scott, id hate to go to any parties you throw man. thats horrible advice.

quality really matters, and to draw a big crowd, get the underrated regionals thatll come for very cheap as most of your local scene will know them and appreciate them more than some overrated, expensive superstar. also, its wise to pick people that will bring an adventurous attitude, heavy energy and a compelling vibe that will help make the party more fun :)

I didn't make it to the deco symposium, but that doesn't matter, because all one has to do is have a some what intuitive and creative mind, and take the ideas one sees else where and make them ones own. Crazy strings day glow fabric and lots of black lights. Symbolism is a key factor here, which is in my favor because my memetic speacialty is symbolic creation.. I just got out of an important phone call and it looks like I have a partner in this party:) The you go, like a universal back slap. I should have a partial line up with the headliners listed by next week end, I'll post it up here. Thanks for the support!

ive got to disagree with Zay there. Your starting something new, you need to be able to tap and convert current edm heads. Mubali along with myself and another friend built a small psy scene in the town we grew up in. This place had very little edm to begin with, and what was there was house.

You need to slowly introduce people to the sound. First by doing mix genre events, with maybe only one or 2 psy djs at a peak point. Also at first have psy djs that play accessable sounds play. Dont just though the hardest, most intense music at them, ease your crowd into it.
I would suggest having a progressive psy dj play after a popular local house dj, and then having a harder full on psy dj play after the prog one.
Later on a show or 2 later you can add a harder darker psy dj after a jungle dj, but ease folks into it. Dont shock em, dont scare em away.....

Then though getting quality over a name value is important, people in mass are sheeple. In the begining, i think to get numbers you are better served by bringing in acts, that have a record label after their name, and do hail from a metro area (NYC or SF is your best bet, just given the conotations assoicated with their edm scenes) There is plenty of top notch tallent from these places, that will do the show just for tranportation, just do you homework first. You gotta think avergage Joe-blow raver, doesnt know the difference from Dr. Spook to Aktif or Collision (all known names in their own right) but in in picking up a flyer, a dj thats from San Francisco is going to get more attention from the general pop, than a dj from Iowa.
Once youve done a few mixed shows, and people know what to expect, you can get more daring, start bringing in more regionals and locals, start getting more daring with the music, start weaning out the other edm genres.........

Or, you can focus on just psy, and similar associated styles, and tell the general edm scene to take a hike. Have a good enough party, and bring enough people psy heads will want to see, and the trancers will travel. Your in OK, which is well situated, you can pull from Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. In playing the numbers and money game, this route is probably more risky, but in terms of being more rewarding and vibe oriented this is probably the winner.

Personally, id would start with the mix genre stuff, that way even if only a dozen or so folks, you can get a core group of locals, and have a base of friends and crew to work with. Do 3 or 4 mixed genre shows, and then shift direction towards the more psy heavy events....


p.s. Tulsa is only 3.5 hours from me. and though i now live in S.W. Missouri, im orginally from Cali, am attached with 2 record labels, and throw down a mean full on set, as well as some housey progressive, and ethno-dub chill out.
check out my profile, theres a link to downloadable mixes on it.