I’ve been talking a lot about the what the DIY “scene” mens and what is going on with it here in New York, and especially in Brooklyn. But what is the scene exactly? Can the music that is played in places like the Silent Barn and Glasslands even be described in relation to one another? The group of bands playing these venues don’t have a similiar sound, and probably wouldn’t be placed in the same genre of music. Unlike other musical movements, like grunge in the 90’s or even the British Invasion of the 60’s, it isn’t really the music itself that defines the scene that you enter when you go to a DIY show – it’s more the location, the promoters, and the general philosophy. You might go to the Silent Barn to see a dancehall DJ one night and a noise band the next, but you are still going to the Silent Barn, mosl likely thrown by Todd P.
