Do It Yourself: The culture and history of DIY Music

Август 23, 2022

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Do It Yourself: The culture and history of DIY Music

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2. Why DIY? Area of personal expertise “Passion is energy” - Oprah Winfrey Integral part of American
3. Who am I to talk about DIY? Started going to DIY punk shows at age 14
4. Reminder - take a quick look at your vocabulary! Let’s rock
5. What is DIY? “something that is fundamentally made by fans, for the fans” “social movement as
6. Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge? Origins: 1970s punk rock scenes, primarily
7. Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge? Developed: 1980s American hardcore punk scene
8. Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge? 1990s and on: Internet has transformed
9. Disclaimer: DIY is a global ideal and exists in its own unique forms in many countries,
10. one more important thing to mention about DIY DIY has roots in politically and socially conscious
11. So that’s DIY - a loosely connected network of independent musicians who share the same general
12. Part 2 - A case study of DIY in the Twin Cities, MN
13. Artists No musicians = no music
14. Fans
15. Venues Bars / 18+ or 21+ venues: Kitty Cat Klub Mortimer’s (Mort’s) Eagles’ 34 Seward Community
16. Venues All ages venues: Moon Palace Books Fallout Urban Arts Center The Garage Caydence Records and
17. What’s a house show? Benefits of house shows: Accessibility Comfortability Diversity a show that takes place
18. Record Stores meeting place for people with similar musical interests place for people to find new
19. Record Labels distribute music provide a resource for fans interested in certain styles of music help
20. Radio Stations While the internet has greatly diminished their role in music distribution, independent radio stations
21. Online and written communication Zines Internet forums Social media accounts
22. The end - questions?
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Why DIY?
Area of personal expertise
“Passion is energy” - Oprah Winfrey
Integral part

of American and global cultural and subcultural movements
Social and political relevance
Inspiration towards creation

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Who am I to talk about DIY?
Started going to DIY punk

shows at age 14
Multi-instrumentalist with experience in DIY bands
Founded a DIY record label called Wounded Galaxy Tapes
College radio DJ, staff member, and manager
Self-taught audio engineer

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Reminder - take a quick look at your vocabulary!
Let’s rock

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What is DIY?
“something that is fundamentally made by fans, for the

fans”
“social movement as well as a mobilization of resources that support the core of the punk subculture”
“taking direct action to live independently from capitalist [or consumerist] society”
“DIY is Do It Yourself, but the self doesn’t necessarily have to be individual. It can also be a collective self”
“philosophy of creating art alone or within a group of people with the #1 motive being a shared desire to create this art rather than monetary profit”

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Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge?
Origins: 1970s

punk rock scenes, primarily in the U.K. and U.S. (Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones)
“Everybody hates us, no one will ever sign us, and nobody will ever give us any money.”

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Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge?
Developed: 1980s

American hardcore punk scene (Black Flag, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys)
Way to make connections and mobilize resources outside of inefficient, predatory mainstream music system

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Where did contemporary DIY come from? Why did it emerge?
1990s and

on: Internet has transformed music and made DIY much easier and more accessible around the world
DIY has expanded beyond punk to all sorts of music

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Disclaimer: DIY is a global ideal and exists in its own

unique forms in many countries, including Russia - it’s not just an American thing!

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one more important thing to mention about DIY
DIY has roots in

politically and socially conscious punk of the ‘70s and ‘80s
DIY is NOT required to be overtly political, and a lot of DIY bands are not overtly political
BUT
Political and social concerns still tend to play a big role in DIY scenes
DIY is generally a space that seeks inclusion for all, regardless of gender, religion, sexual orientation, country of origin, race, etc, but it sometimes fails to achieve this objective

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So that’s DIY - a loosely connected network of independent musicians

who share the same general goal of creating cool art together.

Questions (before we move on to part 2)?

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Part 2 - A case study of DIY in the Twin

Cities, MN

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Artists
No musicians = no music

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Fans

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Venues
Bars / 18+ or 21+ venues:
Kitty Cat Klub
Mortimer’s (Mort’s)
Eagles’

34
Seward Community Cafe
Memory Lanes
7th St. Entry & First Avenue

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Venues
All ages venues:
Moon Palace Books
Fallout Urban Arts Center
The

Garage
Caydence Records and Coffee

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What’s a house show?
Benefits of house shows:
Accessibility
Comfortability
Diversity
a show that takes place

outside of an established venue

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Record Stores
meeting place for people with similar musical interests
place for people

to find new DIY music, and for DIY bands to find new audiences.
sources of information about events
venues for shows

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Record Labels
distribute music
provide a resource for fans interested in certain styles

of music
help fans of bands that sound similar to yours to find your band
connect bands
help bands book tours
spend money to make physical copies of bands’ music to sell like records, CDs, and cassette tapes

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