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| quote: | Originally posted by Nocturnal Vibe
I'm going to have to disagree with you dude. Tampa is the largest TV market in Florida, and the 13th largest metro in the country. Miami, New York, LA, and Chicago are in a class of their own. But outside of those four cities, we don't have it that bad here. I'll put our nightlife up against most cities. It might not be Miami and it might not be trance...but on any given night, I can find EDM at a vast array of nice locations.
Try living in places like Raleigh, Cleveland, Greensboro, or even New Orleans...where it can be a challenge even finding a DJ.
I think most are getting disillusioned with what is good nightlife. Ybor City, while is a bit young, is still one of the coolest, most urban, and largest nightlife districts in the southeast. You don't have to visit places like Full Moon Saloon, Skye, Empire or Hedo. Stick to Lotus, Amphitheater, Prana, Big City Tavern, Sakatini's, Czar, and Samari Blue.
And if we ever want to have a district similar to SoBe, we have to be willing to fight for the return of Ybor. SoHo is nice, but there just isn't the room for development or the urban vibe found down there. |
I do agree that we have it better than some places. My problem is still with the scene. Yes some of those clubs may play EDM, but the EDM that they are playing are tracks that people such as myself are tired of hearing. Example...ATRC had been out for well over six months before I ever heard it at one club in Tampa. To the people here it was a brand new track while to me it was close to being played out. Granted we hear breakbeat tracks before most everyone else does since a lot of the breakbeat talent is from this general area, but what if people are tired of hearing breakbeat? I have no problem with really good prgoressive breaks, but the nu school breaks has got to go. The trance that does get played is the cheesy radio edited versions. Even the radio stations suck now. Look what happened to 95.7. That just blew me away. Did we really need more hip hop on the airwaves? If someone is driving in their car or they are in a store and a good EDM track comes on then that person may be inclined to want to hear that same track out in a club...thus creating a demand for the music in the club scene. It took 93.3 almost one year to play ATRC and when they did they announced it as a brand new track. How embarassing for them to be that far behind times. Rest assured that they have the brand new Britney or Christina before everyone else. That's what makes them "cool". Blah.
I miss the old days when Tampa was a different town. People that weren't around back then simply have no idea how great it once was. Someone please explain to me why it's been 5 1/2 years since Paul van Dyk was last here...why Ferry and Armin have never been here...and why Tiesto is now finally coming to Tampa for the first time. God bless Tampa's support for Icey and Baby Anne...but they live right up the street. They have been here how many times over the years? 
I'm not stupid. I know that Tampa was once a big party/rave town and there was so many parties going on at one time that it might have seemed out of control to some. Anyone remember when all of Ybor (and other clubs around Tampa) used to stay open as late as they wanted? Some clubs closed at 3am while others simply put their liquor away and let the party continue until the sun came up. I think we have one or two late night clubs now. I've said this before and I will say it again...long live Thee Fantasy Ranch. The day they closed that club was the day the scene started to change. Same goes for Simons, Firestone, The Edge, etc. 
Last edited by trancebrat on Dec-05-2004 at 01:07
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I could care less if anyone brings back Oakenfold anytime soon after the performance that he put on back in March. 
