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Originally posted by patticus haha you're hilarious dude.. LOL anyways i was there tonite and it was all good.. come cheer me on nov.8 friday night, we'll see how packed it gets fun asianS!

ill be there for sure.
you played an awesome set on thrusday. =)

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Originally posted by patticus haha you're hilarious dude.. LOL anyways i was there tonite and it was all good.. come cheer me on nov.8 friday night, we'll see how packed it gets fun asianS!

i didn't know you were spinning there... i'll try to make it out for that

I believe it will be patticus and I on the 9th at Viva, which will be the closest thing this city has ever seen to a good trance night

Make sure ya'll come down to support. The 1st will be good as well, myself and Julian (ph1), who plays some sick sick prog.

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Originally posted by patticus haha you're hilarious dude.. LOL anyways i was there tonite and it was all good.. come cheer me on nov.8 friday night, we'll see how packed it gets fun asianS!

Well what I ment was at parties there are the asians that are fun to talk to and just enjoying themselves danceing their asses off and then there are the guys just stand around acting tough that want to shank you.


As for Club Viva I was there shortly Friday night. I was first in shock about the price of cover charge but it is Richmond and you can get away with it.

The sound system pumps pretty damn good, and the highs were just screaming. Some sweet tracks were played as well.

But to be honest I stuck out like a sore thumb. I was like the only white guy there. At first it didn't bother me but then I started getting some dirty looks and some pushes quite often.

Overall I say it is a pretty good club with some nice pumpin trance which is hard to find nowadays.

Hey Jesten...

I think I might of seen you,,, I did notice a few white dudes heheh.

I was one of the other 'white dudes' wearing a read hawaiin shirt,,, introduce youself next time you come out and it'll probably make ya feel a bit more comfortable

-OR-

You could come out on a thursday when the club is not packed like that and still hear awesome trance =)

peace and thanks for the support.

ya jesten make sure you drop by, its some great tunage.. i guess if sean says its the 9th, its so?

whatever is the friday.. heh

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Er, 8th, sorry =P

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Originally posted by 24K You could come out on a thursday when the club is not packed like that and still hear awesome trance =)

*nods*
Thursdays are always lots of fun

Enough plugging Viva already !

I have been thinking about this whole trance night for a long time now.
I think that its worth a go. And as a go I mean not a stupid wendsday or tuesday night but a Friday or saturday ( Sat is better cause then everyone can get destroyed with out wasting the whole weekend ).
From going to see shows such ass tiesto and just talking to people that I meet around town. There is enough of a trance loving crowd to sustain a big trance night Bi-Weekly or monthly. The only thing is that you have to make it worth paying for. Cause cover is going to have to be high. Like 15-20 bucks high. People will pay it for the right reason.
One reason that they will pay is if you make a big fuss about the DJ.
Make the DJ seem like he or she is famous. You can do this with locals but you got to find some one good and find an already big name to hype them up. Once you have a big resident people get all excited about seeing them play.
Few people ( fewer trance lovers ) will pay high prices to see a nobody play cause they wont play with the energy that some hyped up dj will. Eg. Paul Van Dyk or Dj Rebel. Who would you be excited to see more. Im guessing PVD. Why cause you know who he is and you've heard great things about him.
Has to be a nice venue and not a going to be nice venue. If you start off in a shit hole you will always drag the memory of that shit hole along with your night. This could be great as the fans that you get will be good fans who are there for all the right reasons. But it makes it hard to get that hype about your night out side of the group thats already hyped on it.
Most important and is going to be the hardest to control. The type of crowd that you have.
You have to kick out fucked up people. Drugs can be fun and they are part of nightlife. When people get to messed up it messes the whole scene up. The problem with this in this city is who are you going to kick out. You have to keep the asian gangs out (as before mentioned what Viva used to be like). The thing about these people is that they like trance alot and they seem to like drugs alot. So they or they're friends maybe messed and how can you make them leave with out putting you life on the line. This is the hardest thing to do of all, but its whats going to make a good reputable night last in this city.

I hope that my Two cents has been informative.
I know that you all probably would love to hear more about me ranting on this topic but ill leave it that.

If you are serious about doing this get aholed of Scott Audio. Him and his friends have been promoting regular house nights in this city for years. Im sure that he could give you the low down on what to do and what not to do in the matter of an electronic music night on Van.
If you go to the Drink night club a fridays your sure run into him there. Another way to talk to him is to message him on Clubvibes.com, hes a very active member on there forums and his name on there is CLUB.

Cheers and good luck with what ever you decide to do.
Johnny

I don't really see how talking to Scott Audio (Although he is personal friend) will help in starting a trance night. He's very busy with his own agenda and he already has his own nights on thursdays and fridays,,, so I seriously doubt he'd have any interest in starting / helping start another night. Don't get me wrong,,, I'd love to see another night in Vancouver that promotes the same kind of music that we do,,, especially on a Saturday ;-) But honestly,,, people in Vancouver don't give a shit. That's what it comes down to really,,, that and the lack of venues. Who know maybe and hopefully things will change when the clubs can stay open later


peace.