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Originally posted by blueadept Who was the promoter for Tiesto when he came in May?

that would have been the house of blues possibly paired up with some big tobacco company

these days, armin or any DJs of his caliber can usually only be booked if you are a reputable promo company with some sort of history of dealing with the booking agency, or any history at all

people like us can work out parties with the smaller guys, like tyas, and ton tb, but i would not hold my breath for armin

you could always team up with twisted but set conditions if you're a sponsor, or something of the sort

I dont see why they would want to team up with anyone if they are selling out shows

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Originally posted by apri_peel the sound at plush has always been bunk... now sound at celebrities is amazing! you can stand right in the front with the headliner going all nuts and it won't even hurt your ears.

gotta totally agree with you here... I didn't go to Armin this time because I saw him in Oct in Seattle... I went to Sasha instead.. The sound was great and I didn't have any ringing at all the next day... a lot of other places offer bad sound but at least your ears are not ringing for the next 3 days

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Originally posted by Tayfoon this is funny first off, if any of you actually think that you can book Armin, stop because you wont and this is Vancouver , weve always had and always will have a shitty scene. No point of even complaining anymore

Do you know this for sure? No. Probably not. Everybody gives up so easily, its pretty silly.

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Originally posted by Tayfoon and this is Vancouver , weve always had and always will have a shitty scene. No point of even complaining anymore

My hero the T-man.
Aren't you a promoter bro? Can't you ahhh .. call some people?
Makes this happen? shake things up? eh? ....

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To answere above question about booking big name DJs.

Yes it is almost impossible to book them, unless you have a reputation as a promoter or have worked with the DJs management/booking company before.

Not to mention you need 6 figure bank account to support you.

It is extremely difficult to book these top DJs.

And as for Plush, I think it would be a great venue if they spent some money in the sound system, otherwise I have never waited more than 5 min in line, bouncers have never harrassed me, and I have alwayse had a good time there.

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Originally posted by Kluivert And as for Plush, I think it would be a great venue if they spent some money in the sound system, otherwise I have never waited more than 5 min in line, bouncers have never harrassed me, and I have alwayse had a good time there.

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Originally posted by blueadept Do you know this for sure? No. Probably not. Everybody gives up so easily, its pretty silly.

100% sure


to book these top djs you have to have a long track record, and to book the small djs from the same agency before


Besides, Twisted have been booking Armin for years and years, why would his agent want to work with anyone else ?

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Originally posted by krysx25 My hero the T-man. Aren't you a promoter bro? Can't you ahhh .. call some people? Makes this happen? shake things up? eh? ....

Dave Lewis and I are far from friends

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Originally posted by blueadept Do you know this for sure? No. Probably not. Everybody gives up so easily, its pretty silly.

These days the man with the most money wins...if you don't have a long record for booking DJ's you can still get any DJ on your wallet. A serious dream of mine is to build my own venue, made especially for for electronic music (5,000-15,000 max capacity). Maybe a club within a larger music hall. With top notch sound, extrav light shows, basically the works. Several mill should accomplish that, then you can have festivals, kinda like a small sensation or TE. Build it and they will come! Tell me that I can't do it - and it gives me more motivation to do so. Anyway thats a 5-10 year plan, and it will happen in Vancouver-because I care so much about the trance scene and I'll make it happen in time. I know right now it's just some words on some internet forum, but to me it is a passion.

All I wanna say now is ...

WHOA!! .. look at all the TiT's coming out!

Fresh souls and energies to harness!
( I hope they can dance )

Hey TiT's! Next time out I wanna see you on the dancefloor
front row center along me - giving it all you got!!

I claim the dancefloor junkies all mine!
Stay off em Elena!!

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So..
Someone messaged me to ask for my opinion on this, and if could please post here. Ok, I guess. Wasn't at the event, and haven't read through all 14 pages. We aren't part of Twisted, nor are we "competitors" with them. Definitely respect everything they've acheived.

But, here goes
- Twisted is not out to screw you
- Venues have more control then you think
- There is no where else they can do events like this
- Commodore is not available
- Ticket prices are that much because the artist costs huge $ on a weekend, and because its mainstream now
- The quality of crowds historically is always tied to ticket price.. the higher/bigger the show, the more mainstream people will be there and they tend to not be accepted by the "true" scene people
- Most people that go to these shows are there because they want to have fun, they aren't going to try and piss you off. So cut them some slack if they want to get a bit stupid sometimes.
- There are plenty of underground-focused events that would love to have more of your support, and you would love them, so keep an eye out for non top 10 trance dj's
- If AVB wasnt on the same night as Sasha, it would have been most of the same crowd. They just tend to go to the big events
- In every single city, mainstream events happen, with similar effects

In the end, the biggest power you have is not attending the event. Twisted isn't forcing you to go the event. Not to be blunt, but sll this chatting on here won't have much effect. If you want change, make it yourself, support the smaller events that suit your needs, or just stay at home. Believe me, Azim and Twisted do love Trance and would love to do some of the events you talk about, but no one supports these shows usually. Times are tough right now in this city, so its time for each of you to make a mark in your own way to help push it forward.

Last edited by PH1.ca on Jan-05-2007 at 06:27