Tornado Joe's Chilliwack -Sound Check

[tvmann]

I managed to wangle an hour or so at Tornado Joe's club in Chilliwack, Thursday Jan 20, for a sound check of my DJ equipment.

So around 8:15 to 9 pm I'll be dropping a few funky house tunes, trance, electro, whatever, to see how it all sounds. And with max 6,000 watts, it will be loud if not good!

Drop in and have a listen. I'll be on the "wheels of plastic" until the resident, DJ Dave, boots me out, which might be very fast as they normally play country / rock / top 40.

I doubt that they'll hit you with cover charge as Thursday is usually a slow night and it's really early. Just say you're there to "help DJ Dave with the sound check".

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[TheCooker]

TJ's hasn't been the same since Kaplan ran shit....a country bar now! LMAO!!

[MissBehavior]

IT'S NOT AREA 51! :(

Haven't set foot in it since it was sold.

[soma]

Originally Posted by MissBehavior

IT'S NOT AREA 51! :(

Haven't set foot in it since it was sold.

good to see they are bringin an electronic night back to the valley

[tvmann]

Not an electronic night yet or anything near, but maybe something like that can happen later if it gets organized right. Just gettin my foot in the door for a little fun :)

Any promoters or DJs interested in setting up a one-off club event or semi-regular night in the valley?

Someone was trying to promote something about a year ago but it didn't get started, they posted here or CV maybe.

Originally Posted by soma

good to see they are bringin an electronic night back to the valley

[thebobman]

man, whenever I think of chilliwack now my memories are becoming interspersed with scenes from escape new york

ESCAPE ESCAAAPE!
*covers his chilliwack brand*

[tvmann]

Another "gig" survived!

I played some funky house & house remixes like No Doubt but anytime I got near progressive house & trance (yes I got off a few) the resident DJ started looking very nervous. However it was a good experience to be hooked up to all those watts.

I don't think anyone interested in electronic music could be very successfully dropped into the DJ booth in a place like this on an ordinary night, as the regular staff and customers are into more top-40 ish stuff, and not too willing to listen to anything else. The DJing style is also totally different. You'd have to set up a special party night.

I'm amazed these small town clubs can run. Almost nobody there on weeknights, and they still need to pay for the heat and several employees. I don't think running cheap drinks nights is a solution, that just brings in heavy drinkers who aren't interested in anything else.

[soma]

^ tell dave I say hi if he's still managing the bar.

I used to play there 3 nights a week in 2001 the system is off the hook so good for you for getting some experience. Top 40 mixing is a different beast, less technical but a much harder job for the dj.

The anthem that rocked the club every time with out fail.....

California Love - 2pac

do they still have the dancing cages in the club for the ladies to get all nasty?

[tvmann]

I haven't seen a cage but maybe they have it stashed away. They have a mechanical bull they bring out some nights that the ladies might go topless on, like a week ago, she was cute :)

Dave is still there (& was nice enough to let me on) & he DJs many nights too although a guy Kelly was also on last night.

Funny thing though, sometimes they can get lots of girls on the dance floor & no guys, no fault of theirs but the guys are there for cheap drinks I think.

[soma]

if you get the ladies dancing the men always will follow. ;)