The following is a quote from a post I made on a local rave forum.
personally… I wouldnt cry if the chemical aspect of our culture went away, I’ve never indulged in it anyways… but… I would certainly rather IT than alcohol. And as far as the strength in numbers…. well.. that works when you have great numbers… unfortunately for those numbers despite what the post statistics on this forum may say, it’s not extremely viable. This forum is definitely NOT a microcosm of the edm scene. Most of the kids who just wanna go have a good time could give a damn less what any of the worn out ex ravers longing for the scene they remember through clouded recollection have to say. Seriously so many of us started raving way before we were 18, why should it be any different for the ravers today? And while it wasnt really mentioned in this thread, I guess I’ll breach the can of worms… While happy hardcore dont do much of anything for me, I get it. Are all of you seriously turning into such geezers that you cant remember loving a kind of music because of how it spoke to you regardless of what the older generation thought? Are you really that out of touch that you dont hear yourselves sounding like the parents who blasted rock and roll as ruckus and noise and their kids who grew up to pontificate against hiphop? You are all old and becoming the parents who many of you struggled so hard against. Do as I say, not as I do, and TURN OFF THAT NOISE!!! Why can’t you listen to REAL music?
clix
January 13, 2008 | 5:50 am hThings haven’t changed at ALL in regards to how the scene is perceived. As long as I can remember it has been assumed to be a scene where kids go and dance all night to electronic music while a majority of them consume some sort of mind altering chemicals. I know that’s not always the case, but no matter how many minors you DONT let into a party, that perception isn’t going to change. I’ve let minors into every one of my parties and I don’t think that’s done a THING to my credibility as a promoter.
Lastly, I’m not sure if you live in the same Arizona that I do, but there’s a LOT of a scene left here. A party every weekend with 2 on several weekends and on top of that some weekends with parties in Phoenix AND Tucson? That’s more of a scene than almost any other state has to speak of.
Michael
January 12, 2008 | 1:53 pm hTimes have changed in regards to how the scene is looked at. The underage aspect is what kills the credibility of any promoter that lets them in. Any party that lets underage people in is a liability to the scene. Underage kids are what will kill the little bit of the scene that is left in arizona.