soleman

Why not write your article in the same telegraphese you preach? Hilariously ironic to use verbose AI writing for this.

Also the site background is AI slop which makes for terrible contrast with the text.

For those sounds, I'd stick to resident advisor and following the DJ's you like. Also check out Rinse FM for artist discovery if you're open to the British sound (they invented d&b and dubstep). Massive.

I also hate meta but unfortunately it's where many scenes live. Path of least resistance for venues, artists, to share their shows. I would disagree with the other commenter who said to "be the change". I've seen dozens of event aggregating sites and what they all lack is actual people using it. We live in Meta's hell, but everybody's there (speaking as Gen Z).

This is avoidable if you have a specific niche though. A lot of groups online and in cities give me hope. What kind of music are we talking here?

> You could easily meet people in your own location who shared your own tastes in music. Where does a person find music-related socializing now

I'd say Instagram serves the role of Last.fm you described (for better or worse). But really you can just go to the gigs and talk to people. That's guaranteed people in your area with similar interests.