Darius Kazemi critiques social media dependency for local music discovery, highlights Freakscene as alternative
It's sad that I have to maintain an Instagram account in order to follow local jazz musicians to learn about amazing shows. A neat alternative is Freakscene, which I like to describe to Portland…
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