Drama ( as Chris below describes ) is a structural dynamic of all "scenes".
Players in a "scene" are, by nature, competitive to gain either favor and
ultimately, control, of a "scene". It would be natural that in a
"scene" with a large number of players, that strife and conflict
would rear its' head. There is an innate quest for
dominance and social control in the human species. Even though some
may claim to
be ego-free with a respect for "everyone and anyone" in their scene,
I think that
ultimately, human ego actually *seeks* strife and conflict. If there
are many players
in one "scene", all the more reason that "drama" arises. Its about
dividing up slices of the ego pie. Humans are largely animal like and
will kill for their share of recognition, love, and respect within
their "scene". Think about it, music "scenes" are not much different
than scenes found in business and government. Certain elements of
togetherness, cooperation and "good times" *certainly* exist within
scenes. However, anytime a large
group of people get together with a common vision- the next thing to
come into the picture is human ego, with a drive for control and the
drivers seat. It gets all fucked up from that point forward. The
"scenes" that I've had most experience with
in my life have been: punk, industrial-noise, and rave. Elements ( or at least
pretensions) of anarchy, diy, "no rules", independence, and
autonomous thinking
have been a staple philosophy of all of these musical genres/movements.
Yet, in any scene I've ever witnessed, the old rules and power structures
eventually take over-
The best thing to do is to stay home.... ; )
Peter
np: Piano Magic- Bliss Out, V 13 12"
tofu@uci.edu spoke:
" the socal scene is way too fucking full of drama - at all angles! for
some reason we live in an area with some of THE most talented people
possible: lexaunculpt, kid606 (am i allowed to put those 2 names next to
eachother these days?:), brad laner, most of the plug research cast and
crew (low res, phthalocyanine, mannequin lung, etc), brian lustmord,
l'usine, bassland and so many many many other people (like EVERY band from
the area that has played up at KUCI) --yet you put *some* of these
people together in a small room and they fight
like mad!..... it just gets rather frustrating to see artists that i
admire quite a bit
and have been following since what might be day 1 for a lot of them (i
have not left my bedroom for years, okay??) fight and bicker and shit like
that. the worst part is that there is, all things considered, not
much in terms
of a scene here -- yet rather than dropping their bs, people fight like
mad......i hope other regions of the world are not QUITE this
bad!.....anyway, i guess my point is -- as a fan of the music it
would be nice if the personal issues could be set aside so the ideas
and music can continue to come out as slick as always! "
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