Liquid Ice has become my new favourite bar downtown as a customer and in a DJ perspective.

This club has been the DEFINITIVE influence on me becoming a DJ. Suggested to me back in 2000 by a friend - "Did you see the new afterhours club opened up Liquid Ice? It's cool.. very "drugesque" but it costs $10 to get in though!" The initial $10 cover was a turnoff for awhile but by the time I started going there late summer that year, it had gone down a bit. Cover normally ranges from $6-$8 or $10-$15 on special events nights or upto $20 on ultra special events such as Mardi Gras or New Year's Eve. Highly worth the price as the club normally doesn't close until 5:00am-6:00am or until 8:00am during special events with a decent crowd still there. I have to defend the club though and don't let the description above fool you, seeming "drugesque" describes the environment, not any illegal activities or its patrons. The lighting system, the black environment, the use of black lights and combinations of disco balls offering lighting reflections in combination with the use of the smoke guns offers a very "dreamesque" or "drugesque" experience (ie: what it would LOOK like if you were on drugs). When the club first opened, it was referred to as "the ecstacy" bar, heck even the name Liquid Ice is a slang for a type of drug. I must admit, during my early visitations, you could clearly see people stoned out of their mind or even popping the pills but that has decreased to the point of non-existance today. Some people said that was the reason why people could dance for so long there, but after experiencing the club, its the music you get the high off of, not any drugs. The management, staff and bouncers do a well job in keeping the club clean of drugs and trouble free and clean period. There are a few things that set this club aside from all others.. for one, it is one of the most easternly bars downtown located off George Street on Water Street, the club only opens up 12:00am (or sometimes 2:00am now) and is mainly considered an afterhours club though it does cater to the gay and lesbian community with early in the night special events sometimes and always takes part in an event for "Pride Week" such as the "DJ Boat Ride" on the Scademia. Some people say it is a gay bar, I consider it "gay friendly" with the owners and SOME of the staff and customers being gay but a majority of its customers are straight (and some of the best looking, coolest and hip people in town). Liquid Ice has one of the best lighting systems downtown, to the point that they have their own LJ (Light Jockey) and its main choice of music is that of no other bar in town. They constantly play a variation of House, Techno, Underground, Tribal, Drum 'n' Bass, Trance, High Energy, Progressive, Electronica and remixes of today's pop and top-40 with a little bit of old school and yesterday's hits thrown in there to create THE best hardcore dance experience you will find in town. Along with this, the music is mixed live by the resident and local and sometimes guest DJs in an open space DJ booth pretty much located on the dance floor. It is also common to see at least 3 DJs DJing there per night and they are very accomodating for amateur and up'n'coming DJs (ie: through their various contests they have hosted). When I first went there, I mainly just stood or sat around with my girlfriend at the time enjoying the music and noting the different dancing style of the people there (which is more of a non-stop bounce). This exposed me to another whole new area of music (and music genres) and dancing. Also being able to actually watch the DJs mix the music live and SEE the mixer, CD players and turntables in action quickly sparked my interest in DJing even further. At Liquid Ice, the DJ is the center of the attention and is the only club in which I have ever experienced the DJ getting a round of applause almost every night at the end of the night as a sign of thanks for the show/party. Some noteable local DJs past and present at Liquid Ice are DJ Rocketboy, DJ Decibella (Deborah Birmingham of OZFM fame), DJ Batty, DJ Mark Power, DJ Kevin Penney, DJ 2 Guns and DJ Leo Van Ulden. I took part in 3 Amateur DJ competitions there, the first of which wasn't a pleasant one for me as I wasn't fully used to the equipment and was nervous. I thought about using the DJ name of "DJ Pump-Up-The-Volume" after that one. :-) Needless to say, I didn't place. With some private sessions and help and encouragement from DJ Mark Power, my second foray into the following year's competition I managed to place 9th. Feeling pretty confident with the equipment by now, I again entered their third year competition but they changed the rules a bit, instead of elimating DJs the first night to get the top 10 and knocking off a DJ per week afterwards they changed it to eliminating 5 of the placed DJs right away and determine the winner the following week out of the remaining 5. So I don't know exactly where I stood (based on votes) that competition but it was within the top 10 (lower half 5-10). Since 2002, Liquid Ice has been my main afterhours club downtown and given the choice to go to any club downtown, if I had to choose one that night, it would be Liquid Ice. Again, I recommend getting there around 2:30am when there is the startings of a nice crowd and you can get an alcoholic beverage before 3:00am. Recommendations for a drink - before 3:00am - Rev (Blue, Red and Green in that order of preference) and after 3:00am - Red Bull Energy Drink (topped off with cranberry juice), Poweraid or bottled water. If the crowd is good, stay until closing time. There is such a pleasant and peaceful feeling after partying all night and in the dark and then leaving to the calm and quiet of daybreak/sunlight. Liquid Ice also makes you feel at home, if you frequent there often enough, the staff actually DOES get to know your name and call you by it, and add you to their VIP list. Kudos also goes out to the owners (especially the main man Stacey) for their special nights in which they IE: have a barbecue on their upstairs deck or for the sandwhiches and hors'dheurves that are placed out around during New Year's Eve. Nice touch. If you are tired of dancing (and the main floor pretty much IS the dance floor with platforms to dance on [including a lighted, grilled one] and a caged area as well) then upstairs you have the deck, another bar, the bathrooms and an area to sit down in with very comfortable cushioned seats and a sofa. To end (or to start) your partying night, definately check out Liquid Ice!

• Decadance
• The Cornerstone Dance Bar
• La Bar
• Sam Shade's
• The Cage.

• Turkey Joe's
• Konfusion
• Club Etomik
• Sundance
• Rob Roy
• Junctions.

Besides the competitions I have taken part in downtown (at Liquid Ice) I have also had experience Co-DJing or DJing for private functions (such as my former employer's [The Cabot Call Centre] christmas and summer dances) or have played a mix of music at home using rented equipment from Musicstop. I still consider myself Amateur and still only spin CDs. I eventually want to buy my own equipment (including turntables to be able to spin vinyl) and do more private functions on my own such as house parties, dances and weddings. But for now I am still trying to break into the DJ club scene. I can provide a mix of any genre of music (as my music taste varies) such as Dance (and all the above mentioned sub-genres), Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, 50's-90's music, Rap, Hip-Hop, Top 40 and mainstream in general (slow and fast), some Country and some Newfoundland music. I got interested in DJing at a later than normal age but have aquired a good musical sense/ear and knows what's hot and what's not and I am constantly improving my playing and mixing abilities. Eventually I would also like to put out my own mash-ups and remixes. If anybody from the local club scene is reading and is interested in giving a new DJ with a new ear/style for music a chance, please e-mail me. If anybody is interested in me playing a private function also contact me by e-mail, I can provide really good rates.

You may have noticed the colour scheme of the page. This has been derived from my interest in anything that glows in the party/club scene..beit neon signs, neon paint/pictures on walls that glows under black lights in clubs, to glow sticks, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, glow hair spray and body paint, glow-in-the-dark drink glasses and ice-cubes to any material or clothing (especially white) that glows under the black lights. Going downtown during Mardi Gras on George Street over the years, I have settled on a yearly costume which I am trying to constantly improve which reflects the above persona. I like to call my alternate ego "Glow Boy". Basically I wear everything I can get my hands on that will glow itself or glow under the blacklights downtown. Liquid Ice used to have a picture of me on their website during one of their "Scared" events during the Mardi Gras but the site has since gone down. If I can get my hands on it, I will put it here. I've also considered going by the DJ name of "DJ Glow Boy" or "DJ Geo" but for now I shall remain..."DJ_Georgie_G"!




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