[Dynagroove] THe long awaited dynagroove writeup!

[t.luv .]

what a dramatic dynagroove... long live the underground.


we got to the party kinda late .. went to see Heidi and M.A.N.D.Y. at the 
vanguard
then immediately trekked over to get our underground fixxx at dynagroove .. 
greeted by friendly faces ... and the vibe and music were on point .. i 
danced and danced then a short while later we unfortunately had an incident 
where someone took too much .. this was upsetting because noone wanted to 
reveal what these people had taken.   instead they left to take care their 
friend while leaving the other hanging .. which i understand but ... i think 
there needs to be not only a personal responsibility when it comes to 
partying but we should look out for each other .. it was very upsetting to 
watch a long time dynagroover in a dire situation and feel helpless.. at 
this point i think cade did the right thing in calling the paramedics .. all 
in all the venue may be burned but everyone is ok .. if anything .. we all 
should be reminded to live responsibly not only when it comes to partying 
but how we treat eachother... live the golden rule*



>From: Cade <con at dynagroove.com>
>To: dynagroove at dynagroove.com
>Subject: [Dynagroove] THe long awaited dynagroove writeup!
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:24:42 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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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