How to throw a HUGE party

Jay-X

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Today I feel like writing something, so I came up with this 101 about organizing cool parties.
Before starting, I'd like to give you a warning:


DON'T ORGANIZE A HUGE PARTY IF:

1. You're worried about your parents coming home at a certain time. Be sure to have your house free until the following afternoon.

2. You don't live in a big house.

3. You're perceived as a geek/nerd/loser. People may not come and you'll have wasted lots of money. Or they may come just to make some mess in your house.

4. You don't have much money (you'll get it back during the party, but you have to spend something to buy drinks and stuff).



BEFORE THE PARTY

1. Raise some money with your friends. You'll need around 300$ to have a really good party. To convince them, make something like this: let's say you want to raise 300$. If someone gives you 60$ (that is 20% of the total), he will receive 20% of the total income of the party (which will probably be higher than 300$). It's like investing money: you may lose everything, but you may also double it.

2. Put in the basement everything that may get broken/stolen during the party.

3. Lock up every room (plus the basement) you don't want people to get into, like your parents' bedroom.

4. Go to your local liquor store and spend your money like this:
- 150$: The cheapest beer you can find.
- 100$: Vodka, Rum, Gin.
- 25$: Coke, Soda and non-alcoholic beverages.
- 25$: Pop-Corn, chips and something to eat.

5. Advertise the party a week before you throw it. Print some papers and stick them all around your school. Remember to write that everybody has to bring 5$ (less if you think more than 60 people will be there) and something to eat/drink.

6. The party should start around 9:00 pm.



DURING THE PARTY

7. Get some people to stay at the door (both guys and girls) until at least 1:00-2:00 AM to check that everybody brings something to eat/drink and money.

8. Don't get too drunk... Remember it's your house and you have to check everything is good until everybody goes away.

9. If someone looks like he's going to start some shìt, warn him that the next time he makes trouble he's going away.

10. Have fun.



AFTER THE PARTY

11. Have some people help you cleaning the house.

12. Share the money with your friends. If you managed to bring 200 people you have 700$ extra to share with your friends!
 
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Pretty good but you shouldnt post flyers around school thats a good way to get it shut down early every big party ive been to was just by word of mouth
 

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flyers fvck parties around here.
I wouldn't go to a party with flyers. Its sketch as sh!t.
around here police get called on parties just for too many cars in the neighborhood. Someone is bound to call the cops if there are FLYERS.


and whats ur input on music? Most of the big parties i've been to had radio-rap going.
anyone ever been to a sick party with like rock playing?jw
 

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You dont need 300$ to have a good party. You ned 2 or three kegs, f*ck liquor, only kegs. Have some big ass dudes so when people get drunk and start fighting they can kick them out.
 

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You'll want music that suits. It's not so obvisous (metal) that it's distrubing, yet it has to be somewhat good sounding (that means no Britney Spears). You will need a good playlist (3 hours) of some Three Doors Down, Foo Fighters, Audioslave mixed in with some Sean Paul, Blink 182 and soem girly crap. Ask around for music they like and formulate a list.

Next, volume. Think of the volume as a quiet background noise. Estimate the volume of convo/screaming/talking and adjust it as you see fit. The key is that you can listen to it if you want, or if you diodn't like the song, it can be blocked out by other noise. :)
 

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theres always someone who has kegs and can loan them to you. and if u cant do that just spend a ton of money on beer and stick it into coolers. probably only two bottles of liquor, and that'll be a reward for the guys who were kicking drunk kids asses.

and have it at a beach. i have a friend who has a beach house (well its abandonded and we kinda own it hehe) and we can just throw crazy ass parties there and not give a ****. and if thats not an option just a bunch of coolers sitting out on the beach is fun.

i never have **** going down at my house. no way im trashing my place so a bunch of drunk kids can talk about how cool i am for a week. **** that.

and reserve some cash for pot, if you/friends are into that. some crowds we'll even buy shrooms and ex and nitrous, but that probably doesnt apply here.
 

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Originally posted by dannowillbookem
theres always someone who has kegs and can loan them to you. and if u cant do that just spend a ton of money on beer and stick it into coolers. probably only two bottles of liquor, and that'll be a reward for the guys who were kicking drunk kids asses.

and have it at a beach. i have a friend who has a beach house (well its abandonded and we kinda own it hehe) and we can just throw crazy ass parties there and not give a ****. and if thats not an option just a bunch of coolers sitting out on the beach is fun.

i never have **** going down at my house. no way im trashing my place so a bunch of drunk kids can talk about how cool i am for a week. **** that.

and reserve some cash for pot, if you/friends are into that. some crowds we'll even buy shrooms and ex and nitrous, but that probably doesnt apply here.
Not everyone lives near a beach smart one, so that really isnt an option for a majority of people.
 

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Originally posted by oakraiderz2
Not everyone lives near a beach smart one, so that really isnt an option for a majority of people.
haha sorry smart one. well find a good clearing...i was at this redneck party in the woods and holy **** that was fun.
 

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Originally posted by Docs
You'll want music that suits. It's not so obvisous (metal) that it's distrubing, yet it has to be somewhat good sounding (that means no Britney Spears). You will need a good playlist (3 hours) of some Three Doors Down, Foo Fighters, Audioslave mixed in with some Sean Paul, Blink 182 and soem girly crap. Ask around for music they like and formulate a list.

Next, volume. Think of the volume as a quiet background noise. Estimate the volume of convo/screaming/talking and adjust it as you see fit. The key is that you can listen to it if you want, or if you diodn't like the song, it can be blocked out by other noise. :)
Well I'd say the key with the volume is to make sure it's not so loud you can hear it outside. One of the big ways parties get busted is because of the noise, which is often generated because the music is too loud.

And I would go with popular rap music as opposed to the stuff you mentioned. Even people that aren't into rap can enjoy it at a party, and it's good to dance to.


Some tips on parties getting busted:

- Generally if you want to have a big party and not have it get busted, you're gonna need a big house that has a good amount of spacing between other houses. Most parties that get busted in my area are in real small houses that are close together.

- Don't play the music too loud, make sure people aren't shouting and stuff

- Put the blinds down, or if there's no blinds put sheets over any big windows that neighbors/cops would be able to see through to tell it was a party

- If possible, have people spread out their cars when parking. It's harder to tell where the party is and neighbors are less likely too get pissed if all the cars aren't bunched up next to your house

- If the cops DO come lock all the doors and turn out all the lights. They legally are not allowed to come into your house without you letting them in. If you live in an area with little to no crime then the cops will likely be persistent with it and wait outside your house for hours waiting for people to finally leave (they have nothing better to do). If they're really in the mood to catch people they'll look up the license plates of the cars outside and call the parents of the kids there.

- If you have any guys helping keep control, towards the end of the night (when some people start to leave, but the party is still going) have them go outside and look around your close neighbors' yards to make sure people didn't throw any trash there. I've been to a couple parties that have gotten busted because the neighbors called the cops because people trashed their yards.

- Don't have the party if you know you have neighbors that get pissed at that kind of thing easily.
 

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yeah i could never have a party at my house. small culdesac with old people two houses down that my dad is friends with and two little girls next to me with parents that ***** if we light fireworks at 10. ****kkk that
 

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Yeah, a neighborhood is definetly not the place for a kickass party. You can do it, but I was just at one 2 weeks ago that got a noise complaint, and trust me, cops WILL ruin the party. Outside is a good place if it's remote. If you can get anyplace in the country you can start a real party. (Just make sure you have a car to use when you find the hottest girl :) )
 

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for music do popular hip hop/rap

good for dancing and just chilling too
 

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**** Hiphop.

Electronica all the way.

There are some good artists to listen to, such as Paul van Dyk, John Digweed, Astrix, DJ Precision, Blank and Jones, Tiesto, Infected Mushroom, and so forth, with some possible Ministry of Sound if you can find it.

The styles I recommend the most in the Electronica style are Trance, German/Euro Techno, Eurobeat/Eurodance, Psychedelic Trance, and Ambient Chillout.

If you don't have these things on CD, thats ok. Hook up good speakers to your computer and listen to internet radio. There is a site called Digitally Imported (http://www.di.fm . This specializes in all the styles above, with some hour plus mixes from really talented artists.

**** popular mainstream and ****ty rap and hip hop. This is the style to listen to for a good time.
 
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And watch out for people like me and my friends because we WILL steal your kegs!
 

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^true. stealing liqour from parties is so mean, but so worth it.
 

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Yeah, be sure to have some big guys to throw out the drunk morons who try to cause ****, but then again if they are drunk enough it shouldn't be hard to kick them out.

And once again, for the love of God play some electronica, no hiphop and no rap crap. Especially go for the Psychedelic Trance, along with some Eurobeat.
 

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Two things I always do is set up garabges around the house so *******s don't just throw their **** anywhere.

Let everybody know that no bottles are allowed, only cans or plastic. You should be the only one drinking from a bottle.

This is just in case a fight breaks out your don't have to worry about getting clocked over the head with a bottle. Instead you will be the only guy with a nice little weapon for beating mfs out with.

Some other general advice would be to dim some lights, lock up the valuables, lock all the cupboards, lock all the doors, put away your good or breakable ****, block out the windows, etc.
 
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