SPRING 2014
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However, I will say that DIY will never be perfect, mainly
because everyone has their own idea of what DIY is or
should be. The real trick is making your peace with this
and finding ways to reconcile with each other so you
can move on and be productive together!
The necessity of self-releasing is a good thing if
it gets bands thinking about DIY and the ethics
around it. Nobody has ever gone into DIY with a
brilliantly laid out plan of how they should do it
— the whole thing is a learning curve. We all have
to start somewhere! I think there are a few bands
who people might perceive as having lost their
way and turning their backs on the scenes and
communities that got them where they are today,
but who am I to make those judgments?!
Rory: Probably be a bit of cringeworthy answer, but I
think it comes down to people. There’s folk that play
in bands, and then the people they know that record
them and then eventually someone might release it
on a label, and then it comes to people buying the
releases and paying into the shows they play that
are put on other people who want to liven up their
hometowns with good, safe and friendly shows. With
that comes a whole host of other incredibly helpful
people who put them up for the night, cook them
food, drive them to the next city, become their friends,
talk about new bands or projects online or at the next
show, and then it sort of becomes this network of
people helping each other out in some way. As long
as there are people out there enthusiastic enough —
and by enough, I mean to come out to shows and buy
records, not to just harp on over Tumblr or whatever
— then the scene will be fine.
What would you regard as Wolf
Town DIY's next m