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Sarah Lawrence + MCPHS Halloween

BobbyD — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:35:15 +0000

Ooooh, that’s embarrassing… we all picked the same costume: FACE ROCKERS.

Don’t be fooled by our standard, professionally stylish show blacks. We were indeed in character for Halloween weekend this year, manning the GB battle stations to make sure all you zombies, referees, Michael Jacksons, and Waldos got the crazy night you were looking for.

But this was no typical megaweekend, and we were no typical DJs. For starters, we had laser beams attached to our heads. Not literally attached… but they were definitely NEAR our heads. Check this out:

As always, these builds started with the usual building blocks of badassity: Power, Audio, Lighting, and Video. On any other day, we would have been good to go, but being Halloween weekend, we brought in a few extras — that’s where the lasers came into play.

With all this, plus like twelve new singles from Lady Gaga, we were gonna do just fine.

Two crazy days, three crazy events. To all our crew, vendors, clients, and party-goers: THANKS.

Tufts Winter Bash 2009

BobbyD — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:29:53 +0000

GB entered the 2009 dance party season this past weekend with the most powerful Tufts Winter Bash yet. Not quite Back To The Future powerful, but it’s probably best that we leave the fabric of time intact. For now.

This year’s design was based on a center stage build, affectionately dubbed the “light cube” by Tufts students, because of the shimmering matrix of pure, unadulterated lighting power that graced each side of the tower— 192 par cans to be exact, and that was only the stage.

After adding the signature 21+ pub tent and two truckloads of audio gear, the Gantcher Center had been converted — once again — into the biggest dance club in the Northeast.

With the stage in the middle, that meant the dance floor would extend behind us, and we certainly wouldn’t want to turn our backs on any of our faithful partygoers.

Enter Stefan, the drummer some of you may have seen as part of our Phoenix-based “Desert Impact” project— he’s like the Travis Barker to our AM, only with more clothes on. Thanks to his skills and 2 full drum kits, we achieved 360-degree “talent coverage,” and added a VERY cool live element to the evening’s soundtrack.

The new year is officially a go. Let’s do this.

Tufts Fall Ball 2008

BobbyD — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:59:42 +0000

At 6pm last Friday, the GB crew sat down to a tasty, outdoor Italian dinner. Not bad, right? It had been a long day, with gear coming in by the truckload from far and wide, but we were on-schedule, and a BEAST of a system was standing by inside Tufts’ Gantcher Center.

Up on the Tufts hill, four thousand students were carbo loading too. …OK, I don’t actually know that for sure, but based on the intensity of the dance party that ensued, I’m sure they prepared accordingly.

A few hours later, the final ingredient had been added: One hundred million college students. Roughly. It got REALLY hot in there (literally; not the usual “super hot dance party” hot), but everyone powered through, staying hydrated — and environmentally friendly — via biodegrabale cups.

Assisted by a small army of student volunteers (thanks guys!) we had once again turned Gantcher into Boston’s biggest dance club, for one crazy night.

It’s officially ON for 08-09.

ABRHS SuperProm

Ben — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:02:54 +0000

Talk about living up to a name. Also (and more lengthily) known as the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Senior Prom 2008 featuring GrooveBoston, SuperProm was absolute INSANITY.

At GB we pretty much live and die by giving cool names to things. Here’s a few other names that could have easily worked for this bad boy:

-RidicuProm
-InsaniProm
-IthinkijustpoopedmyProm (because I was so excited)

Any of those would have worked… but SuperProm really hit the nail on the head with this one. Let me start at the beginning:

When Frank Calore, ABRHS Prom visionary, first called the GB offices, the conversation went something like this:

“GrooveBoston, this is Ben.”

“Hi, This is Frank from ABRHS. I want to build the biggest prom in the history of the universe at a train station.”

“Cooooooooool.”

Ok. So the conversation was simplified a bit for blog purposes, but we got the message loud and clear. After a few months of intense design and planning, 3 trucks rolled up to Union Station in Worcester, MA PACKED with gear. GB Objective: transform the station’s grand hall into a massive dance club.

It took 2 days to load everything in. I should also mention that Union is a functioning train station– people actually had to walk through our build area on their daily commute. Try to imagine the last time you jumped off a train, weary from your long journey, only to find yourself instantly on the center floor of a dance club! KaPOW!

By the time they looked up at the 50′x30′ truss grid full of lights, walked around a stage with two 15′ video screens, and plugged their ears to block out TWELVE dual-18″ subwoofer cabs, the train-goers naturally had some questions… namely, “What the [bunny] is this all for?” Most of them only half-believed us when we answered– a prom.

Even the YouTube trailer for SuperProm confused some people. The only two comments were “wait what??” and “is this serious?” GB’s answer was a definitive “HELL, YES.”

ABRHS… you guys rock. A big shout to Frank and the rest of the prom committee who decided to think outside of the “sit-down dinner and lounge music” box, and got rewarded with a CRAZY party that nobody will be forgetting any time soon.And they think they’re off the hook…. see you in college next year. Muahhhhahahaha.

Boston College Middlemarch 2008

Ben — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:34:10 +0000

Boston College is so money, and they don’t even know it.

Last week BC called us in for their long-standing party tradition, the Middlemarch Ball. This event is so exclusive, that you have to complete a detailed scavenger hunt just to have a CHANCE to buy a ticket. Every year students get decked out in costume based on a theme that is kept a tightly-guarded secret until just before the ball. Oh yeah, and it’s held in a freaking MANSION.

Needless to say, we had to be on our A-game for this one. This year’s theme: LAS VEGAS.

I can’t say much else, other than this party ROCKED. Check out this video clip, and you’ll get a taste of what I’m talking about:

Bigger Than A Breadbox…

Ben — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:01:59 +0000

Whenever a school calls up and asks about the Mobile Club for the first time, the first questions we get are usually along the lines of “How big is it?” or “What do you bring?” — good questions.

But for you Mobile Club veteran schools out there, you know that it’s tough to put into words. It’s especially tough when someone asks us to describe the difference between the Mobile Club and a system that your typical mobile DJ might bring in.

BUT we did it anyway… because we love you guys. Check out this video to see what it looks like when we put one of these “DJ in a box” setups inside a GrooveBoston Mobile Club.

Any questions?

Tufts Fall Ball 2007

Ben — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:15:37 +0000

The Fall Ball 2007 Trailer (in case you missed it):

“You guys should really have an oxygen tank up there”.

So we tend to get pretty pumped up during shows, but when the Tufts University Fire Marshal suggested that we might actually need medical assistance to get through this year’s Fall Ball… I knew we were in for a CRAZY night.

The reason? Our stage setup wasn’t our usual 4′ platform to put us just high enough to be seen over the crowd. Instead, we towered 15′ in the air, on top of a scaffold surrounded by a crown of Versa TUBEs– you can check out a picture of these below, but let’s just say they’re badass enough to have come straight to us after touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rise Against.

So enough about the stage… the show was insane. By midnight, the Gantcher Center at Tufts was packed with over 4,500 students– all of whom got to experience a dance club that dwarfed every bar and club in nearby downtown Boston, and was gone the next day. After the show, we heard that students were actually rushing the security lines, because they were so excited to get to the dance floor. Personally, I have to give some credit to Kanye West and Eric Prydz for this phenomenon… but lets just say we rocked the crowd, HARD.

Once again, Tufts, you guys know how to party. Also, a big shout out to Neil DiBiase (Tufts TCU Senate President) and Jamie Brown (Tufts Assistant Director of Student Activities) for putting on another hugely successful show.

Rest up… we’ll see you in the winter…