Why the early exist for Sacramento party-goers?
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Proper dance music requires proper sound. There is no way around it. It doesn’t have the be extremely loud, it has to be extremely good! The sound system is what brings quality dance music to life. It’s such an important aspect but almost entirely overlooked at 95% of clubs in Sacramento.
When the sound system is not up to par is has a defeating purpose. It sucks the life right out of the deejay, the 
dancefloor, and the party as a whole before too long. Dancefloors get lethargic and people start to leave. This may not happen with hip hop and top 40 for some reason (that’s an entirely different discussion), but it’s going to happen with house and techno if the sound system blows.
I’m tired of people blaming Sacramento, saying Sacramento sucks, and things like that. Sacramento hasn’t had a chance. There hasn’t been ONE decent Sacramento club in a decent Sacramento location, with a quality sound system to try and grow a house or techno event on a Friday or Saturday night in the last decade. Not one. And when you look around at the parties that some promoters are trying on weekends today you’ll see the same Sacramento people you’ll see at 4AM leaving Ruby Skye or 6AM at the End Up, but they are leaving the Sacramento party at 1AM. How’s that make any sense? They obviously aren’t having a good enough time at the party. There are many reasons for that and the catalyst for many of those reasons is the sound system. It is as important as any element of a good party.
These shitty Sacramento sound systems are sucking the life out of the deejays and the dancefloors and it’s really too bad. The good news is things seem to be changing. Clubs like MiX Downtown, Blush Ultralounge, and The Press Club now have fantastic sounds systems and are doing proper dance music events on Thursdays AND weekends!
Sat, Feb 6th ~ 2010
http://dirtybirdrecords.com/j-phlip
Making her return to Sacramento will be Miss Dirtybird J. Phlip. Some of you were fortunate enough to see her back in October at Lounge On20 when she was literally knocking the bottles off the wall!!! You definately don’t want to miss her this time around. This event will be the day after the Dirtybird 5 Year Anniversary Party so let’s help Jess celebrate Sacramento style!!! Read More→
Since we last posted this you’ve helped Gavin get almost 50 more votes! Yet he still needs more. In order to qualify the DJ needs a minimum of 200 ratings (and then then top 100 entrants with the highest average rating go to the next round), Gavin is sitting at 189, we need to get him at least 11 more 5 star ratings by Sunday!!!
It is very easy to vote. Takes 10 seconds and doesn’t require registration. All you have to do is click the link and then the 5 STARS. Add your e-mail address and you are done. You’ve never spent 5 seconds that was so valuable to someone else in your life! LOL
A great non-profit animal sanctuary needs our help!!!
By · CommentsRescue Unwanted Furry Friends Foundation, or R.U.F.F.F. needs our help! This outstanding no-kill animal sanctuary is about to lose it’s 40 acre property if it doesn’t come up with the full $3,000 needed to pay it’s property tax by the end of the month. The rescue (RUFFF HOUSE) currently houses over 500 dogs, cats, and even a few pigs and is run by one great lady with the help of very few volunteers or donations.
Please donate anything you can at the link below. It’s 100% secure and safe and every dollar counts. Of course the bigger the better but if 300 people donate only $10 a piece we’ll be able to save the sanctuary and the lives of all these animals.
Recession Session part 2, the DJ Mag pool party at the Shelbourne going down during the Winter Music Conference in Miami. Local techouse DJ, Gavin Varitech, has a chance to be there and play along side of superstar club idols like Dubfire, Jooris Voorn, Steve Lawler, James Zabiela, Nic Fanciulli, and Dennise Ferrer. Here is the link to the party info.
To help Sacramento REPRESENT in Miami this March check this link to give Mr Varitech 5 stars in the contest. It’s real easy, only takes about 10 seconds to vote. But feel free to give the mix a listen too. It’s a real party rokcer!!!
CLICK HERE TO VOTE!!!
Fri Jan 22nd, Blue Collar Ent 5 Year Anniversary Party
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If there is a reason to be in San Francisco this weekend this is it! Check out the Blue Collar Entertainment 5 Year Anniversary Party @ Mighty! Robag Wrhume (Wignomy Brothers), Diz, Nikola, [a]ppendix shuffle, Worthy, & Sammy D at the same event??? Yes please.
Jan 22nd, 2010 @ Mighty – 119 Utah St – San Francisco, CA 94103
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J Phlip in Sacramento
By · CommentsOn Feb 6th Sukh Banwait and Revival Nitelife present San Francisco’s rising star J Phlip from Dirtybird Records! Here is all the info on the event and J Phlip herself…
Sukh Banwait Presents:
J Phlip
J Phlip on Resident Advisor
Event page on Facebook
We hope to see all of your smiling faces there and to make things even sweeter Revival Nitelife has a 100% FREE guestlist for this night as well.
LIMITED GUEST LIST ENTRY BEFORE 11:00PM EMAIL:
jphliplist@revivalnitelife.com
Please include the full names of each person attending
(you will receive a confirmation email)
Guest List entries must be in by 3PM Saturday
Limited guestlist available or $10 at the door
Another year, another ton of good gear displayed at the NAMM show. Something that I always like to look for when this show comes around are the less known companies and what interesting things they come out with. It seems that these companies are a little more daring and can sometimes break into an aspect of hardware missed by some of the larger companies (roland, korg, yamaha, etc.).
The piece of gear this year that gets my nod is a piece of gear that I’ve actually been following for some time by a great team in Sweden. No, it’s not Elektron (who I think will probably be demoing a new sampler in the near future at one of the upcoming shows). The company is ‘teenage engineering’ and the great gadget coming out sometime this coming year is the OP-1.
The OP-1 comes with everything you can think of. Sampler, keyboard, sequencer, controller, efx, great interface, color coding so that you don’t get confused when you’re looking in a hurry during a set, and a whole lot more.
One of the main features demoed at NAMM was the newly announced tape recorder function. “It instantly lets you record anything you do on the OP-1 to any track of the built-in Tape feature. Record your sound tweaks or beats in real-time. Change speed during recording, or record backwards. Split, lift and join. Make a loop or record a section with Tape Step Recording. You have twelve minutes recording time in normal tape speed and 4 tracks to put your magic on.
Our friend and Sacramento party rocker Gavin Varitech needs your help to acquire at least 200 votes in the Next Generation DJ contest being sponsored by Pioneer DJ, DJ Magazine, Beatport.com, and Letsmix.com. Part one of the competition is to record a mix and promote it to the best of your ability through social media, e-mail marketing, ect.
So far fans and friends of Mr Varitech have given him 127 votes since he entered the contest just three weeks ago. But he needs more. The qualify an entrant needs at least 200 ratings (and then then top 100 entrants with the highest average rating go to the next round) so we need to help him get 73 more votes by the January 31st.
Luckily it’s REEEAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY easy to vote. It takes all but a few seconds and doesn’t require registering or signing up for the website. All you have to do is click the link and click on the 5 STARS. Then put in your e-mail address and you’re done. No confirmation e-mails are sent. No e-mails are sent to you at all actually. We think they just ask for the address to curb cheating. The info and the mix is below. Please help make sure Sacramento is represented in this contest. Our friend Gavin has a real chance of winning if we send him to the final round!!!
VOTE HERE!!!!
All the details are coming soon but you heard it here first, Barry Weaver is playing a proper party set at a proper venue in Sacramento for the first time on a weekend in god knows how many years. This is no one hour cheesy rave set at a shit venue in the ghetto, not a Thursday night for $20, or at some run down music hall with a shitty sound system. Revival brings Barry Weaver to one of the dopest new clubs that, in our opinion, has far and away the best sound system for dancing of any nightspot in the 916.
Revival Nitelife will have a nice sized guestlist for anyone that gets on the list early for the Barry Weaver event. Keep an eye out for more info and the official details.
~ Revival
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