It’s time to break away from old, unsustainable habits and focus on revitalizing local communities.
Who would have thought that 2020 would be the year when the world stopped spinning? In these unprecedented times, the electronic music industry is now challenged with the task of envisioning what the “new normal” will look like or how the scene (or what’s left of it) will function. In a business that favors big names and big numbers, the lack of access to equitable opportunities has put the creative ecosystem to the test. It’s likely that high-earning DJ superstars or well-established institutions will be among the very few to survive this crisis and will go on to thrive with little competition in the years that follow, once the majority of alternative musicians and spaces disappear.