As far as your point about LGS, I have to kind of agree. Although, I come from a local scene that is strong and vibrant – and it is all due to the fact that we function together as a scene rather than as a group of bands. The locals go to other local shows, and we all support one another. So much so, that every year on the 26th of December there is a christmas party of sorts for people who are in the scene and only them. Bands, solo artists, poster artists, radio personalities, booking managers, label reps all of them go and hang out it’s kind of neat and reinforces the idea that we have to stick together to get by.

Have I ever told you about the little homegrown label I had in Hamilton? We based our whole practice around the idea that we had to work together to make something good. Every band on the label was expected to participate in things like folding inserts or stuffing envelopes somehow. And for the most part, they did, and happily. There is one exception I can think of, where LGS infiltrated the dynamic …….but he got ousted by the rest of the bands on the label….