[Dynagroove] War of the Roses - flyer design criticism

Fri Feb 15 16:36:26 PST 2008

 'DJ Plus1'..who died and left you in charge of the 'LA House aesthetic'?
sounds like snobbery to me.

I've been going out since 1991 too (and to a lot of house music events), and I've never heard of you, bro!

At least Collette like the flyer, so I heard. You can't please everyone!

-Jason Splat - LA underground flyer designer since 1997

djplusone at yahoo.com wrote:

> one other thought is that the flyer graphics didn't
> really speak to the la house aesthetic. the flyer
> wasn't terrible, but as i'm sure you are very aware,
> people take lots of cues from flyers as to what to
> expect from a party. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Voskuhl <dj_007la at yahoo.com>
To: David Parker <djplusone at yahoo.com>; dynagroove at dynagroove.com
Sent: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 3:20 pm
Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] War of the Roses - reviews?

Thank you very much for your words and I understand
where you are coming from completely. We really are
trying to bring together 2 communities and know its
going to take some time to show what we are about. The
event from that point of view was a great success as
both scenes intermingled wonderfully and the music was
incredible , the burner scene absolutley loved Cade &
Colette while the house heads were diggin on
Rootabreaka in the morning. But I think we came on too
strong and with well too high a budget (which is why
we had to charge what we did) we didnt come close to
breaking even and will look to make some changes in
the future.

Our next event at Space Island is Circular Logic on
3/1 with a large burner lineup and a 2nd room hosted
by Psytribe.com
And we have a very special event planned April 12th
with a 4 hour set by MARK FARINA, we have decided to
choose a new venue other than Space island to
accomodate all your wishes.

Thanks again from the Teknowledge family!
--- David Parker <djplusone at yahoo.com> wrote:

> hey there, i'll take a moment to give you some
> feedback as to why i didn't attend and some thoughts
> on why others in the house scene may not have
> attended either. i hope you find this info helpful.
> 
> first some background on me, so you have a bit of
> reference. i've been enjoying la's underground scene
> since 1991. i'm a house dj and i've been involved
> with putting on many underground events and weekly
> club events. 
> 
> your line-up was impressive at first glance. a
> healthy mix of quality local talent with some big
> names to highlight the night. the problem i had was
> that collette isn't much of a draw for me personally
> and heather has been in town several times lately. i
> do respect that collette has her following, but i
> don't really think that her people would be drawn to
> a more underground downtown event.
> 
> the price was a bit steep. i know bringing in top
> name talent costs and i know that space island is
> not a cheap place to put on an event. it's just the
> house crowd in la is more used to $10-15 at the
> door. not saying it's right, but it could be one
> more reason for people to go to another event that
> night or stay in.
> 
> space island has a sort of a hit or miss reputation
> as a venue for the house community. we respect it,
> there have definitely been some fun parties there,
> and the house crew generally has a positive feeling
> towards the breaks/burning man community (i'll say
> here that i've been to burning man myself and i have
> many old school friends in that world - oscure,
> patricio, and lots more), but there is a bit of a
> separation between the two communities. i'm not
> quite sure why. it's not easy to get the burners to
> house events either, although they do like house for
> the most part. this can lead to people staying away
> from space island events. i would love to see more
> mingling of these two very closely related worlds.
> it takes efforts on both sides for sure. thank you
> for yours.
> 
> one other thought is that the flyer graphics didn't
> really speak to the la house aesthetic. the flyer
> wasn't terrible, but as i'm sure you are very aware,
> people take lots of cues from flyers as to what to
> expect from a party. 
> 
> now i do not mean to offend with any of my comments
> and i sincerely hope that they are helpful. i know
> how much time, blood, sweat, tears, MONEY, etc go
> into putting on an event. it's not easy, but i hope
> it was and continues to be rewarding for you. if
> you've got any questions or comments, please shoot
> 'em back to me.
> 
> -dave parker
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike Voskuhl <dj_007la at yahoo.com>
> To: Dynagroove at dynagroove.com; splaticus at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:56:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] War of the Roses -
> reviews?
> 
> 
> Thx 
> so 
> much 
> to 
> everyone 
> for 
> coming 
> out 
> and 
> im 
> glad 
> you 
> had 
> a 
> great 
> time. 
> We 
> were 
> really 
> expecting 
> a 
> lot 
> more 
> of 
> the 
> house 
> scene 
> to 
> come 
> out 
> but 
> for 
> some 
> reason 
> only 
> a 
> few 
> did, 
> we 
> would 
> love 
> to 
> hear 
> from 
> you 
> guys 
> as 
> to 
> what 
> about 
> our 
> event 
> didnt 
> interest 
> you?
>   
>  
>   
> Our 
> Next 
> show 
> is 
> march 
> 1st 
> @ 
> Space 
> Island 
> - 
> Circular 
> Logic 
> w/ 
> The 
> Glitch 
> Mob 
> 
> Lucas 
> Dodson 
> <lucas at distantbeat.com> 
> wrote:
>   
> I 
> had 
> a 
> good 
> old 
> time.
> 
> There 
> weresome 
> kids 
> form 
> the 
> house 
> scene 
> and
> some 
> desert 
> hippies/ 
> burners 
> and 
> rave 
> kids
> 
> Oscure 
> killing 
> it 
> inside 
> as 
> he 
> always 
> does.
> 
> I 
> mssied 
> cade 
> and 
> zack's 
> sets. 
> I 
> did 
> get 
> to 
> hear 
> Collette 
> and 
> Heather's 
> sets,
> Collette's 
> set 
> was 
> pretty 
> banging 
> 
=== message truncated ===

    Mike Voss
Teknowledge Events, Los Angeles
Direct: (805)559-2645 
Email - DJ_007LA at yahoo.com

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