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Posted by epdarks on Oct-10-2008 17:41:

Pete Tong is f-ing garbage.

Posted by elFreak on Oct-10-2008 17:44:

but he will not steal your wallet at least.

if you go to see aber tell him groove la chord is your favorite song of his. I guarantee he will love you.

Posted by Frenkieee on Oct-10-2008 17:49:

I'm kind of in the same situation. In two weeks there's this M_Nus 10th year anniversary in Amsterdam where I want to go to, but none of my friends are going with me. They just stick to one party that weekend, namely the day before (the Cocoon party with Sven Vath, Andre Galuzzi, Guy Gerber, Mathew Jonson and Tobi Neumann, not bad either).

You guys are mentioning to just go on my own. But I'm not that extrovert, I tend to be shy towards people I don't know well (or at all). So if you go on your own, the idea is to make contact with random people.. but if I look at it from the other way around.. if I would be there with my friends, I wouldn't really need to have this stranger alongside me the rest of night.. so the idea would be to just hop from one group of people to the other every 15 minutes? I don't see myself doing that.

I'd like some advice, or you can just simply burn me for being fainthearted.

Posted by elFreak on Oct-10-2008 17:53:

going alone is not such a big difference.

have you ever tried to have a conversation in the middle of a loud as fuck dance floor?

if you have, i hate you.

Posted by XaNaX on Oct-10-2008 18:05:

Posted by daft_max on Oct-10-2008 18:32:

Just stand in front of the booth, those are the dudes that probably went alone.

Posted by sweetcaroline on Oct-10-2008 18:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenkieee

You guys are mentioning to just go on my own. But I'm not that extrovert, I tend to be shy towards people I don't know well (or at all). So if you go on your own, the idea is to make contact with random people.. but if I look at it from the other way around.. if I would be there with my friends, I wouldn't really need to have this stranger alongside me the rest of night.. so the idea would be to just hop from one group of people to the other every 15 minutes? I don't see myself doing that.

I'd like some advice, or you can just simply burn me for being fainthearted.

I go alone to events all the time, but my situation is opposite from yours. I DON'T want to meet or talk to people. I want to enjoy the music, dance and be left alone. Generally, 95% of the people there are just like me. They stick with their friends and don't try to chat up strangers. Those people I like. Then there are the 5% of people who tell me inane stories about what they did at WMC or "ask" me to dance grabbing me. The wasted and desperate quotient is quite high at parties & me because I'm a woman alone, I deal with a lot of unwanted advances. In fact, I left a nightclub because one guy wouldn't stop following me.

^Don't be that guy.

Instead, I suggest that you do not "hop" among social groups. Instead plant yourself in front of a DJ you love, dance you face off, engage in succinct banter with your neighbors ("Great song."), and go home. That's what I do & I have a great time.

Posted by Tony Morello on Oct-10-2008 18:44:

1. go alone
2. have a good time
3. pick someone up
4. ??????
5. profit

Posted by adi_hanson on Oct-10-2008 18:45:

pay for my airline tickets and ill come with you

Posted by Pokit on Oct-10-2008 18:51:

I have a couple friends that are into EDM, but are into the kind of EDM that I don't like. So when I want to go to a gig, they don't want to go because there isn't a superstar DJ playing.

edit: Kind of an ironic note is that one of my friends that kind of got me into EDM still refers to every genre as techno....

Posted by TranceArmstrong on Oct-10-2008 19:24:

still with the Aril Brikha / Shlomi aber thing?

Posted by PVDfan07 on Oct-10-2008 19:59:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
I go out by myself all the time. Quit being a baby, grab your balls and do it. Yeesh.

Seriously! What's up with people missing out on something because they "have no one to go with?" If I want to go see a dj or go to a concert and no one can go with me, I don't give it a second thought. I go. Aren't you going to hear the music anyways though? That doesn't take more than one person.

Posted by noikeee on Oct-10-2008 21:19:

This subject always pops up in a couple of months.

Personally I'm not the kind that makes friends easily and don't like going out alone to a party, even when I go early to meet friends later, I stress out moving along the whole place trying to find someone I know. Through the years I realised the most important thing to me in a party is the social experience.

So instead of trying to drag my friends into EDM, I went the other way and go party with them to whatever shit top 40 night is out there. It's plenty of fun. Sometimes once a year or so I get my EDM fix with some night out, but it's not that important to me anymore.

But hey, I guess if you're really really a dj fanboy or massive EDM nut, it might be worth going alone. Just make sure to go with the right attitude - the most important thing is to have fun.

Posted by chesco on Oct-10-2008 21:45:

I must have been quite lucky - none of my mates were ever into the clubbing thing. Neither my friends from where I lived or where I went to school or uni. I always tagged along with my big brother when i was younger and over time just became part of his circle of friends who were all into going to see dj's at the weekend..

Over the last few years i've been out and about with them more so than my friends from around where I stay, guess I just got sick of sitting in the same pub weekend after weekend so done something about it and thank fuck too.

Posted by Frenkieee on Oct-10-2008 22:00:

Well, I guess I could give it a try, going on my own. Most of the time I spend my nights at the front, alongside the other people who want to party. I'm dancing 99% of the night so that could help.

quote:
take drugs

I don't do drugs. Plus, I'll have to drive. So that won't do. Don't think I need it though.

Posted by elFreak on Oct-10-2008 22:01:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceArmstrong
still with the Aril Brikha / Shlomi aber thing?

yes

shlomi is the israeli eric prydz.

Posted by woscar on Oct-10-2008 22:29:

quote:
Originally posted by elFreak
but he will not steal your wallet at least.

if you go to see aber tell him groove la chord is your favorite song of his. I guarantee he will love you.

And to OP: get a girlfriend you freak

Posted by Adam420 on Oct-10-2008 23:50:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar99
Kinda contradicting yourself with that sentence, don't you think?

Well considering that the content in essential mix seldom belongs to Pete Tong, I don't think so. I guess what I mean is that I appreciate what this guy did for EDM, which is a fair bit, and I'm interested in attending a live show of his.

Posted by mehta on Oct-11-2008 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
Oh I know I might just have to do that.

honestly it's way way better to go alone. be thankful you don't have a posse of clubber friends!

Posted by mehta on Oct-11-2008 01:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Frenkieee
so the idea would be to just hop from one group of people to the other every 15 minutes? I don't see myself doing that.

I'd like some advice, or you can just simply burn me for being fainthearted.

sorry for double posting-

I'd say expect to be alone a lot of the time ... but still kinda subtly interacting with people

don't get attached to any particular people too much, but approach anyone and be open to anyone who makes contact with you, don't worry about spending too much or too little time with anyone (like no 15 min rule .. not that you were necessarily serious about that. or wait, using a 15-minute rule might be great fun and since it doesn't really matter anyway)

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-11-2008 01:48:

Going with someone can be fun, but in my experiences, it plays an increasingly less important role as the night goes on.

It's good to walk in with someone, to have someone to hang out with and share a few quick conversations before actually heading out to the dancefloor with as things are just warming up.

But once the dancefloor momentum really picks up, when you can barely turn around and can barely hear the person yelling in your ear, it makes little difference if you came alone or with someone else.

Even in cases when it's not such a madhouse, I'm pretty sure you eventually just wind up doing your own thing.

Posted by mehta on Oct-11-2008 02:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Paradox Lost

when you can barely turn around

wow, I have never been to a party like that

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-11-2008 02:08:

quote:
Originally posted by mehta
wow, I have never been to a party like that

Depending upon where you live, it can be more or less a weekly occurrence.

Posted by mehta on Oct-11-2008 03:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Depending upon where you live, it can be more or less a weekly occurrence.

where the venue is so oversold that you literally can't move?? maybe I'm just misunderstanding you

Posted by Paradox Lost on Oct-11-2008 03:30:

quote:
Originally posted by mehta
where the venue is so oversold that you literally can't move?? maybe I'm just misunderstanding you

I should clarify somewhat. That type of scenario generally doesn't spread to the entire dancefloor, just the most popular and densest areas (ie. the very front). Also, as I'm sure you know, the crowd usually thins out once the alcohol dries up.

That said, there are shows in which it really is a house of shoulder to shoulder people. If you show up here (San Francisco) when Oakenfold, Sasha, or PvD is playing (especially if PvD is spinning New Years eve), you'll know exactly what I mean.

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