For author and fan Bob Blunt, the DIY ethos is vital when it comes to building a music scene.
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The author of Blunt: A Biased History of Australian Rock will be in town later this week to talk about the DIY movement that started with punk and never went away.
“It’s about doing things for the enjoyment of it,” Blunt said.
“It’s not necessarily about being successful.
“When I first started seeing bands in the early ’80s I got the impression there was a real independent music scene. It was alive and it was about people doing things by themselves and not relying on mainstream participation.
I think that’s something that still exists today.
“It’s still bubbling away, there’s always an underground bubbling away.”
You don’t have to play music to be a part of a DIY scene – it includes fanzine writers, promoters, record store owners, studio owners and more.
“I’m not purely talking about bands, this includes things like fanzines,” he said.
“I started writing a fanzine back in 1986. The whole idea behind that was I wanted to write about music that I wasn't reading about in other formats.”
Bob Blunt’s author talk and Q&A session with musician Lax Charisma and Ben Hession from VoxFM is on February 18, 4-6pm, at Music Farmers in Keira Street.
