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fairy-ganj-mother · 3 months

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so sick of the edm community and it breaks my heart</3 i've been going to these kinds of events for 10 years this year and lately I come away feeling disillusioned and frustrated after shows. I'm sick of meeting fucking wooks because like it's not "nice to meet you" anymore when we've met 10 times in the last 6 months and I remember every time but you're too fucked up to remember any of it. I'm sooooooo sick of a lineup of five white guys being billed as "diverse" because they all make very slightly different dubstep. I'm sick of the oversaturation of edm that all sounds the same bc people are just tryna make a living off partying instead of actually innovating and pushing new sounds. everyone is either on too high of a horse or just straight too high to interact with. I don't want to say it wasn't like this bc it probably was but I def wasn't as acutely aware of this part of the scene 10 years ago when we still practiced PLUR and shit.

#I miss the glowy vibes of community but plur is dead #just too many egos and drugs and all male lineups and an oversaturation of boring ass unoriginal sounds #trench brostop [be real its way closer to brostep than riddim ugh] and 140 are the worst for unoriginal sounds #like i used to think house music was boring but like the dirtybird label for example is way more innovative than the DDD label #literally fuck ddd lmao.#the chokehold they have on the scene is unwarranted #it's all descending chromatic basslines with a trash-can snare at 140 bpm #i've made 140 its boring and easy compared to like actually expressing myself thru music #so i'm also on a high horse and have an ego bc i'm critical of the music #but being critical of music is also standard for people who like to explore and discover new music #i still want friends in the scene but around music not drugs and who are willing to criticize it not just put DJs on pedestals #and i don't like 140 anymore and think it's blowing up disproportionately #I know trench like subtronics is 'fun'.....#i have never really liked that tho hahahaaha #I liked excision for a bit when i was still intense with rolling and shit in 2015-2017 and i get it #but respectfully molly and brostep are not for me anymore and the genre is boring when ur not rolling lol #subtronics blew up too fast too #also the just lack of women getting opportunities without some caveat #it's so gross #like maybe i'm too deep in in the scene now that i know too much about nationwide promoters and venues and how they treat women #also wook is not a good word btw and never has been???#it felt like we were ironically using it in 2017-2019 to describe when we forgot things or were too fucked up #now ppl use it as an identifier that they're 'in the scene' and its gross #being a wook is bad #bring back wook shaming....lmao #fuck edm i guess lol #moving to denver - the mecca - ruined it for me lmao #t #edit to add - the g jones fan base is a notable exception and i love them so much<3 caverns and rrx were both amazing this year #i made friends at both those shows

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