and it’s way sicker to see live music than your friends play to an empty bar on a weeknight
Feb 22, 2024
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usually at a concert you expect that the last performer is the headliner that folks are actually there to see, but in the indie/local music world that's often not the situation. since shows are booked on off nights during the week or like sunday nights, this means the earlier sets on a bill are the best attended and the bands with a bigger audience may be second or third to play on a bill of four or five acts. this is so folks can see them and end their nights earlier.
it always upsets me when some cool out of town band comes and plays a great show but then all their fans dip leaving the smaller local acts to play to a nearly empty room at the end of the night. sometimes the earlier bands themselves leave too, which is even worse as it's pretty disrespectful for the acts you're sharing a bill with.
in the music world there can sometimes be this toxic narrative of "we all had to play for empty rooms at one point, it's part of the business," but that doesn't have to be the case! stay for the last set and see that local band of awkward 19 year olds, you never know where they'll end up going and how big of an impact early validation can have. to apply this idea broadly, if you ever have the chance to extend a courtesy to others that you wish would have been extended to you in the past, go out of your way to do that for them.
Apr 16, 2024
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