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Here in Bend ... I feel like our relative distance from major music "markets" if you will has been a great benefit. I'm part of the Resonant Sound DJ crew down here and I feel like our isolation has allowed us to develop our own approach and sound while we watch the people in the cities doing often very homogenous things. We've seen the DJ scene in Portland grow and implode all while we've maintained a fairly healthy scene down here with a lot of freedom to do interesting and noncommercial stuff. Staying independent and isolated has been great for us.

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