When did being part of a musical 'scene' become

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about stagnant exclusionary bullshit? I was talking to a friend about this last night. I mean, no one is denying that music has an influence that goes beyond the initial aural experience, but more and more I see people who're in some 'scene' for the sake of the scene. They'd rather sit around tittering at people who show up at clubs in red shirts when the colour of the week is green than work on getting some great band playing a show or writing a new song. I've experienced it.

"Oh hey! I was talking to so-and-so and they said they'd bring in band x if we could get this and that local group to play with them, and I know this club owner who'd let us get the space at a great deal!"
And the response is "Well, I'M running this club night and YOU'RE trying to compete with it, and WE need to build up the club scene before doing anything like THAT".

Bullshit social engineering that stifles the only god damn thing I care about in ANY of these 'scenes'. The friggin music. Without the music they'd just be more washed up rejects pining for the days of the high school caste system. Go do it somewhere else and stop screwing with something GOOD.

Anyone else experienced this?