[Dynagroove] THe long awaited dynagroove writeup!

[Gregsta]

Oh man! That was a good read :)
I was wondering about the Police... cool thing you cleared it up. It's also
a shame that it ended the way it did. But nonetheless! DYNAGROOVE was on
top! Thank you for a great party Cade and keep it up! Looking forward to the
next! And let's see those pictures!

Peace!

On 4/10/07, Cade <con at dynagroove.com> wrote:
>
> 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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