quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
If anything, I'd like to think the crowds will be especially crazy during those first nights back as they unleash a year of pent-up energy. |
I've got the same expectation. As hard as this has been on venues/staff, artists, promoters, etc. - and I really don't want to diminish just how up-ended peoples lives have been by saying this - I think strictly as far as "the scene" is concerned, this will be a net benefit in the long run. That's because...
quote: | Originally posted by A.B
I honestly don't see things ever returning to normal. |
... we've needed to shake shit up for a long time. Returning to what "normal" was would fucking suck.
Not only will this bring a really cool level of enthusiasm/energy for a bit, but there are going to be new promoters who will bring out new local DJs, some top- and mid-tier names will fall by the wayside (because let's be honest, they weren't that good anyway and we realized during shelter-in-place that we didn't actually miss them), some DJs that have deserved to be heard by more people will get more bookings, new sounds and styles might crop up, new venues in unique spaces, maybe more renegade parties (at least at first and, IMO, there weren't enough of them in the last few years) that are truer to dance music's core tenets, yadda yadda yadda.
It's gonna take a while, but I think we're going to see and experience some really cool shit.
Last edited by idoru on Sep-22-2020 at 14:42
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