Decibels

Sorry, could you speak up, I seem to be a little hard of hearing lately...yeah, most clubs keep the music too damn loud!

That said, I had a nice surprise the other night. Talking with a dancer and suddenly realized we were speaking in a normal tone of voice - imagine that! Best of all, when she leaned over to whisper into my ear, she could actually whisper.

It was the relaxed, intimate, sexy vibe you describe, perfect for the time of day and crowd that was there (middle aged white "suits'). So some managers/DJ's do get it.

Yeah. They're all too loud. Makes it hard to talk to the girls.

Most of the clubs that I have been in have had a decibel level somewhat proportional to the crowdedness of the club. So on a Monday night at about 2:00 AM, you can have a normal-level conversation, but on a Saturday at 11:00 PM, your ears are bleeding.

If too loud, I'll leave. Usually depends on the DJ. I have asked before, in a not very crowded club, and they lowered the volume. That would be the exception.

Excessive volume is often the result of: 1) a DJ/sound man whose hearing is shot or whose ego is tied to the noise he makes, 2) management's misguided desire to create a party atmosphere, which often also includes DJ's who endlessly shout stupid things ("ARE YOU READY TO PARTY???")at the crowd, or 3) bad speaker placement that blasts too much sound into the seating area. There have been a few times (but not many), usually in scruffy, jukebox clubs, that the volume level has actually been too low, so that the girls dancing on stage, on the bar, in VIP, or at individual tables, can barely hear it.

I don't get the point of loud music in a strip club. I'm not there for the music I'm there to watch hot dancers slide down a pole and have my lap ground into dust.

Penthouse in Philly is extremely loud, day and night. I get to enough places that I can tell the difference between normal loud and off-the-charts loud.

It makes it difficult to order a drink or talk with a girl. I've even had a hard time hearing soft spoken girls in the private dance rooms when they're offering extras. They say "Interested in a blow job?", I hear "What is your job?". LOL

A lot of clubs have the music cranked up extra loud, yes. Some are better than others, and where you sit in the club makes a difference. The guys up above do have a point with the time of day thing. One club that comes to mind (with a jukebox during the day and a DJ at night) goes from conversation to yelling somewhere between 7 and 8...

Younger folks grew up in dance clubs with music blasting. They don't know any other way to enjoy it. Since conversation is not important to the young, they are missing nothing because of blasting music. A dancer will be able to hear you buy a dance and that's all she wants to hear. Conversation is for dating not SCs.

Half the time I have to find ways to subtly get a stripper to move on because they want to keep on talking. Sometimes I wish for the days when all I drew was "wannadance".

They probably don't want you chatting too much, or the girls sitting around chatting instead of selling dances. They also probably don't want to make it too easy to hear other conversations.