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here in florida it seems that the music scene has declined for many reasons, mainly new laws to crack down on raves and late night clubs. But it also seems like the people that were going out to parties and raves in the "scene's" heyday have all grown up. Most of the people around here have graduated college and moved onto careers where they aren't able to party 48 hours straight all weekend. At the same time these people who were the "hardcore ravers" back in the day that wanted to keep the scene underground did just that. They kept it too underground, they weren't showing they're non-raving friends and younger friends what was going on with electronic music in hopes of keeping it underground. When these people outgrew the scene, there was nobody there to take their place at all the raves and massives and therefore the scene slowly started to die. Most of the people that are still in it, are in it for the drugs or the money(or both). I still go to the few quality events around here and you can tell who's been around a while, the 35 year old candy "kid" who got hooked on "e" and never did anything with his life, but he's got flyers from shows in '92! The majority of the other people are "promoters" who bring in no name DJs and charge an arm and a leg to get in. Then there's the ever growing amount of DJs out there, which makes it harder to sort through all the crappy DJs who've gotten their name out with bootleg CDs and charging clubs less to spin than a quality DJ would. There are so many bad DJs out there, it makes it hard for me to want to go out to the clubs and hear the same cheesy songs mixed poorly in every club.
On the other hand, there still are a few people out there making music for the love of music and they are fortunate enough to make a living off of what they actually love. The "scene" in most of florida is pretty much done, hopefully its a cycle that will cleanse itself of all the dirtbags and scum who are just hanging around trying to make that quick buck. And when the cycle is finished, hopefully something good will happen again and we can have a quality scene where its worth it to go out every weekend and party and have a good time listening to good music. Until then, I'll be in my studio, making music, hoping, and waiting.
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