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Whats the deal with Club Lucid?
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| DreamTitan |
What are the clubs ups and downs. I know that the building has exchanged hands many times over the years. I was curious as to what the local crowd at Toronto thought of the club.
What do you think the club could have done better to make it something you'd come back to? |
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| djbruuen |
| lucid had a cool layout...that being said, it was horrible accoustically. i went once with a free ticket in its exsistance and would have not payed $20 for regular cover (especially that by 230 the dj started playing the worst music i've heard in my life to kick ppl out). i personally don't know what could be done to revive lucid. |
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| SpeedJat |
Lucid had so much potential. But the line up across the street was dumb. Expecially when it gets cold or when it rains. Inside the club was nice, and I'm sure they could have done better if they put up the DJ booth at center of the platform.
But it is the type of music in the main room and the size of the whole place that killed the club. If they did the same thing as Republic and Guvernment by bringing known Djs every once in a while in the main room, they might have done better. But its size is also a factor. This place needs to be full for people to feel like the party is good. Otherwise it felt empty and the music was "distant". I think they should forget about having a mega-club there, and create a multi-entertainment centre with different entrances for different things inside. They should have a smaller club, karaoke, pub, coffee place, small inexpensive restaurant, in the complex and I think they might do good in that area. |
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| DreamTitan |
| quote: | Originally posted by DreamTitan
What are the clubs ups and downs. I know that the building has exchanged hands many times over the years. I was curious as to what the local crowd at Toronto thought of the club.
What do you think the club could have done better to make it something you'd come back to? |
So your saying the layout actually wassn't the best for the music. It didn't sounds as sharp? |
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| DreamTitan |
| quote: | Originally posted by SpeedJat
Lucid had so much potential. But the line up across the street was dumb. Expecially when it gets cold or when it rains. Inside the club was nice, and I'm sure they could have done better if they put up the DJ booth at center of the platform.
But it is the type of music in the main room and the size of the whole place that killed the club. If they did the same thing as Republic and Guvernment by bringing known Djs every once in a while in the main room, they might have done better. But its size is also a factor. This place needs to be full for people to feel like the party is good. Otherwise it felt empty and the music was "distant". I think they should forget about having a mega-club there, and create a multi-entertainment centre with different entrances for different things inside. They should have a smaller club, karaoke, pub, coffee place, small inexpensive restaurant, in the complex and I think they might do good in that area. |
So your suggesting throwing away the entire mega-club thing. I wouldn't think that to be a good idea after all the time and money invested into it.
Line up across the street? what does that mean. The line started across the street and made its way to the club? |
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| l]evil |
| yeah you had to line up across the street, when its full. |
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| Jayx1 |
that club was well suited for anywhere but here....
you have to play crappy hip hop and attract the scarborough crowd to make it in toronto these days. |
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| bARTovsky |
went there for new years last year
sucked. |
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| DreamTitan |
Yeah but why?
and what would have made it better?
also: What does a club need to make it in Toronto now-a-days? |
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| techead |
lots of questions
Are you thinking of opening a club or reopening Lucid ???? |
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| djbruuen |
^ seems that way.
like jayx said, unless you fall into the category of typical hip hop and crap, for the most part you can't make it in downtown toronto. unless you do the most amazing job promoting it to get anyone in the EDM scene out, it'll be empty, and if you keep it as hip hop it'll be the same ol . Republik was so hyped when it opened, and they couldn't even hold their house nite on saturdays and had to play 70% hip hop now to 30% mainstream house. i think ppl in EDM are even scared away by the potential crowd that a club will attract on a saturday nite on richmond street. but they are having a successful sunday nite. maybe thats why BOA was successful on saturdays since it was out of the area. as for reopening lucid, i think you'd have to be extremely clever to have a trick up your sleeve to make it work, cause it seems doubtful. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by djbruuen
^ seems that way.
like jayx said, unless you fall into the category of typical hip hop and crap, for the most part you can't make it in downtown toronto. unless you do the most amazing job promoting it to get anyone in the EDM scene out, it'll be empty, and if you keep it as hip hop it'll be the same ol . Republik was so hyped when it opened, and they couldn't even hold their house nite on saturdays and had to play 70% hip hop now to 30% mainstream house. i think ppl in EDM are even scared away by the potential crowd that a club will attract on a saturday nite on richmond street. but they are having a successful sunday nite. maybe thats why BOA was successful on saturdays since it was out of the area. as for reopening lucid, i think you'd have to be extremely clever to have a trick up your sleeve to make it work, cause it seems doubtful. |
republik isnt playing 70% hip hop in the mainroom. If anything its the opposite. Its 75-25 house to rnb.
But it still sucks that rnb has to be there but hey thats north america for you...
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we need a good dance radio station in toronto soon or else clubland is doomed. |
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