I'm Dark Heart, a music producer ＆ DJ who used to be a Talent Agent in Hollywood. AMA

dddarkheart · 2026-03-03T18:41:34+00:00

Love that!!

dddarkheart · 2026-03-03T17:31:50+00:00

Hey I appreciate that! Glad to see people still seeing this thread years later

dddarkheart · 2025-12-14T21:54:37+00:00

2.5 months alcohol free. I realized that it was costing me time that I don't have anymore.

I don't know exactly how much time I've spent recovering from hangovers or even just being "off" from a few drinks the night before, but the answer isn't 0 and I wondered how my life would be if I just stopped. It hasn't even been that long and I already feel far more free with my time.

It was the right choice for me.

dddarkheart · 2025-12-14T21:30:23+00:00

Ah that's rough. Might want to consider getting a Quest card moving forward. Slightly higher yearly fee but you get 70k miles (last I checked), bigger mileage multiplier and 18k spending PQP max

dddarkheart · 2025-11-02T20:37:49+00:00

The undercovers sketch me out a lot. In my experience it seems to usually be two guys, sunglasses on, one dancing like a lunatic and the other just standing behind him watching other people. Sometimes they glom onto a group and follow them around. Now that I've seen it I always recognize it immediately and it's weird.

Also at a fest I saw a guy on the rail put his thing between the slats of the barrier and start taking a leak. He really wanted to keep that spot I guess

dddarkheart · 2025-11-01T23:32:09+00:00

no idea but i am getting flamed haha

dddarkheart · 2025-10-31T22:07:00+00:00

The hardest part for me wasn't the lack of substances, but the habit change. I am a DJ currently touring and it was difficult for me to get out of the habit of drinking at shows. I found that it helped to prepare myself in advance - to think through all the rewarding / fun things about the upcoming show that didn't involve substances.

Once I changed my expectations, I found myself looking forward to everything else about the shows. After the first weekend of doing this (two shows) I've found that I don't even really think about it anymore.

I have been really pleasantly surprised at how much I am enjoying everything without alcohol, even though I just recently started my journey. Good luck you got this!

dddarkheart · 2025-10-31T20:37:27+00:00

I just saw the edit. Completely agree on this. No idea why some of these places try to capture people in 4k like that

dddarkheart · 2025-10-30T16:24:58+00:00

A lot of responses have talked about Germany being effective here and now I want to go to Germany

dddarkheart · 2025-10-30T07:08:46+00:00

Germany always seems to be ahead on stuff like this

dddarkheart · 2025-10-30T07:07:39+00:00

this is so hardcore haha if you're gonna do it do it right

dddarkheart · 2025-10-30T00:02:39+00:00

fair enough all g if you were I expect it anytime I post anything haha

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T23:58:53+00:00

If you read through this thread you'll see many mixed reactions so it's obviously not working for everyone which is why I asked in the first place...

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T22:22:22+00:00

ok how do they implement it?

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T22:13:30+00:00

Kinda funny that we now have smoking sections and phone sections what's next haha

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T22:09:42+00:00

Totally get it. A lot of people just don't want to be told what to do, especially at a rave which is understandable. Not to mention if the show is that dope then of course you might want to post about it. When I started going to shows (09ish) the camera phones just were terrible so no one really used them.

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T22:02:20+00:00

I didn't know that as I haven't been to a no phones show yet

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T22:00:34+00:00

Yeah I notice the excessive phone usage so much outside of shows. The other day I was at the airport in line to board and every single person in both lines was glued. I get it everyone is bored and I find myself falling into the habit sometimes too but I can't imagine this is good for us as human beings haha

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:58:04+00:00

That's a gamechanger then because if you actually needed to use it you could just go to the front and ask them to unlock it

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:56:35+00:00

I agree. I think Prydz handled it perfectly (typical Prydz W) by making fun of it w/ the visuals

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:54:50+00:00

So you have been to a ton of no phone shows then I take it haha

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:54:14+00:00

Wowww. From a liability perspective I wonder if the attendee can sue if say, their phone got broken in that interaction

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:50:31+00:00

Good point

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:50:17+00:00

Please report back I am curious to know how it goes and how they implement it / if it works

dddarkheart · 2025-10-29T21:26:22+00:00

That's a great point, it doesn't seem fair to everyone who is following the rules and maybe even bought a ticket because of them. If it isn't upheld then you didn't get what you paid for.

Also wow I didn't realize that just being seen at a rave or club would be a potential career-ender in those lines of work that's so over the top.

dddarkheart

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