RTP-area local music and culture

[Jeremy Blair <jerblar AT gmail.com>]

Wearing less black is definitly indie...and it helps to have your t-shirt
fit snuggly also. Avoid mailstream culture? Absolutely. But that means indie
bands/promoters/venues have to find creative ways to get the music heard so
people will know if they want to see the show or not. I know that when I
feel like seeing a show I bring up the venue's web page and look at the
schedule. If a band has a link to their music I lsiten. If I like what I
hear, I go, if I don't I don't.


On 1/19/06, Ben Davis <ben_dontspamme_davis AT unc.edu> wrote:
>
> This is an insanely long thread - so maybe this point has already been
> made -
> But isn't a major part of the indie music scene based on avoiding the
> mainstream culture? (except Hepler and engarde)- Hasn't it always -
> have not all bands here joked about creating their alter ego "frat" band
> so they can rake in those big dollars?
>
> Perhaps just because the UNC kids shop online at Urban outfitters and
> listen to Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab doesn't mean they are any more
> inclined to seek out new music on their own - who knows - maybe we need
> to get Marissa and 'Sup Mag to hire some kids who can walk around and
> talk about how cool all the local venues are and what a raging time they
> had at them last night
>
> But then again - I haven't been yelled at by sorority girls in Chapel
> Hill for wearing too much black since the late 90's -  maybe I wear less
> black too -
>
> and there is the money issue too - kids go where they can get wasted the
> cheapest - keggers bro - keggers............
>
> Steven Keith wrote:
> > Maybe you have to make the "kids" feel like they are getting away with
> > something. It seems that the only thing at the intersection of crowd and
> > music in this area is an assload of pirated mp3's and a case of Natural
> > Lite Ice.
> >
> > My take: the batch of kids who're supposed to start standing in for
> > those of us in our late 30's (with kids) does not listen to local radio,
> > they don't see local bands as entertainment and it takes a lot of hard
> > work to fill a 60 Gig iPod with pilfered music and dammit they want to
> > feel good about that. Getting laid, I would agree makes a difference.
> > Somehow, its probably Pat Robertson's fault.
> >
> > These kids have a broader/more global realm of choices today. And the
> > local scene isn't catering to as many of them as it once did.
> >
> > In the 90's we all gave a shit about local college radio. It made us
> > feel slightly more plugged in. In my case, it told me what I was going
> > to be doing almost every night.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nathaniel
> > Florin
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:45 PM
> > To: RTP-area local music and culture
> > Subject: Re: Durham music scene
> >
> >
> > I remember going to endless local nights at Club
> > Zen/The Club in the very early 90s at which, despite
> > $1 admission and $1 longnecks, the audience would
> > consist of me, my roommate, Franz, two friends of the
> > band, and the Christina Applegate mural on the wall.
> > Certain bands filled the place, but most didn't at
> > all. In this period I also saw local shows at the
> > Cradle, the Hardback, Under the Street, and the
> > Fallout Shelter with a total paying attendance of
> > under five. Again, certain bands would draw more, but
> > not many of them.
> >
> > There was, I think, a significant uptick after this,
> > for whatever reason. But I wonder what the baseline we
> > should be comparing things to is.
> >
> > FWIW, all I hear off away in the far reaches where I
> > now dwell is that nobody goes to shows anymore.
> >
> > Nate
> >
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