Dallas Music Scence is Dying

Dallasmusic.com started in 1996 devoted to bringing atention to the local music scence in Deep Ellum and the West End.  Like the Hate Ashbury, Deep Ellum grew starting with the artists and the musicians. Tthen came the drugs and the corporate money, and soon a slow agonizing death followed.  The scenario has repeated itself time and time again, but thanks to the help of Laura Miller and her inability to curb gang violence and fraterinity rowdiness the music scene seems to be taking an unforseeable ending to its downward spiral.    The clubs are clearing out faster than chickens in a fox infested hen house.  The few that are hanging on, The Double Wide, Tom Cats, House of Blues, etc. are struggling at best.  The corporate clubs, Gilly's and other corporate clubs are no more than cocktail and brewsky shopping malls for live entertainment.  These establisments are not here to support the local scene in any way and are doing more harm than good.  Dallasmusic.com in its continuing efforts to support local music has followed the music scene into cowtown Fort Worth, TX where the new musical explosion is happening.  As we dallasmuic.com and our sister e-zine ftworthmusic.com attempt to quickly restructure our formats to follow the changing scenes we will continue to follow original music whether in be in Ft. Worth, Dallas, Denton, Arlington, or the Mid-Cities.  Thank you  for suppporting local music through the complicated maze.  Although Deep Ellum may be dying, dallasmusic.com will continue to grow with the times.  We welcome new writers from all over the metroplex and ask that bands and nightclubs alike continue to send us there dates.  Keep hope alive, "for we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams"- Willy Wonka.

D Wakeley                &           Gin-E
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