[Dynagroove] Back from miami

[BadIYE at aol.com]

Hey Joey,

Good point but not entirely fair.  You're comparing a week of partying at an 
established event where the biggest names in dance music, as well as 
promotional organizations, come down to throw parties, and then every partier in the 
world swoops in for the sole purpose of....partying!!  Of course, under these 
conditions, the "energy" is going to be greater than any one event in 
LA...people are essentially on vacation there.  AND don't forget the amount of drugs 
that are being consumed.  I saw people completely out of their minds at 4:00 PM 
at the Kent hotel pool, and it was fun, but it doesn't mean that they are 
somehow "intrinsically" more energetic than anyone.  In fact the music wasn't 
particularly very good at that exact moment.  They just popped more pills and it 
was hitting them just at that time, basically.  ; ) 

Think of it this way:  Brits who party at IBIZA during summer say Miami WMC 
partiers look like zombies to them.   Or how about this way:  if we moved WMC 
to Los Angeles beaches during summer, how would the intensity at the parties be 
then?   People from all over the world will go back home raving about some 
Dynagroove party that was the best thing they had ever experienced!!

Now comparing the regular parties at one city to another, that would be fair. 
 And in that department, I'd say LA is still lacking, compared to NY, San 
Fran, Chicago.  But it's not too shabby either.   For example, I heard very good 
things  about a "Gravy" party, know anything about that?  =) 

As far as a sound, at least LA has one and everyone else seems to be picking 
up on it.  What was that crappy flowery Miami breakbeat I heard every now and 
then over there?  sheeesh!!

See you soon, Joey (hit me up privately re: some biz talk).

Imad.


In a message dated 3/13/2004 4:09:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
gravybeatsla at yahoo.com writes:

> Though I do kind of agree that nobody has come out with anything ground 
> breaking. The Music was still bad ass in WMC, especially when you compare it to 
> the ever popular LA sound (organ stabs, sax, tribal drums and some deep voice 
> guy.)  Now settle down.. I am not saying that all of LA sounds like this. 
> But it does seem to be the formula. As far as the party's went. I can honestly 
> say that I have never in my 4 years of living in LA,  been to 1 party that 
> has had the energy and vibe that one of the party's I went to in Miami had. I 
> went to Rumble in the Jungle W/ Todd Terry, Sneak, and Gene Farris (all I 
> remember is meeting people from 4 diff country's and seeing the Jungle Bros. up 
> on the bar making the crowd go nuts), Jellybean Soul (pool party), Double Down 
> Party (I Don't remember one DJ at this party except for East Coast 
> Boogieman, Hallucination Party @ the Marlin W/ Garth, Q-Burn, and Blakkat( Garth was 
> insane, and Q-burn made people jump in the air and go nuts. Every par
> ty I
> went to was so much fun that I would always forget about the party from 
> previous night. Coming back to LA makes me feel like I'm surrounded by zombies. 
> The energy there was just plain insane. anyone who likes dance music should 
> exp. it first hand before they die. As for me... My hotel is booked for next 
> year.
> 
> -joey bickle (www.solidfunk.com, Gravy)