Nothing really could have gotten me more excited than when I finally booked a hotel room for last weekend.  I was going down to see one of my biggest influences in music play at a venue I have always wanted to visit.  Yes indeed, Andy Hunter was coming all the way across the Atlantic, just about 6 hours east of where I live to Club Worship.   All I had to do now was drive down with 3 of my best friends, what a great weekend ahead of me.

I’m still pretty new to the dance music scene (Christian or secular) as a whole and to DJ-led worship in particular, and until September 9th, I hadn’t been to any live events. I really don’t think that I could’ve picked a better weekend for my first live EDM experience and my first DJ-led worship event.

Whether you want to promote events, start a record label or DJ agency, run a website, radio show or magazine, or anything else in the scene, the following tips should help you get started. Only you know what you uniquely have to give. Don't be afraid to step up, learn some new skills and make something happen. Once someone takes the lead, people are likely to follow and come along for the ride.

This is it; we talk about building a scene and seeing more parties on a national scale. Let’s make it happen. The first thing that needs to happen is the development of small groups or fellowships in towns. These small groups would eventually, but not initially throw parties in their hometowns. The initial focus is simply to get the people of Tastyfresh.com out of the virtual world and into the real one.

It’s been about seven months now since I first made a post on the forums calling for the start of what I then called Groove Fellowships. Through out a series of discussions on the site about the same time, it became clear that if we were going to grow this scene or if we were even going to help encourage each other in our faith, simply posting on a message board would not cut it.

Spending time and sharing with other people who have the same common bond of music that I do was the best thing to happen to my passion for DJing.  Just about anyone in the electronic music scene can probably relate to a feeling of loneliness in world full of people interested in all other genres but our own.  Especially if you are as passionate about music as I am.  That is why I love spending time throwing shows, or just playing Halo with some of my groove fellowship buddies, because of that common interest in music.  I believe that my Groove Fellowship may very well be the reason that I am still DJing today.

The So Cal Groove Fellowship started in 2001. The church I attend had small groups of every sort. There were men's motocross, book review, coffee club groups, and even a hiking group and paintballers that met. Why not something for us that where we shared a common interest and the love of God. It was birthed from a realization that other DJ's, producers and those in the scene or trying to create a scene were not getting connected. We needed a place where the importance of believers getting together and encouraging each other just as the bible says how iron sharpens iron came to fruition on a monthly basis.

Everyone has to start somewhere. There seems to be many doorways into the music industry. The key is to find an entrance that works for you. To walk through it and get involved where you can learn and grow and become what you want to be, and enjoy the journey. Whether you have a goal in mind or not, you can often stumble upon opportunities. You can often find or put yourself in situations where you can create doorways to get involved and start something new.

The building blocks of any scene are the people in it. The talent, events organizers, and anyone and everyone who gets involved to help out, show support, or show up at events. You can't have a scene without all the crucial elements - mainly people, talent, skills, equipment, and support - so building excitement and getting people involved is a major priority. What it comes down to is building community.

So, what happened during the worship experience? Well, God showed up! In the beginning of the night I was a little concerned as some of the people who came expected a thumping dance event. Halfway through the event the noise video began and complete silence fell over the entire crowd. It was an incredible experience. Think about it, you are at a festival of about 28,000 people and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop in the dance barn. It was at that point I knew people were getting it.