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How old will you be when you quit going to clubs?

Clovis's mention of people "going to clubs at 40" in the "Minimal hypster" thread made me think about this question...

When do you think it will feel too weird / inappropriate for you to keep going to parties with loud dance music and lots of wasted people? How old do you think you'll be when you stop going out?

And do you anticipate that you'll ever stop listening to dance music entirely?

[I think I remember a few people here saying they already have.]

When i'm too old to go to clubs, i'll just get my own


Nah, i cant really say an exact age, i'm sure that in time i simply wont feel the need anymore to go to big events or clubs. But when, dont know.

Rave to the mutha'fuckin' GRAVE!

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Originally posted by Sykonee Rave to the mutha'fuckin' GRAVE!

i LOL'd.

why stop at your grave? half the time I feel dead anyways.

I don't know - the weird thing for me was when I started to play at clubs a bit more, the less I started to go out and stay out. Just became kind of "early hours" people out at clubs whether I was playing or not.

I think this also had a lot to do with how intensely bored I got with seeing headliners this past year and a half or so. Being so close to Chicago, and Chicago having such a massive pool of good locals, really meant that pretty much all I became interested in were local parties or seeing locals open for headliners. The only headliners in the past year (excluding DEMF) that really, really kept my interest were FDV, Joris Voorn, Max Graham, and Danny Howells. As such, I think I also just kind of fell less & less in love with the prospect of being out at a loud club until all hours of the morning. In the end we just wound up going out less and less, and really only staying out for locals.

That being said, this year I finished a massively busy school year and went to DEMF, and now I feel like my passion for dance music is back as much as it ever was. All I want to do is either be out listening to good music (preferably outside), or be playing it anywhere anyone will put up with it.

So in the end, I don't know how to answer your question. I have trouble predicting my own behavior.

I do, however, think I'll always have some sort of decks setup at my home for as long as I'm capable. It's very cathartic for me just to be able to play around for a while, whether it's out or at home.

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Originally posted by Sykonee Rave to the mutha'fuckin' GRAVE!

+1


I honestly don't see myself getting tired of it soon. I just moved to New York from Miami and I just started livin' it up here in NY.

My mom thinks it's crazy that I only go home to visit during big parties. She also doesn't understand why I would go to Detroit. haha.

I'll be clubbing for as long as I can grow a mustache.

I'm in the scene for life. Maybe to a lesser extent but as long as my legs work I'm down to go out and dance

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather When i'm too old to go to clubs, i'll just get my own

+1
good answer

And think you would say to your grandchildren ''get that shit off and put a bit of system f on''
gees, kids these days

Also another question...

When do you see other people as "too old" for clubbing? How old does a person at a club have to be for it to seem "weird" to you?

42!

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Also another question... When do you see other people as "too old" for clubbing? How old does a person at a club have to be for it to weird you out?

It's less their age, than their age in relation to who they are. I guess I'm just weirded out by people who discover EDM so late in the game. For me growing up it was the music I had always been looking for but never found.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles When do you see other people as "too old" for clubbing? How old does a person at a club have to be for it to seem "weird" to you?

I guess that this might depend partly on what the person is doing. If I saw an older man or woman just kind of standing around, it wouldn't seem as weird as if they were dancing up a storm and had their jaw hanging out.

I'm kinda done staying out to absurd hours, plus I'm tired of smoky clubs and dealing with annoying people.

I don't know, I'm just not that into 'clubbing'. Now, when I'm behind the decks, then it's a whole different game

When I was 20-26 (now 34) we went to clubs till around 5 in the morning at Saturday. Sunday we needed to recover
Also at Friday we often visited clubs till 3 or 4, these were the more clubbie clubs (Living Joy - Dreamer etc.)
By the age of 29 when I married my wife, clubbing got a lot less and after our daughter was born almost 2 years ago, there of course were more important things than going out.

But I still love trance and don't believe I will ever stop loving it. I cannot imagine I would.

I'll be 32 in December, and I've never even been to a club. I guess that means I will never get into the scene.

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Originally posted by Zoso I'll be 32 in December, and I've never even been to a club. I guess that means I will never get into the scene.

How do you do that?

I'm very open minded and I'd like to give everyone a chance with music. I just can't judge them by their online sets/radioshows ONLY.

Seeing them live can sometimes seal the deal for me.

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Originally posted by Zoso I'll be 32 in December, and I've never even been to a club. I guess that means I will never get into the scene.

Or don't get married....

You really should visit some clubs, although I only have been in European clubs so cann't really compare. I always enjoyed going out and many were over 30 especially on Friday nights.

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Originally posted by Trance-MB Or don't get married.... You really should visit some clubs, although I only have been in European clubs so cann't really compare. I always enjoyed going out and many were over 30 especially on Friday nights.

The club crowd in Europe spans a larger age group than in the US.

Too late. Married with two stepdaughters. Living in the woods in rual Tennessee doesn't help much, either. I should have at least hit up Tiesto at Bonnaroo, as that was very close to me. But when you can't get any time off work or home...

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Originally posted by Zoso Too late. Married with two stepdaughters. Living in the woods in rual Tennessee doesn't help much, either. I should have at least hit up Tiesto at Bonnaroo, as that was very close to me. But when you can't get any time off work or home...

Yepp, that's how things go. Maybe after 15+ years we get another chance when our daughters are on their own?

But Ferry and Armin will still be around then looking at their age, so never say never...

Oh, I'd love to find a little low keyed place in say Chattanooga or Nashville that played some good progressive house or trance. A smaller, more intimate venue that wasn't crammed full of 80,000 candy ravers and shit, but from what I understand there isn't such a place in this vicinity. It's a shame, as I would like to hear a good set on a club system before I die.

Not so sure about clubs, but recently I thought of the time when we'll all be old some of us being grand father by then. When you'll listen to some techno classic from the '90s your granchildren will say something like: "Grand Pa, your music is really unlistenable, how can you listen to this crap?". Lol
Great will be the time when fathers will be into electronic music and children into something more old skool (let's say classic rock).

Re: How old will you be when you quit going to clubs?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles [I think I remember a few people here saying they already have.]

*raises hand*

It was a bit after I turned 20 that I started growing out of it all. Though I must admit I'd probably still be into EDM if there was still some originality and creativity to it like there was in the early 90s. Having to go through swarms of shit only to enjoy about one in a thousand releases really killed the enthusiasm.

Never really a huge club guy myself. But I like to hit one up every once in a while. Ive tapered off my going out for music because I can spin at my place. I will always be into this type of music so Im pretty sure I will still be hitting them up at least once in a while.

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