> Granted, Phoenix may not be an AJ mecca, but perhaps you haven't looked
> hard enough?
> Happening things don't just happen in cities by themselves, it happens
when
> people put out some initiative, some persistence and A LOT of publicity...
Could be... except that, when you stick your head out the door and it feels
like 5 construction workers have giant blow torches aimed right atcha, it's
ez enuff to go back in the house and put on some vinyl... (btw.... the
record stores here? don't get me started!)
Hey, I believe there's a hunger in Phoenix, and everywhere, for jointz and
jamz. I saw Incognito here 6 years ago and it was packed. Macy and BEP sold
out a big outdoor venue a few weeks back. And the best concert I ever saw I
saw in Phoenix (Stevie Wonder at Symphony halll!) And it has a gigantic
(party) college.
Because there may very well be people or a
> movement or something that's trying to improve, to change, and to put down
> their "territory" seems to symbolically destroy all they've worked for. I
> should know, I've been involved in many community-related projects in Los
> Angeles.
Well, my thought is to have a good music scene, jazzwise, you've got to at
least have a decent-sized african american population, which phoenix doesn't
have. Second, phoenix is too close to the vortex of LA, which means that
when a phoenix type act (Gin Blossoms, Caterwaul, etc.) gets the wherewithal
(read, deal) to get out, they move west, ASAP, so there will probably never
be any music scene here.
>
> Take this for an example: Detroit is perhaps the most economically
> depressed big city in all of the United States, but the recent DEMF was
> like a ray of sunlight into their future, and I'm glad for them.
Yes, but Detroit has a tremendous music history. Ditto New Orleans, Kansas
City, St. Louis... etc.,
It is interesting to note what cities didn't have a scene and now do.
Seattle, of course, became famous in the late '80's for it's brand of
rockroll. Atlanta, it might be fair to say, wipes out gigantic LA in terms
of R&B production, (and hpsi - hotties per square inch) and I've heard
Houston and San Antonio are really starting to hold it down, production
wise.
>
> As a person who enjoys travel, I think every city is unique and beautiful
> in its own way.
PC alert! Elson need to get CHECKED! There are a lot of cities that are
unique and beautiful in NO way... Check out Yuma, AZ, where quite literally,
the 2 most intriguing pieces of architecture are the Blockbuster Video store
and the Red Lobster!
We can't all live in NY, London, Paris, SF, etc. Some of us
> don't even want to. I give the most massive of props to anyone in the most
> obscure backwoods of towns trying to forge some kind of AJ-related scene
> there. That's love of the music. That's dedication. That's what it's all
> about, really.
>
I agree with that 100%! 3 Cheers for the Internet! I will definitely go see
DJ Essential next time the temperature dips below 110 degrees! Rock On,
Rick!!!
(ps... i won't dance, but i will tell the dj he's the cats pajamas, and i'll
have lots to drink!)
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