I did a dayshift today. It was the first time in a long while, and holy cow it was way too loud!
That kind of stuff makes sense when the club is supposed to have a party vibe during late night hours. But not when it’s older men who need more chit chat.
Odd. Ah well.
Only P10 has very good music in Austin - both day and night.
I don't pay much attention to the music.
I go to small black clubs mostly on dayshift but visit nightshift from time to time - pretty-much the same on both shifts, mostly hiphop except depending on the DJ there may be some R&B mixed-in on dayshift.
My go-to small black club used to play the music so loud you could hear the walls vibrating when you would park your car - it's not as loud anymore but still pretty-loud.
I would assume by law there is a limit to the sound level which probably many clubs exceed.
What made it worse at this club is that it doesn't seem to be a commercial building but more like a converted small single family home with low ceilings meaning the speakers were pretty much at head level and the room is small.
^Thats been the reason I’ve avoided The Body Club for the last year too fucking loud makes you feel like your ears are bleeding.
Yeah, on busy night shifts, limited conversations due to noise is a good thing. Daytime, less so.
@PaulDrake it was really slow today. But I think it’s not always like that because I’ve heard other dayshift days can be pretty busy. But I spent a good chunk of it today goofing off in the dressing room.
@rogertex I never tried out P10 Austin before. What’s the music like there?
I wear musicians or high fidelity ear plugs that maintain overall sound fidelity while lowering the perceived volume. I can have conversations just fine with them in. Many DJs are practically deaf from a lifetime of loud music so they crank the volume to compensate. Hearing damage from loud music is real and largely irreparable once it happens.
Never notice the music in any club unless its degrading rap or annoying country.
Agreed - there are a few that I am surprised OSHA hasn't been to visit. PP that used to be in C'ola was one for sure.
There’s music?
Seriously, it’s generally quiet in the daytime and too damned loud at night.
It depends. The club I visit most is actually fairly good about it. If I get there early in the afternoon, the music is at a reasonable level and you can have a conversation comfortably. It gradually gets louder as the club fills up and people get louder. By early evening you've gotta be pretty close to who you're talking to and raise your voice a bit. By night time, conversations are pretty much not gonna happen.
Other clubs are horrible, with zero adjustment for daytime. It's far from being "the" factor in where I go, but it certainly makes a difference. If I'm in a club that's too loud and I either can't find anyone I want to talk to or can't talk to the person I did find, I'm probably not gonna stay long. And a strip club is like a casino, if they keep me there eventually you'll get my money. But if they can't keep me there they can't get any.
Never noticed a difference in volume. I notice that some clubs play more classic rock during the day because there’s more older white guys there during the day.
I don’t pay much attention to the music in my club. That’s because the dancers don’t do stage sets - and many don’t dance either - so the music doesn’t play much of a role.
During the day they usually keep the volume at a reasonably low level. So that works for me.
I was chatting with a day shift dancer awhile back - and the DJ came around for his $$ (from the dancer) - and that’s when I realized there was an actual afternoon DJ. I don’t think certain clubs even need a DJ for day shifts.
I think just about every club I go to the music is too loud.
What do you mean "tool out"?
Agree with Papi and Twentyfive how loud the Body Club is. May never return due to the deafening hip hop being so loud I can’t even hear when one song ends and another begins. Not good for song counting when you got a large ass ebony bouncing on your dick. Maybe that’s why they do it so you get distracted and lose count?
It's not very different from night shifts. Volume often depends on the DJ, but it's always pretty loud. For certain parts of some conversations, I'm okay with it being loud and people not being able to overhear.
I heard that, years ago, certain mob associates in Providence, RI, liked to hold sensitive conversations in the Foxy Lady because the cops would have to plant a bug in the wise guy's molar in order to get a good recording. Could be bullshit, but it's believable.
Hm, I think if I ever come in early again, I’m just going to give the DJ $10-20 and say “my customer” wanted the volume level lower.
@Rogertex Nice! I’ve heard good things about the P10 dayshift. That’s it’s good money but the higher shift numbers mare unsustainable once the regulars know you.
@rb47 Do you wear them as a DJ or as a patron?
I wear them as a patron. I used to spend a lot of time in loud environments with music, so I already had a pair. I got them off Amazon.
Mine are not custom molded. Some people get custom molded ones. Those are a bit more expensive.
The Body Club used to play the music so loud that besides the walls on the outside vibrating, the speakers would make funny noises as if they were about to blow - the speakers were straining so much that it actually affected the fidelity of the music - SMH.
Somewhere it must be written that the louder the music the better - and kinda goes hand in hand with my opinion that it seems most people running clubs are not SC enthusiasts and don't have much idea of what custies and dancers want/need.
Baby Dolls Dallas hasbl a policy that a country song needs to be played every 3rd song or so - supposedly this is what the owner wants but it seems the vast majority of custies and def the vast majority of dancers don't like it - I assume the owner thinks it's a clever marketing technique but Dallas is not a hick cowboy town and a large % of the area's population are transplants from other areas (perhaps his little gimmick may have played well in the 70s and 80s but IMO does not play well in the 21st century) - i.e. it's not as if the club is filled with cowboys, it's the opposite - an example of an owner set in his ways thinking he knows better than the custies and dancers.
@Papi - I don't think that rule exists anymore.
^ do they still play a fair-amount of country music?
The real busy clubs (like the COI clubs) blast the music to a deafening level all day & night. Most of it is house, hip hop and the typical SC sounds The slower clubs with older dancers tend to play a lot of 70's & 80's AOR music in the daytime, I guess to pacify the old retired guys there who can relate to that old rock stuff, and they tend to keep the volume at a mid level range.
LOL with me there the music doesn’t even matter
Daytime music selection is pretty much the same as night but the volume is noticeably lower. Believe it's because the owner is is older and doesn't like loud music. He usually bails at night shift. Also, I agree the daytime should be more relaxed and music should be a tad lower but it's really too low. It could be louder and still easy to have conversation.
Most clubs in Portland keep the music low enough to have convos during the day and night shifts.
Only a few clubs downtown turn the music up to "blaring" at nights.
Well that’s one plus of a laid back Portland club.
Most of the clubs in Portland are laid back. There are standard hustle ones like what you find in all major cities, but what makes the Portland strip club scene unique and cool are all the neighborhood "dive" clubs. The secret is that they aren't really dives in terms of stripper quality. Plus there is low hustle at them. By design the atmosphere is like a neighborhood bar that also has a few hot strippers working with stage(s) and private dance areas. The atmosphere is conducive to sitting with a stripper for a bit to chat and tease before getting dances which means the music isn't blaring. Only when you go downtown and to the big gentlemen's clubs during nights do they get more party and hustle atmosphere with blaring music. Clubs like Spyce, Club Rouge, the Golden Dragon, Casa Diablo, Union Jacks, and SinRock are like this at nights but for the most part most of the other clubs are more laid back.
I’ll have to go to one of those clubs one day. It’s just an odd sounding environment :p
Sassy's, DV8, Rose City Strip, Columbia Strip, Mystic, Club 205, Desire, Dancing Bare, Sunset Strip, and Shimmers are good examples of what I'm talking about. Sassy's is the club I bring visitors from out of town to. LOL if you saw it you would totally think it is a dive. It is and it isn't.
It's not odd. It's chill and laid back. I just had a convo about it with a native Portland born stripper that has worked elsewhere. There's the laid back local scene here and the traditional hustle scene here. A lot of locals treat their neighborhood strip club like a local bar and just go in for their usual drink like it's just a bar and instead of kicking back and watching sports on TV they watch a stripper.
Is you could drop a strip scene of any place into Portland, would you still favor the local stuff?
I would still favor the local stuff all the way. Portland is a perfect type of city for my type of mongering - mileage is good to awesome, LDK strippers are ubiquitous, hustle is low, strippers are mainly white girls but also every race/ethnicity is represented, strippers take pride in their presentation and dancing, and overall there's not much of a big social stigma about stripping because it is so commonplace. My only nitpicks are that there are way too many tattooed strippers and that there's not a cheap floor or table dance option. All dances are exclusively in private areas. Plus as mentioned there are a few clubs not unlike any other city.
The only thing missing at the moment is a gorgeous mestiza pinay stripper, but that is a personal obsession of mine. ;)
Haha of course
Girls pick their music so it is ecclectic. The DJ also plays old guy rock between dancers sometimes. But it can be a very weird blend.
Agreed, it's too damn loud!
What did you think of day shift?