from TB-303 resources mailing list -------[ http://www.tb-303.org ] ---------------------- I live in Groton Massachusetts, an hour north of Boston (depending on traffic). Suburbs in a rural setting. Plenty of houses, but plenty of forest as well. I like to bike. Mountains aren't too far north (New Hampshire, Vermont), so rafting and skiing are there. All of Mass is one big University town. So there's a very diverse music dynamic here.
But even here, hip hop is the dominator in clubs. I've had several residencies at local pubs and what not, and it doesn't matter if there in a metro area or in the sticks... people come out to hear hip hop... well, not real hip hop (which I like), but that hip-pop stuff they market on MTV and its radio clones. I've found you can sneak in two real dance tracks back to back, maybe once an hour, before it clears the floor... depending on the time of night/how drunk folks are. This weekend I had two gigs, both at low key spots: on Friday at this semi-abandoned apartment building in Worcester MA... we've been doing things there since May this year. Half the time no one shows up outside of the djs, our friends and girlfriends (which is sizeable, actually). This Friday there was a good turnout, and folks were dancing more, because there was a bottle of liquid goin around. Felt like the old days, almost. Last night I played at a frat, at UMass Amherst. Again, not a big turnout... less than last time. But, as we got the NRG pumping, spontanious dance occurred for a few hours. That's why I play out... I love to see that, be immersed in it. But its almost rare now. In short, the New England scene is in a recessionary period. -Bad Mr. Trip -------[ http://www.tb-303.org ] ---------------------- Subscribe & unsubscribe there : http://www.tb-303.org/
