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| quote: | Originally posted by sstranger1
Man I wanted to get my pic taken with him, had my camera ready but I guess he stayed in the back and I had to leave at around 4. How does one go into the back, do you need a special pass or can anybody just walk up. I see DaveT up there all the time. |
It's largely about just being a regular (once every two weeks minimum) and then taking the time to you know, find a way to talk to the staff, resident DJs, etc there...and a bit of luck. It can easily start off by going up to a resident who seems to be heavily associated with the place and showing your appreciation for his set. Come regularly, thank the person regularly, work in a few more words (ie. music discussion). Make it so he recognizes you instead of you recognizing him. Then just keep building the relationship. Don't expect it to happen quickly. It does take time. And when you do get any type of access, don't always expect to have it as you won't always get it (just depends on the night, atmopshere, mood, etc). Then if you are somehow able to make your way into the booth, be sure to meet the other people in there. Find a way to mingle. Lots of times, they are regulars, old school die hards in the places and if they are just up there hanging out on other nights just going up and being accepted by them lessens your chance of just being kicked out by other staff.
In the end, it's just learning to know the right people. With Ten15, it largely started for me because of their old message board. I posted on it, there was a board party upstairs which was full of old school diehard Ten15 peeps (many of which still go there) where I got to meet more people. Since I regularly went to Ten15 (at one time, AT LEAST six times a month. Just about every Friday and Saturday when Spundae & Release ruled the weekends) and so did they, got to know them better...then from time to time, they'd introduce me to someone more involved with the party. The promoter peeps, the DJs, whoever. Then I just made sure to work on that relationship. I didn't build the relationships just so I could get access (honestly, I never knew it would lead to that), but because I honestly appreciated what the club staff, DJs, promoters, etc were doing for the scene. Hell, I wish I had the finances, the connections, etc to throw parties like they do -- although if I did have the money right now, the timing wouldn't be right considering the state the scene is currently in. You meet the right people (ie. I luckily met the founder of Spundae at Anu, while checking out Josh Gabriel, through a friend who I met at Ten15 -- just luck). Show that apprecation, show the excitement you have for the scene, etc and you never know where it will lead you.
Again, it's largely about patience. It was a couple years of clubbing regularly before even meeting the right people. Then after meeting those people, it still took a couple more years to even get regular access. Then it just slowly expands from there.
Right now I don't go out nearly as much as I used to. Living with the girlfriend, my finances have to be kept way much more in check and I just can't spend money because I have it...hell, I was spending money back in the day when I didn't have (thank you credit cards...and forcing me to have to file bankrupctcy). Anyhow, because I don't go out nearly as much anymore I don't get nearly the access I used to. Sure at Spundae events, I do...because I help Spundae out. But at places at Ten15, for the past several times I've been there, it's largely been about who has been spinning or who else is in the booth. This past Saturday, just made sure to go up and say high to a couple peeps who work there and then got into a bunch of conversations throughout the night between peeps and SvD himself. Then there's the fact that I'm completely out of shape right now (working on that, though, have lost over 10lb in the last two weeks!) and I sweat like crazy (more than the average person) even with the slightest hint of warmth, so I'm just too lazy to go back down when I can enjoy the music from up there, lol.
I feel very privileged to get any access I get and see it simply as a privilege. Never have I thought that I deserve to get any access...and never will. Not a good idea to get stuck up like that.
Last edited by DaveT on Jan-24-2006 at 11:57
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, we meet for the first time, and some mutual friends, the ten15 crew are also there introducing me to everyone else at the party. all of a sudden i knew a bunch of people that end up at the same clubs i always go to every weekend. some it took more introductions than others to remember, but with enough frequency, everyone's friends. and that's all it was really about, getting to know the regulars and having a cool group of people to party with. you make connections fast in this scene if you put yourself out there... i've been luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucky, let me tell you! 
