The most common are the ‘photographers’. After years of taking night mode pictures on her point and shoot, and swirling them around for “lighting effects” while sweating at the All Time Low barricade, Susie Suicide decided to ‘take things seriously’ and fork up the money for an SLR. Now, rocking the Nikon D40 (or the Canon Rebel; both are a big hit in the scene) she considers herself a ‘photographer’.
Her overly photoshopped snapshots with way too much contrast only make the band boys she lusts after look like aliens, and will never grace anything more than a fan space, or if she’s really lucky, a personal invite to ‘apprentice’ under the ever so prestigious Myspace page, Fueled By Photography.
To scene kids of suburbia, photography has been redefined as owning an expensive camera and waiting for the magic talent of photography to dawn upon them like a quarter from the Tooth Fairy.
What scenesters everywhere have so conveniently forgotten is that professional photographers use and manipulate things such as lighting and space in their shoots (because they actually have photoshoots). They have a method, and experience….something you can’t find on Myspace.
Note to all the baby scenebeans: the giant SLR on your neck is like Flavor Flav’s clocks: ridiculous looking, and serving zero purpose. For your own humiliation, stick to a point and shoot, and don’t drop out of middle school to shoot at The Bamboozle.
Now, on to our neverending spew of Myspace “promoters”. First and foremost, being a promoter means you book shows, at venues. It does not mean you post bulletins on Myspace with banners of Fearless Records‘ new up and coming bands. Secondly, if you’re on a street team that only has you do online missions, you’re at the bottom of the fucking ladder. If Fearless only trusts you with posting html codes, you’ve got a long long road until you’re working for Crush. Let’s get serious now…
Advertising that you (((PROMOTE!!))) In your Myspace name does not mean that you will get *~discovered, and start your dream of TMing any time in the next century.
Scene kids think they’re fooling everyone by trying to look the part, but anyone who is, or ever will be remotely relevant, can call your bluff, and see your neon up-do a mile away. So, cut the crap, actually go to shows, and don’t go putting “music promoter: myspace bulletin queen” on your resume anytime soon.
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Julia
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... i hate faux scene kids who think they are hot shit by dressing "scene" and not going to shows at all... and then i hate the kids who are like preppy bitches who dress in free people and go to shows, but stand around in the back like bimbos who are lost in the middle of a field in Kansas. and OMG. THOSE PROMOTER BITCHES!! I can't stand them. they just try to get to bands. nothing to put on the resume. it actually makes me sick. end of rant. hahaha |
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AshlynxApathetic
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right on. I totally agree with Julia's post. Most of the wannabe scene kids just like to pretend... but they can't be what they aren't. |
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JustAri
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... The one thing that pisses me off to no end is when people wear the bright flashy band shirts just because they look cool and "scene". Especially when I walk to them and say, "Oh you know ___? What's your favorite song?" and they look completely lost. |
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AshlynxApathetic
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justari Very true. I wore a brokeNCYDE tee shirt yesterday and one person was like, "OH yeah right like you know that band. like whats your favorite song? i bet you can't name two." and I said, "Get Crunk and Freaxx" and they just looked at me and walked away like they thought i didn't know the band.. :/ |
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AshlynxApathetic
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justari Very true. I wore a brokeNCYDE tee shirt yesterday and one person was like, "OH yeah right like you know that band. like whats your favorite song? i bet you can't name two." and I said, "Get Crunk and Freaxx" and they just looked at me and walked away like they thought i didn't know the band.. :/ |
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Dawn :D
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hellaa true xD That is so flippin' stupid! How can people wear BAND tee's and not know the band!? I have a Flyleaf, Paramore, Silverstein, and We The Kings band tee. Flyleaf: All Around Me & Sorrow |
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miintiiess
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>. people that have 2 tell every1 there scene really arnt there jus try-hards wannabes n.n  |
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Taylor :DD
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UGH. I hate when girls wear band tee shirts, claiming it's their "favorite band", and they don't know more than three songs. It's rather pathetic. And I hate when girls try to be scene by JUST wearing band tees. Its too mainstream. Then they feel they have to slap Hello Kitty or Gloomy Bear or Domo on their body and then theyre scene. UGHHHHHGGGHHGG |
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