While surrey is dubstep, I believe Burnaby is the broader genre of electronic music there’s so much going on in Burnaby with certain places being more rural and homely and inviting while others are huge bustling city energy and it’s loud but also has good tempo with each city block being a completely different sound in itself it’s a melting pot of cultures of inspiration of creativity as well as industrialized and uniform.  If I had to describe electronic music to somebody it would be like describing Burnaby because at one end you have Metrotown Maywood area the other end you have the Brentwood Willington heights area and on the other, you have the marine drive area there are also different but they’re all so Burnaby.

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oh delta, what to do with you?  Future pop. future pop is one of those drawers of music where you can’t pinpoint down to a specific sound it’s always changing either for the good or for worse and you never know what’s going on unless you’re deep into the thick of it. likewise delta is such a huge part of the lower mainland and Surrey in general.

But then it’s disconnected to surrey with Ladner and Tsawwassen and you don’t know how to view it because both of those places in general are so different from each other even though they’re within the same city They also lumped in with Siri a lot of times from the outside viewing in and it doesn’t make sense but it somehow makes sense at the same time and tomorrow it could be completely different and you just have to sort of accept it and go with it the exact way that I describe delta is how I would describe future pop so I think it fits perfectly.

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We can’t talk about delta without talking about Surrey because Surrey and delta are like warring communities on each other even though they’re similar except surrey is terrifying but also like not at the same time because it’s like a staple in the lower mainland. Surrey is like dubstep, and I know dubstep isn’t very popular anymore only to a nice crowd but I’m viewing dubstep when it like first started becoming mainstream where there was some dubstep that was in the know and popular and it was like a safer version of dubstep now, but then there was more underground dubstep that only specific fans could get into that was a lot harsher and more energetic.

So, Surrey has that weird aura to it where it’s bad sometimes and good the other times and people who live in surrey will say that it’s good but that there’s certain parts of surrey that’s bad and people that are in the bad parts of surrey will say that it’s good and will call the good parts of surrey bad. What even is Cloverdale in this situation I don’t know. it’s like dubstep it just sort of happens and it continues to happen and it’s there.

Victoria if I had to guess would probably attune more to classical music if anything, it’s not a city slash genre that would be able to be replicated anywhere else. it has the prowess of being the capital of our province, but it doesn’t fit in being on Vancouver Island, it’s not a part of metro Vancouver or lower mainland but we look at it as the staple of the province of BC. Likewise, I think you can think the same way about classical music it’s called classical for a reason it doesn’t fit in with today’s music But it’s always looked at as the staple slash origin of the music that we have today it’s those equal prowess is that I feel like you can attribute classical music to Victoria.

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However, I feel as if Victoria is some how above this experiment as if fits within a realm of heritage that won’t allow it to be categorized into simple thing as music genres. who are we to say what fits into what bucket of ideals and sounds. Music is fluid and everchanging as well as the cities we live in. One change is a city’s atmosphere, or a critical event in in music history that changes how we see music defines how we view such things and as I’m writing these today, it’s only a single documentation within a single point in space. tomorrow, the way we see music genres or cities could be completely flipped on its head.

**DISCLAMER** This is a series of opinion pieces from me (Dillon Bey), these articles should be perceived as satire and any negative opinions attributed to certain cities is only used as a fuel to the fire to push the narrative. I’m sorry if you disagree, the intention for these articles is just to have fun.

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Abbotsford definitely has it’s more of a folk twang to it You have this bustling city surrounded by vast farmland and yet the city could technically be described as a metropolis with things like high street and the Abbotsford airport being key features within the town .Folk best describes this city do too the lack of necessity while also having great heritage alongside it this is nothing against Abbotsford I personally really love this city and I also like folk but I know it’s not everybody’s cup of tea but I believe if you’re willing to try you can find vast enjoyment out of the city which is exactly what i believe about the which is exactly what i believe about the genre of which is exactly what I believe about the genre of folk just like Abbotsford folk music has this sort of try it and you’ll love it or hate it type mood to it some believe it isn’t very special while others think it’s the most important part.

**DISCLAMER** This is a series of opinion pieces from me (Dillon Bey), these articles should be perceived as satire and any negative opinions attributed to certain cities is only used as a fuel to the fire to push the narrative. I’m sorry if you disagree, the intention for these articles is just to have fun.

Chilliwack is country, no doubt about it. I feel like if you been to Chilliwack you would agree with me whole heartedly, and even if you even been to Chilliwack you would probably also agree Chilliwack is one of those cities where when you’re when you’re there people make it their entire identity which I feel applies equally to the genre of country I mean we’ve all met that one person in our life that entirely embeds the mood or feel that country gives off which I feel like applies equally to Chilliwack. Chilliwack is one of those rare cases in the lower mainland where it’s so different from the rest of the cities but still fits in, which is how I feel when I listen to country it gives you that “oh” moment when listening to it where you may not have chosen it but you’re welcoming it into your roster of songs

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This goes out to our set Rep Ian, because there is no way I could get through this without talking about Agassi and I want you to know that this is nothing personal, Agassi is definitely the genre of bluegrass country. I mean come on it has such a rich culture to it while some people don’t even know where it is. Like bluegrass it gives off just the old aesthetic something that can’t be replicated, It’s a part of BC that can’t go away even though sometimes it may seem I think it’s already on its way out. Just like how I feel bluegrass music is always almost going out of fashion but then it somehow comes back and you’re like oh OK this is happening but it’s a welcome addition to the collection maybe a city or music genre.

**DISCLAMER** This is a series of opinion pieces from me (Dillon Bey), these articles should be perceived as satire and any negative opinions attributed to certain cities is only used as a fuel to the fire to push the narrative. I’m sorry if you disagree, the intention for these articles is just to have fun.

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The sound of Langley Township, Langley Township has a sound more accustomed to that of folk but also heavy metal due to its rapid industrializations of working complexes and industrial complexes while also housing small community driven municipalities. These quiet towns, rich with culture next to high rises being built full of industrial sized amenities make the Township of Langley what it is cities like Brookswood, Murrayville, and Aldergrove are all small old towns being driven aside by new industrialization taking over that too which is the metal to the folk.

I think it could also be attributed to more noncentralized genres such as non-conformist alternatives just because there’s so not willing to conform to the standard music genres, specifically speaking of the municipality of Brookswood, they have a petition going on called Brookswood not brooks was which is all about keeping Brookswood the way it is and keeping out the new industrialization which I think conforms to the alternative non conformists as hypocritical as that may be.

I have more of a bias when talking about the Township of Langley as I do live there and have lived their my entire life.