DIY wiki and Punk music scene!

Do It Yourself, or DIY, is a term that is used by various communities of practice that focus on people creating things for themselves without the aid of a paid professional. Many DIY subcultures explicitly critique consumer culture, which emphasizes that the solution to our needs is to purchase things, and instead encourage people to take technologies into their own hands. DIY is associated with the international alternative and punk music scenes. Members of these subcultures strive to blur the lines between creator and consumer by constructing a social network that ties users and makers close together. The idea behind the music is that it’s for the common man. It’s for everybody. There are three chords. Anybody can pick up a guitar and write a punk song. The drummer can be blackout drunk and as long as somebody can yell out “1, 2, 3, 4!” at the beginning of each song, he can keep beat. However, DIY represents the ultimate in individual capability and separation from one’s peers. Want to put out a record? Do it yourself. Paste fliers. Play gigs in your mom’s garage. Want some new clothes? Do it yourself. Patch up the holes with other clothes. Whatever you do, don’t pay somebody else to do it for you. Express your individuality in whatever way you see fit. Reject the system. Rebel. React. Anarchy as a punk philosophy was becoming a way of life.