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A DROID BEHAVIOR PART Y ... AND ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH RED SONYA
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© RAVERS DIGEST 2005
OK RAVERS, HERE IS AN INTERVIEW
WITH THE ONE AND ONLY DJ
PROMOTER RED SONYA FROM SAN
DIEGO..
First off Red, thanks for agreeing to help
with this interview!! I have always wanted
to tell people what goes into producing an
event as a lot of RAVERS DIGEST readers
plan to throw a party one day.
1) Throwing a party must take a lot of
time, and from my own personal experience,
most events just break even. So, the first
question is why do you do it?
I enjoy bringing people together, it‛s so
rewarding! I was more of a promoter before I
started DJing. In 2001, I had an opportunity
to do an event, and I pulled together some of
my closest DJ friends at the time, (Skutech,
Knottyboy, Jersan, and Frizz), and the rest is
history really. 4 years later, I‛m still working
w/ the same crew. We just like to have fun.
We‛re blessed w/ a very supportive and loyal
group of friends that come out to our events
a lot. I feel like people trust that are parties
are going to be fun and unique. We‛re not
about making money. We usually try hard to
budget right so that we don‛t have to charge
so much at the door.
2) How many events do you help Vinyl
Elements put together each year?
Well, first off, Vinyl Elements has been
rocking a monthly event called REACTION
at the Honey Bee Hive for over 3 years now.
Currently, we are holding down every 3rd
Saturday of the month there. We mix it up a
lot @ REACTION. We have 2 areas to fill, so
we always change up the music to make sure
there‛s a variety, and we like to bring in live
artists to perform alongside the DJ. Annually,
we throw a park party called COMMUNITY in
the summer, and a new year‛s party is usually
a tradition of course. Knottyboy and I hold
down GROOVE on Tuesday nights at the Red
C Lounge downtown, and Knottyboy also DJs
there on Sunday nights for a night called
LIQUID which is a liquid DnB night. I also
DJ @ Kava Lounge Thursday nights w/ Mark
E Quark and Andy Boswell for a night we like
to call DIG!. Seperately, Vinyl Elements Crew
members may hold different residencies, but
as a group we promote each other as much as
we can. I send out weekly emails regarding
anything my crew and I are involved in.
3) What is the range in dollars for
booking a DJ?
I prefer not to talk about money issues
involved in putting on events. But I can say, it
depends on who the DJ is. It seems they‛re
more expensive the further away they are.
I find most DJs from Cali are down for the
cause, and can be reasonable.
4) How much do you count on email to
promote each event, versus paper fliers,
versus web listings and myspace?
Email is very important, but I‛d say just as
important as web promotions and flyers. I try
my hardest to promote any way I can to get
the word out there, and I never really have a
way of knowing which method is the best. The
hard part about email is building the list up.
For the first few years of hosting events, I
was the girl at the party w/ the clipboard who
was signing people up. I think that‛s the way to
do it, to get the crowd while they are they are
having a good time, then invite them to come
back!
5) When I throw a party, I am usually
pretty anxious the night of the event.
In fact, I always have a nightmare that
nobody shows up. Does that happen to
you?
Yes! I sometimes resort to frantic text
messages the night of, to get that last
reminder out to my homies! But I learned
not to stress it too much. It‛s not worth it,
I just have to remind my self to relax and
have a good time. It helps to have a crew
to work with. All of the Vinyl Elements DJs
play different styles of music, have different
crews of friends from different scenes, so
when we all come together and party, it‛s
usually a good time, and a decent turnout I‛d
say.
6) Besides your own parties, where do you
like to go in San Diego, and do you ever go
to LA?
It‛s tough to say, ‘cause I work so much at
night… I‛m into the local-dive-bar-w/-DJs
scene. I like spots like Landlord Jim‛s & Bar
Dynamite (both are fun on Wednesdays).
Occasionally I‛ll hit up A C Lounge, Kadan, or
The Whistlestop… I know for a fact that if
I wasn‛t DJing every Thursday at the Kava
Lounge, I‛d be rocking out at DEEP, San
Diego‛s longest running DnB weekly, that
now resides at the Honey Bee Hive. The
Red C Lounge is also a fave spot for me, the
bartenders rock, and I know the DJs every
night of the week there. It‛s definitely a locals
hang out (funny, ‘cause it has a mainstream
crowd there too)…I honestly think there‛s a
lack of cool venues in this town…. And no I
never make it up to LA. Lame, I know.
7) What would you say is the best event
you have ever attended, and what is the
best event you have helped produce? What
made those parties so special?
Hands down, my absolute favorite event
is Coachella. I go every year, and have the
time of my life. I love everything about it,
the location, the music, the people, etc. One
of my favorite events that I helped produce
would probably be COMMUNITY last year. It
was the coolest day party I can remember. I‛m
sure it was because everyone I knew and have
met and love in this underground scene was
there. It was such a beautiful thing. I love
seeing people come together.
8) What do you think about people who
take drugs at parties?
As long as you can be responsible and
respectable, then do what you choose.
9) Who are a few of your favorite DJs?
Crazy, the first few names that popped in
my head were my friends. My local heroes are:
Skutech, Andy Boswell, Mark E Quark, Jersan,
Knottyboy, Ricky Wrecks…Other than that,
there are too many good DJs to even try to
list especially since I love so many different
styles of music.
Thanks so much for your help red!
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT RAVERS !
OH, I MEAN
“ TH3R3 U HAVE IT RAVRS”
THESE PICS WERE ALL FROM THE VINYL
ELEMENTS 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
AT THE HONEY BEE HIVE IN SAN DIEGO.
THAT DUDE SPINNING IS Z-TRIP.
OVERDOSING ON NOTHING
“I am trippin... I keep thinking that everyone
here is a DJ I know, like: that is RAW.”
“That is RAW.” says G-String, also know as
“Mike.”
“Really? No fucking way! That is some krazy
shit!” But there is no way that other dude was
Jayvon, and hey, that‛s not Hazen over there,
is it? No, it‛s not, you see, I was trippin, but
I wasn‛t. Rockstar + Vodka + one little puff
of wacky tobbaccy? That can‛t be enough to
make me trip out.
It was the womb like atmosphere that
triggered the frying sensation, and it
seemed so suddenly clear to me the deepest
connection with raving, and yes, this was a
rave. No Drug Dealers, no Permits, no Lasers,
no Promoters handing out fliers, no too much
of much. 90 people, an LCD projector, DJs and
minimal techno in a small dark box. Pulsating
rhythms, mothers blood pumping, heart
beating, lungs breathing. The warm, dark
atmosphere. No wonder it makes you feel so
close to those around you.
I actually started to howl like a wolf.
But why? Well, I was tripped out by all
that prenatal stuff, of course. It was
overwhelming, really, it was. But was it really?
What was so overwhelming? The simple music?
The low budget visuals? The Go-Go dancer
that was often motionless? Boop, Be-DooDupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop, Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do
Dupe. Boop, Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop,
Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop, Be-DooDupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop, Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do
Dupe. Boop, Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop,
Be-Doo-Dupe, Do Do Dupe. Boop, Be-DooDupe, Do Do Dupe.
There was barely enough to dance to, and
yet I injured my left elbow from moving too
suddenly too many times. Too bad, that was
my new move.
People cheered and screamed at the DJs,
everyone was just so into the music, and there
was just so little there. You could imagine
only a keyboard and drum set making up the
records, and it was that simplicity that made
it so provocative. Pure, Beautiful, Modern Art.
... well, thats the article, really weird, huh?
and really short, too. but i wrote that after
we got home, which was at 5 AM or so, and
before i went to sleep.

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