Breaking into the Dance/Club scene

I’ll admit I haven’t been into the electronic dance scene quiet that long, but man, when I entered it I hit the ground running.

As a quick background, a few months after moving to LA, several of my friends introduced me to the subgenre known as Dubstep. They would (and still do) listen to it every time I ended up over at their place. First, I didn’t know what to think. The grueling bass hits, the odd electronic high notes, it just didn’t seem to fit my current musical tastes (which at the time rotated between country music and hip-hop). I had a light background listening to a few Trance artists like George Acosta and Tiesto, but this genre was something completely new.

But the more I listened to it, the more it dug deeper into my soul. Dubstep reached down to the animal inside of me. With every Bass Drop, the raw energy started to explode out of me, allowing me to just be one with the music and the environment around us.

Around my start into the genre, one of my friends was handed a flyer for a Dubstep Party at the Vanguard in LA hosted by Perish 69. It was a Pirates and Ninjas party, which, even if we weren’t already interested in the music, how do you resist a party with that sort of theme? We were ready for the music, but we weren’t ready for the crowd. The neon clothes, the fuzzy boots, the amount of skin, it was like something straight out of the movies. And I loved it.

Once I got a taste, I couldn’t stop. I’ve never joined in with the garb at these events, but seeing people so free and unabashed, it was something I had dreamed of achieving (I’ve always been pretty shy when meeting new people). Everyone here was so out there and didn’t care what people thought at all. It made for great people watching, but it also opened my eyes, well in a sense, closed them from worrying about what those around me thought.

After a few trips to the Vanguard, we bought our tickets to Hardfest. The sheer size of this event was something I was not prepared for. I spent most of the night trying to find people I know at the event, but once I finally gave up and simply enjoyed the music, it was like something I’d never experienced before.

From there its been a slew of different parties and concerts, every one a night of pure freedom flooding out of me. The remorse, no worries. Just me and the music.