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Hi guys, on Saturday, me and 2 other mates organized our first decent event. By decent I mean: we had a big sound system and invited some famous DJs. It was free of charge and we did it so that we could listen the music that we enjoy and not be dependent on other people's taste and intentions. A lot of people were excited by what we tried offered to also help us financially (read below what happened). Overall, we believe about 200 people came. I was SUPER pleased with the music played, it was exactly as I planned it, the sound quality was good for the gear we had (mids were a bit of a problem since except for the monitors, other speakers couldn't produce them accurately) and even received compliments from the DJs despite the fact that the speakers I gathered was what I could get for free (read below), so I had to really work on the setup and positioning in order to get them to sound decently The line up was: Samplestick (liquid seed rec) Live- You can check his music on Youtube, ultimae style/deep trance/uptempo ambient Yiannis Pegkos - Local DJ and collector, he has a huge DAT,Vinyl, CD collection (half of his DAT were stolen when they stole his car ), very close with etnicanet guys, he gets a lot unreleased tracks. We call him "the secret weapon" because he's very quiet and low profile but when it comes to music he can play fantastic sets from goa to Full-on. Morfeas nic - One of the first people to organise underground acid trance and goa parties in Greece in the 90s, known for his rare vinyls and 90s unreleased stuff Stavros Ahimsa - One of the big goa DJs in the 90s in London, now back to Greece since he's quite old (close to 60) but he's still a great DJ that keeps everyone dancing all night! Yiannis Pegkos again (played from 7am till 5 in the afternoon) We are very lucky that I work in the professional sound and lighting industry so I got all of the gear for free (CDJ 2000, DJM700, monitors, subs etc) and I also brought some of my personal stuff. Also, one the guys owns an old house (his grandfather's old grape mill/house) at the fields outside our town. It's very close to town, yet isolated and it's built at a slope, so the sound doesn't reach the road unless there's a southern wind and there's a big balcony and nice terrace underneath surrounded by huge pine trees, it's like it was built in order to become a summer club. The people who came from Athens and other cities, that hadn't been there were blown away, everyone was saying how they didn't expect it to be so beautiful (even though I told them that the place rocks). Some of my conclusions: - Morfeas - played a veeeeery interesting acid trance/goa night set. Party-goers and druggies didn't really like it, music affacionados (like me) loved it AND people who we had invited that rarely or never go to psy parties ALSO LOVED IT, which makes me think that the average party-goer nowadays unfortunanetly can't appreciate music with lower BPMs and can't understand the complexity in the music and the skill in creating a beautiful atmosphere, rather than jumping around like a goat. -Ahimsa - everyone loves some decent banging GOA especially with some quality full-on thrown in! - Proceed with care when dealing with people that consume a lot of drugs (including my 2 co-organisers), they have no honour: 1)Had to chip in more money than agreed, to pay for the DJS, since everyone else (not just the 2 guys, a lot of people were supposed to contribute) was short when it came to pay. However, in the morning they were making calls to buy drugs like they were Scarface.... and don't forget the gear was FREE and I was the one that was responsible for booking the DJs and of course they were expecting their payment from me. 2) Although there were about 20 people left in the afternoon, noone lifted a finger to help me carry the gear on my father's pick up truck. I was awake until then, running on beer, bacardi and a positive attitude and had to also deal with my GF who couldn't get some decent sleep + pay attention that they don't fuck up the gear + care for some idiot who fainted from alcohol. I wanted to make a point with carrying it all myself, but I don't think they got it. 3) They are ungrateful. - If I (not a sound engineer) can get the LOWEST quality speakers and amps to sound decently: How come we go to so many events and the sound is horrible, why so much obsession with volume rather than quality? and this goes for big events too, not just your average underground party. I would gladly do everything again and I was very pleased that the organisation was perfect despite me practically running the place alone (they other 2 guys were busy consuming all kinds of substances). The only thing that I would change is the financial commitment..... All money up-front (DJ's money) + collateral for damages to equipment and they won't get money back unless the carry all the gear. I took very few pictures but I'll upload some later and some people all took videos.