Well said Lynds!

Only that on the headliner night's we DJ's dont play there music. Thats there duty to rock you out with there music.

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Originally posted by DJ Taj Well said Lynds! Only that on the headliner night's we DJ's dont play their music. Thats their duty to rock you out with there music.

well DERRRRRR... (i mean local nights silly face)

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Originally posted by LYNDSAYwhaaat? well DERRRRRR... (i mean local nights silly face)

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Im not from the area(santa barbara for me) and was out last weekend and went to 1015 because its a FUN place to go to. Ive met a lot of the TA's there, more than at any other venue and everyone is super friendly and helpful. Lyndsay, Vahid, Taj, Blurr etc. I like the Ruby location and its cool for when wanting to see a specific DJ, but 1015 having the 4 areas is what LA thrives on. the multiple genre format helps bring in more people. It helps an EDM fan who has friends that only like hip hop because 1015 can satisfy their needs and you can still get your EDM fix on. Always have had a blast at 1015 and hope you guys realize how good you have it living in the Bay Area. My first trip EVER to San Francisco was last august and I have been up 8 times since that trip, while having only ventured into LA on a handful of occasions.

as for this past saturday night, here are some props.

Vahid it was good seeing you again, thanks for allowing us to hang out in the booth area while you spun.
Blurr good meeting you, I went over to introduce myself and we spoke about the video games/monitors etc.
Taj thanks for the drink tickets, it was good to meet you, Keep up the good work!

Lyndsay,Kirk and Matt
good seeing you guys at mission rock, i was low on energy/hungover because I had such a good time the night before at 1015 :-)

Yes thats right 1015 is far from dead.. in fact its one of the busiest places in the city.. remember if 1015 is half full.. thats around as much people that pack out the next biggest clubs in the city.. hence splitting the club in two..

Saturday nights at 1015 has had a long tradition of being successful with local djs.. ala the times of release . it was mostly all locals that drove saturday nights.. it was about the atmosphere and the music.. (suggestion make it more about the atmosphere and the music, and book local DJs that have more credibility, and maybe there wouldnt be a need to split the club more..also booking more djs and opening 4 rooms that are all half or less full. doesent make for a fun night.. you might have 1k people but because they are spread so thin the club looks dead, and people dont return)

Friday nights in general is a harder night to get people to come out on . that is why you see larger acts booked on that night.

For a while local love and other local nights was bringing out alot more people or the same amount of people than the other names being booked on a saturday.. Hence it makes sense that bringing out some of those names werent making sense.. especially on a Saturday night..
as the owner of a establishment would you pay 5k more to have the same results. personally i think alot of our locals are better.. they now the crowd and can rock it just as hard..

The owner of 1015 does care about the club and is heavily into music, and always has been.. How many owners of nightclubs do you see dancing on the bartop... or still there on some nights when the music is good dancing at 5am in the morning, sober i might add!!

So the future is bright,, and is about to go supernova!!

Born on the days where 1015 will have a variety of cutting edge music..

It kinda sounds like your 1015 is our Circus. And your Ruby Sky is our Avalon. lol


I went to 1015 twice. And both times I went alone way before I was a TA and I loved it. Many years ago, I happened to be in SF for a family trip. I didn't know anyone there and I had just turned 21. I wanted to go clubbing and heard that Marco V was playing at 1015. But I was torn between 1015 and Sound Factory. I really wanted to go to Sound Factory since I had heard so many good stories about it, and I was DJing at Sound Factory LA. I wanted to see which one was better. I was torn, so I bought my ticket on Groovetickets and I went to see Marco V alone. That was one of the best nights I ever had clubbing.

Here's my first experience at 1015.

The lines were HUGE!!! One wrapped into some alley and the other into a major street. I went up to the front, and told security I had never been to SF before and that where do I form the line. Security was really friendly and said, don't worry about it, WELCOME TO SAN FRANCISCO and they walked me right in.

Everyone was so friendly, and the vibe was amazing. I met so many people that night. Too bad I wasn't a TA yet, or else I probably met some of you. Hehehe I remember seeing the club PACKED, the DJ booth upfront, and there was some sort of bridge/catwalk thingy thowards the back of the room where everyone was jumping, screaming, and having the time of their lives. Than out of nowhere, KRYO blasts into the dancefloor, white strobe lights flashed, and in a heartbeat that energy in that room skyrocketed into something I had never experienced before. It was amazing!!!!!

I loved the fact that the DJ booth was very low, and I could interact with Marco V. At the time, The Palace aka now Avalon used to have a similar DJ booth, but later got replaced with a stage.

Needless to say, that night at 1015 was amazing. The second time, I went to see BT a year later, and it was amazing too!!! I wanna go back!!!!

1015 is a megaclub so quality headliners are needed to draw big crowds and variety matters. if the club is tired of worrying about scraping by month to month and wants to start wiping its ass with money, it needs a solid stable of heavy-hitting headliners. don't take my word for it, look at what other successful clubs (not just in sf but around the world) are doing to build their names and fill their dance floors. local talent is a big part of why the club isn't just completely empty, but in order to fill a club of that size and reap in big big money you need real residencies, consistent headliner nights and even help from outside promoters. 1015 has the trance scene down to some extent, but the club has never taken on the house and techno scenes very seriously and these are without a doubt the hottest markets in the world of edm today. yes it can be argued that in the last year or so the club has booked hawtin, tenaglia and even moldan, but these sporadic ventures barely even graze the tip of the iceberg and in my view there's been no drive to really build on those nights with any degree of consistency. that's why 1015 isn't recognized as a world-class club beyond its own inside circle. the club's management has the inability to think big like true megaclubs: space, pacha, amnesia, etc. visit these places, you'll see the difference. endup and ruby skye have had tons of publicity recently in djmag and wmc because they keep booking the most cutting edge djs around the world, the ones with worldwide residencies at other top clubs, which is how you gain real attention in the scene--how you get fat-wallet tourists from the other side of the world asking people on the streets 'where is 1015?' 1015 has fallen off the horse in that respect and i think that's what this thread is really about. there is simply way too much cutting edge music in this day and age to rely on the same nostalgic names and sounds to do the trick year after year and a good chunk of the regular clubbing crowd in sf knows this. the tourists do to.

one major setback for 1015 is the lousy management of money--money spent on the wrong things at the wrong time and money being withheld where needed. it seems like money is so tight at 1015 it can't be spent on anything with any real impact. like heavy sound treatment for the main room so that noise complaints are a thing of the past. or a complete makeover of the main room to keep pace with the clubs and lounges opening up these days--space and amnesia remodel every year to stay ahead of everyone else. the nitrogen tanks should be ripping on any big night when you know the main room is going to be filled and people are going to overheat from the crowding and excitement--this is such a differentiating aspect of the club, i don't know why it isn't flaunted shamelessly! how about decent ventilation in the basement so that when it does fill up, people aren't dripping sweat, exhausted from the heat and ready to relocate?

since booking pricey established djs on a regular basis is a problem for 1015, it will take someone or a team of someones who have buried themselves in a broad spectrum of music to root out the artists who are on the cusp of breaking out and develop that budding talent before it happens on its own and that dj is just added to some other promoter's roster. this is not a novel idea, this is what all the outside promoters in sf have been doing for years to make their name. what happened with yoji? he has saturday night blasts of liquid nitrogen at 1015 written on all over him and yet he's playing at ruby skye on a thursday? what???

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Originally posted by DjWoody It kinda sounds like your 1015 is our Circus. And your Ruby Sky is our Avalon. lol

thats what i said ealier...

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Originally posted by R!CH one major setback for 1015 is the lousy management of money--money spent on the wrong things at the wrong time and money being withheld where needed. it seems like money is so tight at 1015 it can't be spent on anything with any real impact. like heavy sound treatment for the main room so that noise complaints are a thing of the past. or a complete makeover of the main room to keep pace with the clubs and lounges opening up these days--space and amnesia remodel every year to stay ahead of everyone else. since booking pricey established djs on a regular basis is a problem for 1015, it will take someone or a team of someones who have buried themselves in a broad spectrum of music to root out the artists who are on the cusp of breaking out and develop that budding talent before it happens on its own and that dj is just added to some other promoter's roster.

same thing with Circus again... including the remodeling/renovations required in the main room. its hard to compete with DJ bookings when your competing against Vanguards Sound System and Avalons production.

edit** don't get me wrong with what im trying to say... Circus and 1015 are my favorite clubs in nor/socal > but it appears they both need to do the right thing.

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Originally posted by Trancelover24 Blurr, when you say amateur DJ's have a lot to do with the sound being so low, I would assume that might be a possibility, however I have experienced the bad/low quality on nights with such talent as Above & Beyond, Menno de Jong, Sean Tyas (Live recording), Paul van Dyk, Blurr(You ) and many others, so if these DJ's cant help the sound, then I have zero faith on others to make the sound system sound loud and clear. So to me the biggest reasons I have been staying away from 1015 is the sound and my wallet

There have been nights I've witnessed that the booth monitors are up so loud, that it distorts and cracks. Often this happens if the sound is not tuned properly, and if no ones monitoring it during the night, its pretty much going to stay that way. Another key to this is leaving the mids and hi's centered on the mixer. Sometimes, If you tweak these, your going to offset the sound greatly. The soundweb is setup so it compensates and brings out the hi's and mids, so you dont really have to tweak any knobs on any of the mixers at all except the mid and hi bass. Most of the time, and more recently, I tweak the mid and hi bass only. A recommendation would be also to setup profiles for each mixer that the club has, this way if its switched out, sound is compensated and is tuned to each mixer.

Overall, since were not the sound technicians ther6e, we can only make recommendations to boosting up the sound, or turing things up so it compensates for how it sounds that evening. If we had full control of the sound, and if things were in place to make it sound like it did several years back, we would. There are arcitectual issues that greatly need to be delt with at the 1015. I know a few past events where the sound was low during my opening set...

For now, an answer to this would be that since the soundweb has recently been re-engineered, basically refreshed and wiped clean of problems, I ask you all to come back and hear what it sounds like now. This weekend for Local Love, your gonna be impressed. Cybersutra and Taj really bumped it last weekend.

The smoking area is also back outside at 1015, which is kind of refreshing, since all of us could use a break of fresh air and it brings back nice memories and stuff when I run into some of you out there.

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Originally posted by DjWoody It kinda sounds like your 1015 is our Circus. And your Ruby Sky is our Avalon. lol

Woody, anytime you and some LA peeps wanna come to 1015, please let us know! Ill ensure you guys are taken care of!

This goes for everyone else too!

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Originally posted by DjWoody I think Taj hit it on the nail on the point that I was originally trying to say but the thread has diversed to a rant about Ruby Skye and 1015.

Overall, I think its always gonna be like this. I cant speak for all of us, but know that we all share the common love for EDM, and strive for excellence in nights where we do have headliners. Be fortunate that 1015 gives chances to upcoming Djs. Speaking to some promoters here in SF, they never show love to locals. Its all become how much money they can make off one paticular act.

Wheres the love for EDM local Djs who have supported and come to your events in the past, present and future? There is only one person and venue I can credit to this and thats TAJ and 1015. Giving love back to the community and scene IS WHAT ITS ABOUT.

Break out your kneepads cause your probably gonna need em.

As far as 1015 booking talent, I assure you, not booking headliners at 1015 is far from over. PVD is one of 1015's Residents, and has been for many years. For me, my belief is the reason he comes back to 1015 is simple. Where else can you go in SF to pack a house like he does. The same can be said about Oakenfold... When your a Dj who has been pushing EDM all of your career, you have to give him some respect.

Pretty confident that some of these past headliner acts will be returning back to 1015, alongside many others I personally would like to book too. Just when your a Dj, of course your not gonna wanna limit yourself to one venue. Might not be the case all the time, but getting booked at other venues in a city where you have only played one venue would be key element in growing your reputation. Especially if you have only seen a paticular Dj at one Venue.

+1 on R!CH's post too. Those who continue to support 1015 in their efforts, and sharing your thoughts in this thread, Thank you.

If you guys do wanna get into the club for next to near nothing, or by chance Free, email me as every weekend I ALWAYS have a guestlist. Be prepared to arrive before 11, Why wouldnt you? You have a few hours to drink and thats when the mainroom opens up anyway.

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Originally posted by DjWoody It kinda sounds like your 1015 is our Circus. And your Ruby Sky is our Avalon. lol

Been to all those venues... and..NOPE. LOL. I guess for the vibe of each city it is.. But Circus doesn't get Paul Van Dyk, Above & Beyond, etc..

Avalon does remind me of Ruby Skye..with a backwards setup, hehe.
I think Vanguard is more like Ruby Skye as far as the DJs and promotion.

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Originally posted by blakh0rse Been to all those venues... and..NOPE. LOL. I guess for the vibe of each city it is.. But Circus doesn't get Paul Van Dyk, Above & Beyond, etc.. Avalon does remind me of Ruby Skye..with a backwards setup, hehe. I think Vanguard is more like Ruby Skye as far as the DJs and promotion.

avalon is similar to ruby skye in that both are old theater houses on the main strip with eaw avalon sound, dj booth *usually* high up on the stage, more house-oriented bookings and similar layout with balcony, high ceilings and location of the second room--only avalon is on a much larger scale.

circus is similar to 1015 in that they are both warehouse structures transformed into clubbers' clubs dominated by trance with relatively lower ceilings, crowd-friendly dj booth, permanent strobe and laser effects, multiroom format, in close proximity to complaining neighbors--and circus is on a much larger scale.

vanguard is like nothing we have here.

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Originally posted by AmericnWldChild if you're ever going to SF, make sure you go to Ruby Skye!!!

WTF!!!!!!! No seriously, WTF!!!! Not trying to talk shit but WTF!!!!

I freakin hate Ruby Skye with a passion. Just went there again for the first time in a long time just to remember why I hate it so much.

Straight up.....you are totally correct about the entrance. Very nice. Big freakin deal. What am I suppose to do with a beautiful entrance and good sound system in the toliet?

That "huge" dancefloor you mentioned - always so crowded you can't move let alone dance. 1015 has four dancefloors on most Saturday nights. Always room to dance on them all and never a bunch of f---heads that don't know how to maintain themselves like Ruby Skye.

Bars? The statements about fast service, reasonable prices - NONSENSE!!!! Ruby Skye has the most expensive drinks in San Francisco. That $6 Sierra Nevada on tap must have been in a taster glass - try $10 beers/$20 drinks. 1015 is exactly half the price. $5 beers and $10 drinks.

Ruby Skye opened 7am-11am? I've never seen it opened past 4am. 1015 opened until 6am every Sat.

DJ Booth? Ruby Skye has a freakin stage. All of 1015 booths are right there on the dancefloor.

You've been to Ruby Skye once and how many times have you been to 1015?

Anyways, nevermind. Don't want to even get into it. Have a great rest of the week and have fun whereever you end up.