Gentrification vs. Music

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I wasn't sure where else to park this story, so birthed a thread. Seems worth discussing.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/11/bands_can_no_longer_afford_nyc.php?utm_content=bufferff824&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 13:19 (ten years ago)

that sounds like dave q's theory about why london has such a shitty music scene, that there aren't any practice spaces so everyone has to make music literally in their bedrooms, so it all sounds really quiet and soft or else is made by baldy techno headphone wearers

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 13:33 (ten years ago)

where can i read about dave q's theory?

StillAdvance, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 13:55 (ten years ago)

dave q was never the most diligent about staying on-topic and i can't figure out how to combine keyword search with username search

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 14:00 (ten years ago)

There seems to be pretty much as many practice spaces in and around London as there was when I was making music in those kinda places throughout the mid/late nineties and early thousands.

MaresNest, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 14:04 (ten years ago)

i misread this thread as the gentrification OF music

StillAdvance, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 14:07 (ten years ago)

Ugh, the grammar in that post of mine above, illness and Iphone typing are a not a good combo.

MaresNest, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 16:03 (ten years ago)

presuming dave q's theory about London is now several years old but it is very much not accurate at this point afaic & fwiw

ganglier than the Pantilimon statue (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 18:44 (ten years ago)

Ian Svenonius too: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/rock-as-real-estate/Content?oid=22178

fits, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 19:10 (ten years ago)

Moby as well, throughout the year.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/03/leave-new-york-for-los-angeles

Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 19:13 (ten years ago)

Moby:

I was born on 148th Street in 1965, and from then until the late 1990s it never dawned on me to live anywhere other than New York City

Wikipedia:

He was raised by his mother in Darien, Connecticut.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 20:05 (ten years ago)

shoulda said look mom i gotta live in nyc

franklin, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 21:47 (ten years ago)

looool

marcos, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 21:48 (ten years ago)

"When I lived on 14th Street in the late 1980s, I paid $140 a month to share an apartment with a bunch of other odd and dysfunctional musicians and artists."

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/06/32/72/1683082/7/628x471.jpg

salthigh, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 21:59 (ten years ago)

david byrne talks about this sort of thing in "how music works" as well.

rushomancy, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 22:03 (ten years ago)

i misread this thread as the gentrification OF music

― StillAdvance,

well, if only rich people can afford these spaces to play, then it is?

Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 22:40 (ten years ago)

Maybe Moby should have just moved to the Bronx or Queens, but I guess the Los Angeles weather aspect seems almost more important to him than the cost of living in Manhattan

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 14:49 (ten years ago)


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