Well, big mistake… because he won’t be booked at Candys again – nor will he get a booking at the other club. Kings Cross is a very small village. He had jumped on the decks of the other club and the owner of that club told him to get off – simply because he’s a very inconsistent deejay and though under the right conditions he’ll do a good set – he likes his pharmaceutical enhancements and he keeps the company of similar idiots. So, often he just misses the mark with crowd…

            Anyway,it’s on with the show and the Saturday night that followed was the launch of DISCO! DISCO! – the line up was brilliant… every track every set every deejay nailed a brilliant night. It was unbelievable. The music and the people jelled and the night rawked til dawn.

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These blogs loop a lot – there’s remerging themes.Running Candys has a ground hog night feel to it… but a lot can’t really besaid in these blogs.

Some of the things not in these blogs are because of their technical and professional nature. These blogs will become too in depth in that way and lose their general readership. In the end the wannabe competitors that we know read these blogs will be our only readers…and we prefer a more intelligent readership.

But, by stepping from Winter into Spring and maintaining the club’s peak in the change we’ve achieved something that is very difficult to achieve. Really, that seasonal turn is very difficult and in ....Sydney....club land autumn and winter are the seasons to do the business. Spring and Summer is the tough period. Add to that the extra-difficult festive period of Xmas and the traditionally tough month of January.

            We intend on keeping Candys thumpin’ through the warm season but it’s quite a job that requires a well organised solid dedicated team and experienced leadership. Of course it helps having the club to do it in – and the performers – but a lot of finger tapping and leg work comes with that…

            Apart from the more technical/professional aspect of what can’t be written about – a lot of behind the scenes clubland things and much of the crime-land things can’t be documented.Then there’s the music people/music industry side of things.  On that side there are really interesting relationships and developments between those of us that work together and the artists involved with us. Careers are beginning – quests are starting. Then of course there are the music industry relationships and struggles. There are some real characters out there – and last but not least there is that pursuit of a sound…

Apart from the journal style nature of these blogs – (notwithstanding a couple of  1^st person exceptions like the one coming….) these blogs have purposely, been kept in a second/third party narrative.  That’s because they are also intended to material for a novel.

As Music People’s head booker and promoter I very clearly see the goals and the factors to reaching those goals.The cultivation of music from within the club, the evolution of artists and anew wave underground sound that is pronouncing itself and we strive tocrystallize and gain cross-over with is, for us, a fantastic quest.

Recently, I’ve had comments from friends that go to ‘exclusive’ clubs that Candys ‘lets anyone in’ and it’s a numbers game. That’s a perspective that is going around a particular ‘self appointed elite set’. I guess to the outside that’s what it must seem like. And people see me as a cat making seriously good cashish that a lot of them would like to be doing. It’s not really the case – for me this has never been about the pursuit of money or a numbers game. Though these blogs talk about the nature of the club and some of the crazy things that happen and how we run it –and as result the place is busy. And yes scoreboard is excellent.– but it’s about how we play the game. We make no apology for giving lots of young deejays and bands their first gigs and we make no apology for having an inclusive club.The only restriction we place on patrons is no aggressive people and no groups that don’t get it… the club is a place for celebration not intimidation – it’s a place for people to dance and meet and party – without prejudice and pretension. I personally have contempt for the hoi polloi and all the pretense and self-importance that comes with them. They are the common herd in denial being false to themselves and each other.

And these blogs maybe quixotically deluded but that doesn’t mean we can’t achieve the vision. That’s what this is really about – those that speak about numbers game and money betray more the way they think than the way we think. They see with their eyes and their hearts weep for the cash… they don’t understand what this is about –they don’t get it - but they want the cash because they think that the cash is it. Well, those cats are not where it’s at and that’s that… anyone that goes into a clubland as a numbers game misses the point of everything and ultimately will not get the numbers…. A good soccer play doesn’t go out there and watch the score board and think it’s about the score board – his eye is on the ball and his mind is on the field - he plays the game and the score board takes care of itself… .
From my perspective, there are other things along the way, crime-land presents us with monsters – so far to be absolutely candid – I’ve dealt with that in my stride. I connected myself by generating money for nearly every club in Darlinghurst and Kings Cross – and made many friends along the way. I can step out of one club and shake hands with a bikey president and turn the corner and shake hands with another, gointo a club and drink with another gangland boss – all literally in my stride…it’s what in the U.S. is called being a made man – a wise guy – and it helps –twice I’ve had different bikey group representatives try to stand me over and I’ve pulled my phone out and offered to call their presidents and the problem was solved. I admit I dig it. It’s fun. Though I’ve been through a hell of time with this lot too…

It definitely hasn’t always been easy – and some things that have happened I can’t blog – and there even has been things that happened that seemed more like devine intervention – but the hairy times gives this adventure another angle.

This brings me to the novel that these blogs are in part material for. I live way outside of the ‘normal’ world.Simply because that’s the way it is – I have always lived in a way where the normal limits of having a job, a place to live, and all the normal responsibilities just don’t fit into my equation. Over 20 years ago, my first job was a manager/promoter for a wrestling circuit – I was green as a cucumber and I walked into a laundering operation for a crime organization in Melbourne– and ended up living in the bosses family and getting (as they put it) ‘a edjakashin’.Crime-talk for learning their ways. I lasted about 3 months there. I already knew what was needed to survive – be honest, work hard and don’t touch the til.I got back to Sydney and within 6 months set up the first circuit of venues with in-house PA systems for rock bands across the city and opened the gig terrain for a whole new generation of rock bands – I toured for 5 years, took copious amounts of mind altering drugs… and nothing has ever been normal.

The novel, will be written in the first person with an irregular circular narrative. Yeah, it’ll have an element of gonzo-journalism so it’ll look like it has been influenced by the beat-generation writers (but it really hasn’t), it’ll have a bit of grunge-writer to it and definitely have some underbelly in it… the novel will in some ways reflect the sound we’re working on – it’ll derive itself from various sources – so it’ll have some derivative aspects to it – but a work truly original.I’m absolutely certain of that. Simply because I am the real deal – living the life. So what is being told, how it is being told will resonate because of the authenticity of the narrative.

It’s an existential piece – with no particular beginning, middle or end. Nor will it have the usual artificial plot structures that writers use as the body structure to hold up their ideas.I expect it will take its own form and define itself – and I hope provide the reader with a first hand experience and an aesthetic effect that is less ordinary.

So, behind these blogs has always been an artist manager, an author, a curator of music. Over the past few years I’ve documented the building of Candys from a club that was struggling to a powerful premier night club. We’ve gone through the shit that happens and gotten through the difficult times to better times. And we’ve and built the organization that sustains the bookings and marketing and running of the club.The blogs have gotten repetitive because the themes prevail and after a while it’s all like one big ground hog night. The time has come to focus on the novel– a library/writing studio is being completed.

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So, for the foreseeable future, this will be the last of the blogs for Candys. Really, the cycle of running the club is documented and just repeating itself. The company has it’s team, the structure is set – the machine is finished.

Now that the engine is finished it’s time to go on the journey. To step into a creative realm and work with musical artists in the pursuit of the sound – and any journal kept of this will hopefully emerge in a unique novel. So, the season of these blogs is over.Stage shuts down and new works are in development. And the show(s) will definitely go on.

If this comes to fruition it’ll be in the form of novel from me and a new sound from artists involved with us.And if that all happens and gets out there I expect there will be those that detract by saying it’s a numbers game, or a sell out – or it’s something that can be read by anyone… and I hope they do – because that yet again is a sign of success… and it’s easier to be critical than it is to be correct. That’s all folks.

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So it goes like this – Friday early the band line up was really cool and they brought a good crowd… after the Mercy Arms support band fiasco we’re settling back in nicely to having bands before deejays and the bands respecting the stage curfews made for a good night… after the bands, the gig goers stayed a while as the party people came in – the Friday was big but not packed as usual but the Parklife festival was on the Sunday after and a lot clubbers were holding back for the festival – still the crowd grew and grew and we filled up and peaked…

            Candys has decibel for square metre the most powerful system in any venue in ....Sydney..... Part of the club’s success is attributed to an 8000 watt EAW system with secondary speakers on delays that create a disco/electro wave/wall of sound… when the club is full (which is most of the time) and the system blasts across the club the crowd absorb the sound and create that effect… however, when the club isn’t full and the headline deejays push the volume they can have it so loud it drives people out… and may not be aware of it because the deejay booth is behind the main speakers with it’s own monitor/fold back speakers… and there are times when they don’t get the same treble levels and that can work against them…. We understand all that and keep a close ear on what’s happening. However, on the Friday that passed they did play it too loud and lost some crowd… so during the coring period (1 – 3 am) we lost enough for the club to close at 5 am instead of the usual 6am… - however, regardless of the Parklife festival support on that Friday for the Candys was solid. While nearly all the other clubs suffered empty we did fill and peak.

            Saturday night, the night before Parklife – we were full by midnight and held solid til 6am…. With huge support from the Saturday night club goers…

            Then on Sunday after the Parklife Festival on a long weekend so Monday was off work – the party people came like a tsunami and it was insane and ram jammed. At one stage with a full club and queue all the way down the street so we upped the price from $20 to $25 then to $30 and told those in the queue and still no one left… they waited patiently and we let the club breath out people and breath more in and kept a most a humongous night rolling til 6am and we were still full and had to shut the club.

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Having worked all week from 8 am to 8pm in the booking and promo office then three parties in a row – all 8 pm til 5am/6am finishes… on the weekend – then a Monday coma (because of the long weekend) followed by getting up at 6am on Tuesday to get back to the office at 8am – well, let’s say the body was willing but the mind didn’t quite wake up for a while… them’s the kind of hours you keep in club land… - working in the music office during the week is a great place to work – especially when the pay is better than most normal jobs – you feel really grateful for the gig. Working the club during the events is a totally different trip – even though the work is directly related it’s totally different work. So, it’s like having a second gig that you dig. It really is a buzz – especially when you understand what’s going on and got the perspective that these blogs indicate… it’s not just a job – it’s a pursuit, it’s a lifestyle. Throw in the gangster side that comes from operating a club in Kings Cross and it has the existence that feels like your living in a movie – then get the idea of the goal of having a new-wave underground electro sound evolve from the mix of artists and events – and at the risk of mixing similes, metaphors and analogies – it’s the icing on the cake…

            Some people don’t understand how such hours with no regard for money or anything else – is more than a job – it’s a lifestyle. Yeah, it’s easy to say ‘hey you don’t play golf, or go sailing or have a social life outside of this…’ and that’s true – but so what? Funny how some people are intent on telling others how to make themselves happier when they ought to work on it a bit themselves….

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Anyway, that’s it for now …. This weekend it’s a Bel Air line up with a brilliant electro/pop live act line up to begin the night followed by some of the usual indie-electro suspects….. and on Saturday night we launch DISCO! DISCO! Which has an A1 line up with The Hump Day Project, EMBER, Wax Motif and long standing resident Boonie and the Let’s Play DJs….Andy Pants, Bruno and  a host of others – (the flyer below is an old one which hasn’t got the full line up on it…. But it’s BIG!)

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            Kirin who’s good mates with the club booker was threatening not to play… behind the scenes the club booker was trying to get some organization from a musicians from various groups that weren’t interested in cooperating… one of their responses to what was happening was ‘that’s rock’n’roll’ – as if he really knew what showbiz and rock was really about… arguments, disorder and mayhem… but in showbiz we don’t bother with problems only solutions – in the midst of the chaos the only thing that mattered was that the show goes on… and so it did.Circle Pit had some sympathy for the club booker and went on stage quickly and nailed their set. Thom the lead singer of Mercy Arms agreed to finish by midnight so the deejays could take the stage…. Up and comers Noise Abuse agreed to start early in the back so we’d have some deejays to satisfy the clubbers –and the night made for another mad night in clubland…

            We werefull by 11 and by midnight we had queues down the street and the club was breathing in and out people that bring her to life….

            Projections looked crazy. The gig-goers left and the party people turned up and by 1am our second full house… and by 4am… the next wave had come in after the close of the3am venue and the night kicked… at the close we did it again… 6am – (though the club in general wasn’t still full we had a full dance floor of about 80 people and the usual meandering clubbers on the sidelines and at the bar… and tucked away in the various corners of the club…. Musically Friday was out there.Except for Atrocities who where terrible all performers were kickin’ tunes..New DJs – The Let’s Play DJs and Zuology held the main decks til close graduating from the back bar with honors. Noise Abuse took the back bar decks when we were having band problems in the front bar and gave the clubbers that came for deejays a good set… all in all – from all the madness and chaos we pulled another big night out of it!

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The thing about clubs is that they have their times and seasons and things peak and dip… the trick of keeping it happening and staying in the peak is the real test. The change over from winter to spring is difficult because clubs are harder to work in spring than winter. We’ve been managing it – and it really comes down to the music. We’ve really programmed the club as a cutting edge music venue… staying on the pulse of what’s happening – more than that – being a place where what’s happening is taking form and coming out of…

            We’ve achieved this despite the lack of support from the local community music agencies.From some quarters this lack of support was due to conflicts of interests and other times because of nature of some performer’s residencies and their reestablished runs of gigs in other clubs. So, other clubs relied on what was been fed to them – whereas we turned around and started sowing from within the club and from these we’ve been reaping amazing results… funnily, the isolation from the ‘main fodder that is out there’ and the results of being uninfluenced by the more general accepted consensus of Sydney’s gig and party community has turned Candys into a world of it’s own. It’s made the club one of the most (if not the most) self-sufficient – it’s left us free of hoi polloi to really experiment and set our own standards.

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Part of this has been the process from we’ve pushed the limits of what kind of music genres can be put together on a night. Sometimes we’ve nailed exceptional events that transitioned brilliantly and sometimes we’ve had mixtures that just didn’t mix but somehow, like when Airbourne (hardAussie rock – 70s style) was on before an electro house night… total clash of music style, fashion and patron types - yet even then the feeling of being in a musical time-portal and going back in time and jumping forward in time and hearing the difference in the clash in music changeovers, feeling the club change and seeing the difference in fans – made it an exceptional night – even though they were not compatible. That was a night that for all the reasons it should not have happened – it happened!

But it’s a fact that rock is a music world where all the continents have been discovered. It’s no longer explorers forging the way discovering new sounds– these days it’s the inheritors of rock – taking their influences from the past and imitating,improvising, perhaps improving and perhaps emulating to keep deriving the sound…we don’t think anything cutting edge can happen from rock as a genre unless anew technology evolves that allows a new sound emerges or a super-freak genius comes out of nowhere. Apart from that even though rock’n’roll may never die –it has and continues to give way to new emerging contemporary music styles and it is in ways merging with the electro movement.

Anyway, we’ve got some amazing new artists being inducted and making their way as part of the roster of the club and all seem to be getting more and more focused on the idea of an emerging sound however, due to the of youth of the artists (most are 18 – 23 so they are still relatively unseasoned) and due to the diversity of sounds they all have and we are yet to find the experienced producers that will become involved – we are struggling to identify and crystallize tracks that will pronounce the sound. Trying to get this happening is like getting addicted to a rubic’s cube and needing to work it out.. you know it can happen, the elements are there,but the realization depends on an obsession… who knows?

.. ..Anyway, final note – Saturday night at Candys, RITUAL, wasMASSIVE yet again… club pumped til dawn… one hell of good party. Yet again the usualstory – big turnouts, solid deejay sets, crazy projections – fantastic vibe –cool young deejays in the back bar – main stage and back bar packed andpartying hard…. Another extraordinary party.

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So, that was the weekend that past – now here is the weekendthat is coming… check out below and tune next week… take it easy! That’s all folks.

Things are kickin’ ....

.This blog is being written during the events. As they unfold… so, it’s being written on Friday night – then resumed on Saturday night….....

            Well, it’s nearly midnight on Friday night – tonight we have Bel Air Miami, – We had no bands to kick off the night – we also had none of our street flyer team out promoting – so it really came down to the club and the night; (Bel Air Miami).....

The line up is pretty damned solid; The Soft Tigers, Tranterco (from GameboyGamegirl), some of our best residents; Hey Now, CSK OK, Scaturd with a few really good new DJs, Mehow and Tom E Chaos and The K Team, but no bands.....

Band culture is really different to DJ culture. Firstly, bands are really determined by their drawing power (how many gig-goers they can pull to their shows) also band culture is a till midnight set. Whereas DJ culture (unless big names) comes down to the club, the event, the night, the promotion. DJs just need to be able to kick the tunes to make the event work – they don’t need as much to have drawing power themselves. ....

            Tonight, without bands early the club really relied on it’s following. Until around 10pm it was pretty quiet. Something Candys is not used to. Other nightclubs don’t even open their doors before 10pm – we always open at 8pm… with bands we can have our first full house by 10pm – not tonight. It was an empty club. By 11 the party people started turning up by midnight theplace was filling. ....

It’s a thumpin’ night… but really tonight we feel it’s coming down to the club’s residual audience – it doesn’t feel like the vibe was out there for the event itself. Then at around 1am the night kicked in and the club got rammed andproved us wrong.  

            By 2 am we had the flow in and flow out at capacity. The club pulled through again. The place really does get a life of it’s own, a whole other world… just when it looks like the place is going to be ordinary the people turn up and Candy’s  comes to life and breathes them in and out and shakes some action. ....

Next night - It’s nearly 11pm Saturday night, 30^th of Aug 08. It’s a very different vibe to Friday nights. The clubbers have started turning up and Candys is starting to fill. Bayswater Road really is Clubland. Sydney these days comes down to Kings Cross and Darling Harbour for nightclub/bar precincts and while Oxford Street is busy and a socializing place the Clubland really sits at Kings Cross and the main vein is Bayswater Road. By midnight it’ll bepumping. From the balcony of the 19^th century terrace on top of Candys you can watch the street build the trickle become a torrent and the thriving night below is as busy a place as anywhere at anytime in the city. It’s as mad as China town on weekend yum cha mornings, it’s as busy as the city business district during business hours… they come, not to eat nor to work –but to party, to drink, to socialize, to dance and to meet… ....

            By midnight Candys will be full and until dawn. We used to really work hard on controlling the situation. Now the crew is experienced and works well together. We kind of breeze through it – the trick is to pick the trouble before it gets into the club and turn it back there. Aggression, negativity, anti-socials – keep them out and the night is a breeze…

    The weather is  against us, a drizzle threatens to rain – but still they come. Though we never count on a sure thing - what’s happening here looks as solid as you can hope – and the pattern of activity seems to have ingrained itself on Sydney. The nightlife belongs to Bayswater Road– Candys is where the action is. Hugos as the upmarket bar and restaurantand lounge pumps, World Bar as a pub pumps, Candys as a club thumps and thumps…and we know again tonight it will happen till dawn. ....

            Just past midnight and the tsunami of clubbers is here…All seems well but on this strip rents are amongst the highest in the city.Candys, on a per head basis is more expensive than the Oxford St venues and even places like the Metro… though we pay rent for the week we trade only two days a week with a full time entertainment and marketing office and the staff contingency we keep and it only takes a down turn on Friday to put us behind the eightball. So we don’t take this for granted at all. Sitting on our laurels can put the wolves on the door.

            But so far so good, we really didn’t expect to hit critical mass (that is premier club popularity) as fast as we did – which is why we are cautious about losing it…though the demands of hitting critical mass took our focus away from what made this happen. The talent selection made it happen. When we hit critical mass the priority became controlling it, staying on top of it and keeping at bay the craziness that comes with premier music nightclub in the redlight district. ....

To make a club work you need location, capacity and configuration are the constant things and the final component really is music. The talent selection and helping that talent evolve. Our focus is really going back to that and we hope to curate nights again that are more than just great parties and great music.We are going to focus back on young talent that really listen to what they aredoing and put them in line ups that make sense. Let them meet, mix it and see what evolves. ....

            We want to up the ante, so we’re also now booking some supercool underground internationals, Jokers Of The Scene will be here for Sunday 5^thOct after the Parklife festival. And LA Riots will be here on Sunday 30^thNovember after Global Gathering… the new talent of the club will be meeting and playing with some very cool acts. We hope that’ll blow their minds and inspire them. ....

            Also, we’re keeping the club open to all comers – some nightclubs when they get this popular and have really cool underground internationals – well their security start rejecting people they don’t deem ‘cool’ enough… they pick girls they think are pretty and reject ones they don’t think are pretty, they turn back guys that don’t look cool enough… and basically demean good ordinary folk. We won’t have anything to do with that. You don’t have to be wearing Ksubi to get into Candys. You don’t have to be particularly beautiful or trendy or whatever – the only credentials you need isthe spirit for a good time with others… ....

            A packed club is one thing – but Candys is a real underground venue that is almost a living thing. By introducing artists and letting them express themselves we can create real new wave sounds. That’s what’ll distinguish the club and keep the mantle of the premier music nightclub. It all depends on the music programming team. We’re enlisting new team members at the moment and giving them creative say to help this along. We want to evolve not only the talent of the DJs, performing producers and musicians but also the entertainment programmers. That’s the most rewarding thing about working for Candys - See things happen all around.....

We hope that one day we will hear a sound evolve that is really uniquely Sydney and that new wave of sound will create a unique style and ultimately pronounce itself internationally. As far out and delusional and mad as that sounds – it’d be the ultimate buzz to be part of all that.

    Anyway, that's your dose (or overdose) of club-land from the eyes and ears behind Candys – tune in next week same candys-time same candsy-URL …. Now it’s on with the shows…  this weekend we have on Friday night – RAMJAM – as per usual a super party! And Saturday night Knightlife hits Sydney for Dusk til Dawn. Check out below…

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Candys club events continue to be very strong. It really is party central - the  bands and deejays kick in and the party people flow in, crowds fill the club, queues form more and more people come to where the party is at, and the place comes alive and pumps through the night.

Recently we had problems with a bad element infiltrating the club. Because we have a non-exclusive policy - that is we don't make people line up and then reject them at the door - instead we have an inclusive policy and we are not prejudice. Some clubs go for particular types of people (uber cool or eastern suburbs set, or skanky set, or society types, others more ethnic, some more anglo etc) - whereas we tend to be very open and accepting of all. So Candys has a very strong mixed and diverse crowd which blends well and is part of unusual character of the club. Well, about 6 months ago our Saturday night club selector retired (that's the guy that stands at the door and instructs security). With his retirement and the club's popularity and inclusive policy recently a bad element become pronounced in the club.
    The corrective procedure is very easy - we place our head booker at door as the club selector. He created the position of selector. He has known this club since 1986 and he oversees all music programming and marketing so he 'gets it'. He is also known to a lot of regulars, locals, music community and industry people, the press, the local club community, security, police and yes, even the criminal community.
    When he calls a shot the shot stands. He instructs security on who to admit and who to reject. Or he politely turns the wrong element away. Occasionally a more assertive position is needed, but he ensures the club's good internal culture is restored. And he did that over night on Saturday.
    While our head booker works as selector for the next four weeks he'll be discouraging any bad element from coming to the club and training new selectors to ensure against this happening.
    It's not really a big deal - it's just part of keep the club safe and happening.

Last weekend we launched a new party Dusk til Dawn - which was very interesting... now that long term nights Monkey Tennis and Lookin Good have finished their residencies at the club new parties are being set up and the club is really opening up to a new generation of deejays and clubbers. Dusk til Dawn had a very different crowd - it was a big night - not as big as Big Guns or Ritual - but considering the Olympics had just started and the Sydney City to Surf marathon was on Sunday - the numbers were again very solid.
    Strangely though it was a slightly different crowd than what we are used to seeing. Over 1000 party-people and clubbers and punters came and not one incident and the party rocked til dawn.

The other thing that may be worth a mention is recently, Candys' bookings and marketing company; The Music People moved offices from the a big comfortable place in the innerwest to an office on Bayswater Road Kings Cross, on top of Candys opposite Hugos - 100 square metres with a big balcony, 3.5 metre high ceilings - classic very cool terrace set up. We moved our offices and the place seemed designed to suit our layout.
    Comfortable, professional with a good style - it's one of the nicest boutique music promotions offices in Sydney.

The move from remote home office to a professional office in the middle of it all also brings with it a shift in mentality.
    The direction of the company is changing from an amateur idealistic relaxed and easy going company of 'good folk presenting gigs and parties'  to a professional, pragmatic, driven and accountable music promotions company. This change has been the hardest part of the move. The team has been placed under pressure and there has been some resistance to the change.
    This really is a human nature thing. Radical change isn't easy. Moving the office doesn't just mean it's easier to get to work at a nicer and cooler place it means amping things up and pushing harder – getting more competitive and going for it.
    The team mentality that the club is pumping no problems and nothing to worry about is very dangerous. The challenges for the music people have been across the board. Not only are the team members coming to grips with new demands and standards but the directors themselves are coming to terms with agreeing on direction and communicating with team members.

Along with the stress of moving it's been very tough time – but the initial move happened over night and the company started work on time fully operational – that is we hit the ground running – didn't miss a beat and finished all deadlines and bookings as per usual.

That spirit of making it happen is the prevailing mentality of the company. Now, the company that is The Music People is being indoctrinated with a whole professional infrastructure that has been developed by highly qualified specialists.

It seems that every aspect of Candys establishing itself again as a premier night spot and the hub circuit music venue – and the development and evolution of The Music People has come with some very good luck and the right people and right things at the right time… - somethings came with hard work, a lot of perseverance and we went through some really dark times to get to better times. And somethings just come almost out of providence.

 So, the hard yards have been done and all is becoming well established and the final stages of realizing the vision are taking form. This signifies the end of a formative period and the beginning of another period where the potential of the what we've realized will start to happen. For some in our team it's a new adventure with new challenges, for others it's something that's been seen before but with the hindsight  of experience less mistakes will be made. Regardless of all – it's all about the show going on and next one happening. After all there's no business like show business – and that's what this is all really about. RAWK ON! Over and out.