Thursday August 6th 2009

Sorry for the delay, i caught the common cold over the weekend and is now getting over it. But nonetheless, here's last weeks breakdown as reported to me.

First is Tonic Lives Playground - Get Lei'd Edition. I may have to comeback and reedit this a few times as i have received clashing information. One writer stated that they were really "bored". My other writer on the other hand told me it was quite packed looking similar to last weeks event at NV. But both writers agree there was minimal dancing and alotta picture taking...once again. It seems like the same people go to NV everyweek, so im not really expecting any big fluctuation in attendence. Not a bad party. I wouldnt call it great but it was good enough for Tonic. Official numbers to come later.

BayHype is back at Glaskat with Exclusive. It was reported to me that glaskat was filled with a more aggressive crowd than usual. Reports of fights broke out here and there, including one girl fight i wish i didnt miss! Someone give me more details on this fight, i love a good cat fight lol. This party had slower lines not common to Bayhype, but no major complants besides the fights. Not packed, but acceptable. No numbers yet. Overall, a fairly decent party with its ups and downs.

I have alotta questions about the future of this industry. It doesnt have anything to do with these companies or parties. It just makes me wonder. It seems like the prime of the industry has already passed and now its just a struggle to survive. Alotta companies leaving or branching off or just disappearing. And with that, alotta new companies. I see the sidechat and everything stated is duely noted. I have some words of advice to new companies, and i mean new companies like New Era, for example. They're actually a good example for this. New companies shouldnt try so hard to be greater than possible at this moment. Use these first couple parties to help build a name, success doesnt happen over night. So what if a company throws one good party that theyve promote for months ahead. A great company has the ability to confidently throw a party with less than a month of promoting. But i think ill continue this later. I seem to be rambling and i completely went off track of this whole entry.

Anyway, to summarize this week in one word, average. We've all seen these companies do better and we all know that a great party in due for Tonic and high expectation are setup for Bayhype in the upcoming parties. Tonic needs get back to his hardworking promoting self from back in the days if he wants to survive. Bayhype seems like theyve been consistant on their own. Look out for TonicLives weekly Playground at NV, next week being CEO's and SEXY SECRETARIES hosted By New Era. And Bayhype with WETTER @ Glaskat August 20th.

Next Week Parties:
Breaking Point, Uprising & Blackout - SUPER FREAK Lingerie Edition

Comments and Opinions are always welcomed. And i expect the sidechat to blow up once again.
Expect another post this week before the events for some personal updates and more gossip. I have some juicy info leaked to me, im waiting for confirmation before i speak on it. =]

poll by twiigs.com

Thursday July 30th 2009

There was so much hype on these upcoming parties, it was ridiculous. And i must say before i start, congratulations to Breaking Point for hitting the 1 year milestone and of course for New Era, on their launch party, welcome to hell, i mean this wonderful industry lol. Now down to business.

I will start with "Summer Nights" Breaking Points 1 Year Anniversary Party at Kellys Mission Rock simply because they won the previous poll that i so strategically planned out. When i first arrived, around 11ish, the lines were terribly long, longest i've seen at Mission Rock in a long time. And with me being lazy and forgeting to wear a long shirt, i ventured to NV first to meet up my other partner. Upon returning to Mission Rock, the lines were still long, but were now divided into two lines. I quickly rushed inside to check it out. I walked up the stairs and was already stunned by the number of people on the outside porch. Inside seemed to be decent, packed to pretty much the back of the dance floor. Top floor I estimated around 500+ maybe 550+ maybe a close 600+. Downstairs, eh, like 100. So this brings the estimated total to around the 700 mark. According to Twitter, the official number is 811, presented by Breaking Point. They also had a handful of performers, Bailey, Kafani, Laroo, Matt Blaque, BeedaWeeda, Sleepy D, and some guy name Dog or Doog.  Not bad performances at all. The Dj was doing an great job at keeping the crowd hype throughout the performances, where most performers usually start to lose the crowd half way thru. So overall, great party, perfect way to celebrate their one year anniversary. Banging gogo's by the way. And once again, good job and congratulations Breaking Point!

Next on the list is New Era's Official Launch Party at NV (Club 525) hosted by Tonic. Now those expecting a the same low numbers by Tonic were wrong to assume.  Not completely wrong but eh. Let me explain lol. When i arrived to NV, lines were short and bare. I got inside and wasn't too impressed. But little by little people started to come in. This party kinda confused me a little. I dont know why. It seemed like alot of people, but there were alotta holes in the crowd.  I also noticed that Andrew Ho had a long line behind him for people trying to take pictures. Never seen that before. Ive also never seen so many people just standing around either not dancing or dancing by themselves, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Hmmm i cant really give a time, but the first fight broke out and i had a hunch this was a good time to leave, so i did. I left my partners behind so they could fill me in on the rest of what happened that night. According to them, the headline should be, FIGHTS FIGHTS FIGHTS AND WTF?. If youre wondering what the "WTF" is for, check out the gogos. Um. Hate to bust people out, but how do 16, 17 year old girls end up gogoing on stage. I feel an Akon situation coming. And wasn't this the gogo off of Roastlist? LOL. A former Breaking Point gogo, i saw her a Underworld event, and now at Tonic/New Era event, shes gogo'd for almost every company and i heard shes not even 18? I can't even talk about her and her friend, i felt like just looking at them i should go to jail.Ugh, ANYWAY. Now this is where the controversy kinda struck for me. My partners said, "No more than 500+ on the floor" But, the official number i saw posted was 800+. Now it seems 800 was the number to post for that night. I trust my partners with their estimations, but its interesting wondering why someone would post false numbers when i have people trying to convince me that there were less than 600 people there. I don't know, im not the industry judge. So i say, believe what you want, but its hard for me to find someone who is not a promoter to agree that there was 800+ people there.  But i heard people had fun, and honestly thats all that matters. Regardless of all the rumors, New Era had a good night, congrats and welcome to the industry. 

Next is Underworlds Party called.....SUMMER NIGHTS? Interesting. But oh wait? Didnt Breaking Point branch off of Underworld? So im guessing this was a cheap shot at them. And as for this party, ummmm.  Dam, next strategy! Underworld tried. Failed. But tried. 

Now, I refuse to announce a winner for this week, because I know that no matter what i say, somebody is gonna argue that i'm wrong, that my OPINIONS are wrong. The definition of "crackin" is all based on your own personal taste. Someone might enjoy a Tonic party over everybody else regardless of the crowd, and that person will comeback every week no matter what. Or someone might like crowded floors and think a capacity party is "cracking" Some people complain partys are too crowded but then go to a party with more room and say that its hella boring. All i ask is try arguing both sides with yourself first, before you make your statements about a company or party. I can write all day on this subject! I think maybe sometime during the week if i have time i will comeback and retouch on this subject. So i end it with this, go to a party to have fun, as a customer, dont worry about the crowd so much, you should be there for your own personal gain. 

I'll do another poll so for fun! =)

Next Weeks Parties: 

BayHype - Exclusive @ Glaskat

Tonic Live - Playground Get Lei'd Edition @ NV (CLub 525)

And also, I was wondering if companies CEO's or representatives can hit me up. I wanna know if its possible if you can throw the website onto your flyers or into your promoting systems. Just a thought. This whole blog is dedicated to all the companies. If i can get enough supporters, i will post more blogs to help with your promotions as well. Im down to put flyers and logos up on the page, i just ask for a little support thats all. =) Thanx

poll by twiigs.com