THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT HAVE CAUSED THE SCENE TO CHANGE.....FIRST WAS 9-11 WHICH EFFECTED EVERYTHING IN NYC......SECOND IS ALL THE BS NYC CLUBS HAVE TAKEN FROM CITY HALL....3 IS THE EXPLOSION OF CD WRITTERS AND DOWNLOADABLE MUSIC SUCH AS NAPSTER. PRODUCERS ARE NOT PUTTING OUT AS MUCH MUSIC BECAUSE IT IS SO EASILY PRIRATED AND SHARED...THEY ARE NOT MAKING ANY $$$$$ OF THEIR WORK. ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE THE RADIO IS TAKING ALOT OF THE MUSIC AND TURN IT COMMERCIAL....MEANING EVERYONE KNOWS AND HEARS IT BECOMING COMMERCIAL.... SECONDLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT NJ VENUE OWNERS WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY AND SEEING THE TREND OF CUSTOMERS LEAVING THE MEGA CLUBS AND GOING INTO SMALL VENUES HAVE NO REAL NEED TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL.....BEFORE THEY HAD TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THEN NYC VENUES WITH MUSIC AND THEMES AND DJS.......NOW THEY CAN CARE LESS BECAUSE THE COST OF OPENING UP EACH NITE HAS DROPPED BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING LESS AND THEY HAVE A CONTINUALLY CUSTOMER BASE COMING INTO THEIR VENUE, MAXIUMIZING THEIR PROFIT AT THE DOOR. IN MY OPINION IT IS SMART ON A BUSINESS LEVEL, BUT AS A PROMOTER WHO IS GOING INTO THESE PLACES AND HEARING CUSTOMERS YOU HEAR ALL THE COMPLAINTS....AND THE VIBE OF GOING OUT HAS DIFFINATELY CHANGED....AND VENUE OWNERS ARE DOING VERY LITTLE TO PUSH AND PROGRESS THE SCENE.