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Miami music scene
When I came to Miami I expected a great electronic music scene, but in reality it's quite awful. In a nutshell, a vast majority of the club-goers are idiots, the clubs are insanely expensive and there are often weeks in between good parties. For example, check out the lineup for Liquifed Atlanta. Dave Dresden on July 18th and Christopher Lawrence on July 25th. Ticket prices are $15 and $12. Trance might not be your thing, but at least they have rotation. Tiesto, Steve Lawler, AVB, Acosta, Digweed and Mark Farina have all been there in the past couple months. The SF Bay area and LA are head and shoulders above Miami in diversity, style and class. Even Las Vegas is better than this.
What's going on Miami over the course of the next several weeks? Absolutely nothing. An idiotic "Columbian" party this weekend at Space. The music will suck and the crowd will be littered with the likes of Juan Pablo Montoya .. no thank you. How about after that? Absolutely nothing at Cameo or Mansion. Oscar G and Patrick M are okay, but I thought this was "Miami"? If this were truly a great music scene, we'd have a heavy rotation of world class DJ's.
And don't bring up WMC; that's just once a year. I'd gladly surrender one amazing party week a year for 35 or 40 really good parties.
Another point I would like to make is there are so many idiots at the clubs in Miami. I've been clubbing a long time and have never experienced the rudeness/immaturity as at the clubs as Miami. I go out to hear great music, dance and have a nice time. Sure it's nice to see pretty women, but that's not the focus. I rarely see people dancing and totally absorbed in the music. 95% of the time people are running around pushing or chasing someone else. If they are dancing, they are trying to get attention from someone else.
For posers I suppose the Miami club scene is good. For electronic music lovers it's not.
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