[Dynagroove] THe long awaited dynagroove writeup!

[Cade]

Whoa.. Where to begin?

This past Dynagroove was the most stressful event I have ever put 
together.   With a lineup that was a logistical hell!  Who is to open? 
Who is to close?  What time does Jamanta crew go on?   I must have bounced 
back in forth on who played what time.  I have to thank Dan-x for stepping 
up and being OK with playing the 11:30 to 1:30 timeslot.  Most Chicago DJs 
would never play that slot because in Chicago it is like opening.  In 
Chicago the parties don.t really start till 1 or 2 AM.  So Dan-x really 
made my life easier by agreeing to play that slot.

The Party.  Over all it seem that most everyone had a GREAT time.  There 
was a definitely a dyna-energy in full force.  I was constantly being 
stopped and given props which are a great ego boost. Lol!  Dennis The 
Menace once again came through with the last minute opening when things 
fell behind for me (see TVs below) and rendered me unable to play exactly 
at 10.   Gotta give the boy props he can drop it and at the last minute. 
Some DJs (That like Voldermort shall not be named) need to have their set 
planned and programmed before they play.  Not Dennis.  He is ready to bang 
with an hour notice.  I came on next and played for an hour.  Had an OK 
time with it. I am back on my disco kick which seems to come in fazes 
about every 8 months lol.  By the time I got off there was a decent crowd 
but still had that .No Mans Land. that seems to form at the beginning of 
parties.  It is that gap between the DJs and dancers that slowly desolves 
around 12 AM lol.    Dan-x went on and immediately showed us what we have 
been missing all these years we never had him play.  The .No Mans Land. 
gap closed quickly and the party in my mind officially started.   Dan 
played that mix of old to new but none of those stale old tracks.  He 
played 2 different versions of .Pressure. which is a sick ass track by the 
Freaks with Diz on vocals.  I got it a week ago but I wish I would have 
had it for solid gold!  The track is sick and he played a version I had 
not heard yet, funky as all hell.    Dan is one cool cat and has some 
definitive skills on the decks/cdjs.   He must be brought back ASAP. 
Jamanta was up next.  What can I say about the Jamanta crew other then 
talented, fun, nicest guys in the world, sweet, funky, banging, panty 
wetting (I was wearing mine had to take them off because I got so wet), 
foot stomping, bouncing around type of guys.  The started to play and I 
was amped.  I was standing next to them bouncing and I see Farron making 
the circular motion with his hand.   I am like .Oh yeah farron is feeling 
it.  and he starts looking at me and doing the motion stronger.  And I 
raise my hand in salute and he grimaces and waves me over.  Finally he 
yells to me .The sound system is not on you have no master!. opps..  Ran 
over to the sound guy and he turned it up.   Jamanta bouncied and boogied 
and proceeded to get the people bouncing and boogying with them.  Is it me 
or are they a blast to watch?  Prztz and Droors are cool cats.

The Police.   This is just speculation but around 1:45 AM a crew of about 
12 people fronted by a girl came to the door and pretty much demanded to 
be let in for $100.  Claiming .Oh there is only 3 more hours left in the 
party..  They were persistent and pretty much expected me to just let them 
in.  I told them .forget it.  I had a high overhead and if they are not 
will to contribute to my and my crew.s hard work they could leave..  I am 
sure I was not the nicest person to them but I was a bit insulted and 
stressed.  They left in a huff.  20 minutes later the Police showed up 
because of a .noise complaint..   Now there have been at least 30 
different types of parties at this venue 4 or 5 of them being mine.  None 
of which ever got a noise complaint.   The police rolled in and I met them 
at the door.   They informed me that they received a noise complaint and I 
rolled my eyes and said .Let me guess it was a female on the phone?.  The 
cops radioed in and we got confirmation that it was in fact a female who 
made the call.  I then informed them that we had just kicked a female and 
her friends out for being rude.  They nodded and asked me what was going 
on.  I informed him that my friends from Brazil who were a pretty well 
known band were in town and we were celebrating their arrival.  I showed 
them a flier and pointed out the Jamanta crew.   They said they wanted to 
come in and check things out.    We came in and they asked for lights so 
we turned them on.  They told the Jamanta crew to cut the music.  Then 
they asked me to come back out with them.   We arrived outside and the 
head officer was onsite.  We walked over to him and again I explained what 
the party was.  I then asked him if he knew a cop that was in my Jiu Jitsu 
class.  He smiled real big and said he knew him and then asked me .So you 
could break my arm or something if we wrestled?.  I informed him I would 
never in my life harm an officer of the peace he laughed and said .oh yeah 
right..  We made some more small talk and he said .OK turn it down.  If 
you want to kick someone out again give us a call we will take care of 
them..  I thanked them and ran back in screaming .Turn the music back on! 
Turn it back on!.  I saw Justin Long and his face just grinned and he hit 
play.

Let the party begin.. Again. Justin tore ass all over the place.  It 
seemed like after the cops left the music got louder, the dance floor more 
crowded, and the dancers funkier.   Justin dropped it like it was hot. 
Banged the night away, moved us, and then to top it off started switching 
out with Dan-x again!!!  They switched out till we HAD to end around 5.

The difficulties.  Other then the logistics of figuring out a line-up 
there were many more difficulties in this party.  1 week before the party 
I got a call from a venue that they could no longer host the event.   Now 
this is kind of a big deal but the even bigger deal was that I was in NYC 
when I received the news and I would not be back in town till 3 days 
before the event.  So I mad the rushed phone calls and pretty much begged 
the Soto venue to let me run.  They were nice enough to let me run but not 
for a very good price lol.  They next speed bump was my visuals guy.  He 
called me 2 hours before the party to inform me he could not do it because 
his elevator was broken and he did not want to carry his TVs 3 flights of 
stairs.   That.s 9 TVs 60#s each.  Yuck.  So I told him I would come do 
it.   So I rushed over there only to see that a different elevator was 
working.  I asked him why he didn.t use that one and he said he did not 
even know about it.  So I helped him load and this put me about 1.5 hours 
behind schedule.  Not a good way to start the night.  Obviously the police 
being the next difficulty luckily overcome.  Sound system was not up to 
par in my opinion.  Although it sounded OK it just did not have the power 
that I wanted.  I wanted to have the bass hit a little harder and feel 
some vibrations inside your body.  It just was not there in my opinion. 
Also the problem with the beginning of Jamanta.s set was not good.

Other problems worth mentioning.  People peeing in the corner, people 
puking, people taking there cloths off and shaking there money makers 
around.   Do you know what it is like to ask a grown male to please pull 
his pants back up?  Silliness.  People shitting in the allyway.  People 
parking like morons and blocking others in.  That couple having sex in the 
corner.   Ok well maybe that was kind of cool.  But the venue owner was a 
little spooked.  My overhead was just ridiculous.  Highest I have ever 
had.

And then the big problem.  I have always prided Dynagroove because of the 
caliber of people it pulls.  I always feel that Dynagroove pulls a 
responsible crowd that never gives me or the public a problem.  I sell my 
events to the venues by saying that it is an older crowd mostly drinkers 
never had a problem beyond the occasion fellow who had a few to many.
 	This all changed at this party.  After overcoming so many 
obstacles only to have the event end in a sad way.  Never in my life would 
I think I would have to shut off the music and call an ambulance. 
Dynagroove is just not that type of event.   Most people know I am 100% 
sober.  I have never been drunk or high in my life.  Hell I have never 
even smoked a cigarette.  I never look down on people who do whatever it 
is they do as long as it is done in moderation.  Although I do believe 
there is a line and when that line is crossed there is nothing but 
problems.  Unfortunately that line got crossed on Saturday and a big 
problem landed in my lap.   The way I see it if Cocaine, GHB, Speed, K, 
Nitrous, and other hardcore drugs arrive at your party the probability of 
there being a problem increases.  Like every scene these drugs exist in 
ours.  I am not ignorant enough to think they are never at my party but I 
honestly feel the Dynagroove crowd is a bit above these things.   People 
do like the fact that we don.t body search at the door nor do we stop you 
from doing other things once inside the venue.  I would hate to have to 
implement any sort of rules or start searching.
 	I never again want to see someone pass out on my dance floor 
unless it is from exhaustion.  I never again want to have to have someone 
carried out.  I never again want to have to check for a pulse.  I never 
again want to make sure someone is breathing. I never again want to have 
to stop the music and call an ambulance.  I never again want to stand over 
someone who is unconscious and explain to the paramedics/police that I 
have no idea what it is the person took.  I never again want to see one of 
my dancers loaded into an ambulance and taken off.
 	People all I ask is that you be responsible.  Don.t keep pushing 
yourself.  The music was good.  The party was good.  Put it in cruise 
control and just cruise. And dance the night away
 	I would like to thank the nurse who was at the party for helping 
out and keeping everyone calm.   Whoever you are you were a godsend and I 
am not a religious person.  I have spoken to the person that this happened 
to.  They are fine.  I believe they understand that they made a mistake. 
Hopefully they have learned from this situation and can move beyond it 
all.  Sometimes these things are wake up calls.  This should be a wakeup 
call for all of us.
 	I have also spoken to the person who brought the stuff to my 
party.  They too have expressed remorse.   But from now on they are 
searched before they go into my party.  As well as everyone who is with 
them.   DON.T BRING THAT SHIT TO DYNAGROOVE!

 	The venue owner is pissed and kept tell me .sorry cade last one.. 
So another solid venue down the drain.  Another place I will drive by and 
shake my head and say aloud .Man we used to do good parties in there.. 
Long live the soto warehouse it will be buried next to Hollywood sound 
stage, Spanish kitchen, sunset and orange, and the Taco stand.   But who 
nows I have been known to be persuasive here and there.

 	OK. So.  The party ended late.  Around 5 I was ready to go till 6 
but obviously we could not continue.  Although the party for me was very 
tuff and stressful I am getting a feeling that a lot of people had a lot 
of fun!  This to me is good news.  I could see a lot of people laughing 
and dancing and claiming their dance space.  I received many emails 
telling me how they thought it was a great event some saying best of the 
year some saying best in 5.  This makes me warm and fuzzy inside.  Kinda 
like getting in the hot tub after snowboarding for 6 hours.    I swore to 
myself on Sunday morning that Dynagroove was done after watching the 
ambulance leave.  But after the warm and fuzzies I am already looking to 
squeeze another one in before the summer.

 	I hate for this email to seem so negative.  It was a good party. 
I think it will be the party everyone says .remember that Dynagroove where 
the cops could not stop it!.  I was getting high-fives and handshakes for 
a job well done all night.  This is always a good feeling.   The dance 
floor energy was very high and the music was tits.  SO I can.t really 
complain.

 	I know most of you think of Dynagroove as Cade.s event but it is 
really not.  It is your event it is for you with a flavor of Cade peppered 
on top.   But even more important are all the people behind the scenes 
that lube the moving parts.  Zoki, Sara, Anneliese, Melanie, Dennis, 
Caden, Jason Valdez (ice run thanks), even Lynsey and Nancy who pass out 
fliers for me even though they do not like the .hassles. of Dynagroove 
*wink*  Those are the real people you need to be high-fiving and 
thanking..  Besides most of them are hot girls so it gives you an excuse 
to talk to them. *grin*

 	As someone who 48 hours from writing this was going to announce 
their retirement of Dynagroove, I must thank you for making me feel so 
good about things that it prompted a quick change of mind.  I thank you 
for dancing.  I thank you for paying, I thank you for your smiles, I thank 
you for your support, I thank you for your concerns, I thank you for 
looking out for all of us.

 	Let.s look out for one another.  Lets be responsible people. 
Let.s just keep it going.  LA where the underground lives up 
beeeyatch!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the best
Cade

PS -  whoever shit in the alley I hope you have hemorrhoids for making 
have to clean it up!





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