lets discuss why this board is doing poorly

[The Good Reverend, MATCHEW]

I agree.

[adecou]

I'd like to hear a range of bands... I don't care if they're active or not, if they're good.

[Lerxstcat]

Originally Posted by sixstringer66

I think that the bands who have made any kind of impact around here should be on there. 5-10 years from now, we are not going to see a lot of those bands other than what is on cd's.
So, it should represent a time in Gulf Coast Bands which spans a few years. If we just kept active bands on there, it would be out of date by the time we get the pressings back.... in my opinion.

QFT. A compilation CD is a document of music history. Just because a band is not active now doesn't mean it should be left out.

[Mikael]

I agree. It's not a cd about any one band-it's supposed to represent the gulf coast bands and the scene. The cd itself could lead to the formation of new bands down the road, thus keeping the scene from dying off all together.

[buzzincuzzin]

For some reason I forgot to mention how much I enjoy being a part of this community and how grateful for the support and interest it has taken in what I do. My age, genre, and market-place is FAR from the norm here, but nobody appears to notice. AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MAKE-UP!

[Penelope]

Originally Posted by buzzincuzzin

AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MAKE-UP!

[wilthrill]

Well first I didn't read all 15 pages of this thread and so I'm sure I am out of step with the discussion from the last few pages which seems to be about the scene on the gulf coast.

But if you want a different point of view about this board here it is.

Now I pretty much stay in the politics section because I live in Nashville, Tn and don't really care about who is playing Thunder's Tavern this weekend.

In the politics section I've noticed a change over the last year or so.

Used to I could start a thread on for example Bill Clinton and would pretty much immediately be greeted by flamethrowers calling me everything from a racist, nazi etc. Used to I felt as a conservative that I was a SMALL MINORITY on this board.

Now, I start that same thread and am greeted by the sounds of crickets. The liberals have disappeared or don't want to debate.

So when someone DOES actually take the time to answer, for the most part, they actually THINK THROUGH their answer and don't resort to flame-throwing.

But often times no one answers....

So in the last year or so the debate has gotten far more civil (a good thing) but it has also just gotten FAR LESS (a bad thing for a board).

As far as the scene on the coast. I lived there for damn near twenty years. When I moved I was AMAZED at how many JOBS there are up here. In a small town of roughly 15,000 (Springfield) we have more manufacturing than the WHOLE MS GULF COAST COMBINED!!! Down there the jobs section of the want ads in the Newspaper took about three or four pages. Up here there are 5 to 6 pages of the want ads dedicated to manufacturing jobs ALONE.

So one problem the coast has is a lack of good jobs. Also, and I mean no offense, but damn everytime I visit and drive down those broken down streets and see the continual annual repair of Hwy 90 on the beach etc I think to myself, "god I am glad I don't live there anymore." I still have relatives and friends and like to visit but I really do ask myself, "why would anybody live here?"

Plus after Katrina a lot of your people have moved away not to return.

I don't know what you can do about it but there's my two cents worth.

[ssspert]

The point of creating this thread wasn't about the scene.
The scene is what you make of it.
If anyone is waiting on the scene to make them, and their band, they will be waiting for a very long time, especially if they aren't worth a fuck to start with.
Thats my two cents on the scene.

This thread is questioning WHY there are so many people and bands on the coast and the number of people here are slim.
Sure its the same 15-20 people, some get mad and leave for whatever reason, most here are friends to some extent.

Why aren't there more poeple here?

[Mikael]

Because there aren't a lot of musicians on the coast, period. If there was, like Wil said, there still wouldn't be a lot of support for bands, because people can't afford to go out very often because of the lack of disposable income.

[ssspert]

can you say the casinos impacted the local nightlife?
the casino parking lots are always full.
sure they are some that flock to the coast for the casino night life, there alot that left after katrina.
can't blame either much anymore.