What’s up everyone! My names Mark but most people around here call me Beans. I got introduced to all of you long ago at a music festival called Rothbury where I went to see Snoop Dogg but caught my first Bassnectar set. It wasn’t until years later that my girlfriend (now wife) really introduced me to what being a basshead was all about.
From traveling the country, starting secret Santa drives, donating food at every show and just spreading that genuine love everywhere you went, whenever you could. Meeting strangers that become lifelong friends while you build upon a community that is more empowering to any of its counterparts.
Then all of this happened in 2020 and simply put it never sat right with me. All of the legal nonsense aside it never felt right to me how quickly people were to attack and attach these horrible labels to a person who none of us knew personally. Baseless allegations from a faceless Instagram account with no credibility and all of a sudden, the person who provided so much positive energy to all of us was never allowed to be spoken about in our circles.
I was never the biggest Bassnectar fan in the beginning, but my wife was/is and watching her endure so much pain throughout this whole process really drove me get involved. First and foremost, I couldn’t stand to see her in pain, but I also watched so many lovely, magical people have their worlds torn apart. I first got involved to support her, and then pretty quickly realized this was obviously a bad faith situation. I could tell there was bad intentions involved, it didn’t feel true or honest or real, and so I basically just started digging for the real answers. It led to me moderating the Bassnectar subreddit and eventually getting involved with the team before one of the mods of the same subreddit took a dark turn and basically tried to take over the community (that’s another long story…for another time 🙃) I continued to stay on and work with the team independently just by being involved with everyone on the other side. I love being involved as a community member, doing my part to take care of others, and I enjoy participating in the magic that happens.
My reasoning for wanting to share my energy with the Bassnectar community is simple: Lorin and every member of the current team have been nothing but kind and loving to me and my wife. From across the country many of us have connected to continue to breathe life into a project that I believe has the power to forever do good in this world. Also, because I love this community and all the members in it. So many memories with all of us being together, nothing will ever make me smile more. When I first met Lorin, I’d already been moderating the subreddit for a while, and one of the first things he said to me on a group call in 2022 was “Dr Beans! I’ve heard so much about you. They say you’re the hardest working mod on the sub! Thank you so much for working so hard to take care of everyone” – or something like that. He was just sincere and genuine, and overtime we have become really good friends.
I firmly believe there is a future for the Bassnectar project, and that the 2020 EAB story was incorrectly told by shady people who had no other purpose but to troll our community and spread negativity. If I can do anything to fix that story and keep us together, then my goal here would be complete. I look forward to getting to know all of you and amplify the love here with everyone!!!
And I hope to see you one day soon, maybe this New Years
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