MySpace Stalking Dallas Music

Welcome to the circus, kiddo. Let the games begin!

PS-I still owe you a beer...or ten.

Welcome to the circus, kiddo. Let the games begin!

PS-I still owe you a beer...or ten.

what a douche

If that blog is any indication, you're gonna do just fine around here.
Good luck man.

Good to have you on board. Fancy a coffeehouse show this Friday?:

http://thematthewshow.com/calendar.html

Yes, I am a shameless huckster.

Our "scene" ain't the best and it ain't the worst. But it is good enough that most of what I listen to in my car is almost all local act cds. And I have alot of cds in my car.

scene scene scene. whats funny is i never hear any musicians or bands complain about a "scene" one way or another. they just do what they do.

I have to ask - who exactly is his target audience? The scenesters moping around the Granada, Dallas' most "dope" club? I appreciate his candor in admitting to know little about our town; I was disappointed to waste my time reading what he learned, which is the equivalent to my local scene knowledge when I was still in high school. As a Dallas native my entire life, I know that the music scene is not always the easiest to find and even when you do, there's a lot of shit to sift through, but that is his job. He talks of bitching about coverage of Denton, but offers none of his own. I reiterate: disappointing.

When did name dropping become a decent form of journalism?

Dallas scene sucks and everyone in it knows it. They do what they can to have fun. There isn't always something going on like you mentioned, it's always the same thing with the same people.

I like what someone commented on- theres many scenes in Dallas, who's your audience?

Next time I guess do your research on the band names and the city itself. Because unless your audience is the douchebags The Observer always hates on I don't think your article was a success. By the way Dallas is a psuedo L.A.

Welcome, Damn it!

It's great that you've busted your ass to become familiar with Dallas acts.

It alarms me however, that you think the Dallas music scene is "good"... or that we even have a "scene" worth talking about.

As a frequently gigging musician from Dallas, living in Dallas–
Dallas is actually my least favorite place to gig.

Its not that there isn't great talent here... it's just that the demographics are all wrong. There is no public interest for live music in Dallas. There are a lot of people willing and able to play good music, and a whole lot more people (1.2 million) who'd rather go to a "wine bar" on their night off.

To make matters worse, many people travel in flocks to watch the lovely tribute bands that Dallas is all too inundated with. People here are lazy... and mostly old. If they haven't heard it before, they don't care– hence the great success of the tribute bands. (which says a lot about the musical taste/intelligence of the area...)

Anyway, I wish you luck, but I hope that you'll highlight not only the good things about Dallas music, but the bad as well. Be honest with us. We can take it. You don't have to patronize us for the sake of our shitty music scene.

Oh... and another thing... Denton's music scene does in fact make Dallas look like a pile of shit. So does Austin's. Any musician who has played Texas, and actually enjoys live human beings at their show will tell you that THOSE are the scenes you should be researching and comparing us to.... NOT COLORADO SPRINGS!!!

Research on! Go see a GOOD music scene before you say Dallas's is good, or you'll simply confirm to me you don't know what you're talking about.