Namaste
Active Member
Here's my 10 point ban plan to save ibiza. (When the revolution comes or Podemos get into govt!)
1. Ban those billboards and divs making a racket spelling out club brands at salinas, when you're trying to chill with some fine danish girls on the beach
2. Ban those spastic baseball caps worn back to front by 18 year olds
3. Ban 18 year olds
4. Introduce new clubs which have no name, no brand and no elevated stages for muppets to gawp at; make all DJs invisible. Put them in a crows nest if necessary; ban sale of merchandise tat in any club. You're there to get wasted - leave the shopping till you're back in whatever shithole you spend the rest of the year in
5. Ban edm and Bring back HOUSE!!! You remember, the music that put that island on the map in the first place
6. Ban table service, vip areas, and americans (unless they're black and come from detroit or chitown)
7. Ban curfews, ban restricted opening hours
8. Ban celebrities, unless they're culturally relevant geniuses like zidane or grace jones
9. Ban 'artists' from riding genre bandwagons they have no roots in or understanding of (no names ahem Disclosure)
10. Ban naff tourists and above all ban dj dinosaurs who used to be famous before the internet existed
Some good points, especially 4 regarding to the DJ booth and 5. But, Balearic house.
In general, you need only one thing to ban: The pre-sale of tickets.
The success of a night will only be shown at the door that same day.
With pre-sold tickets, Promoters does not need to care much if the punters show up or not.
Now they would have to calculate and think how to please their guests to choose their event. Lower drink prices, lower entrance fees, lower paid Djs as the so called "big names" will run like cockroaches in the light. No need to wave smartphones in the air and stare at an imaginary stage. Just party!