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Corny old song. Parodied so often it's like cartoon music. Strictly for the squares. Does Danny Kaye do it in one of his films? :?: And yet, dancers love it (even after it's been overplayed.... which I must confess I have done :oops: ). Perhaps, if you find a version you like, you might test it on ...

One thing I've noticed - if a scene values social dancing and has quite a tight community vibe, there's a strong emphasis on skilling up new DJs. But the local culture dictates how this skilling up is achieved. Can I ask you - in practice, how does this 'tight community vibe' translate into DJs hel...

Hey these are all useful things - sorry I didn't check in earlier to reply. I noticed in Melbourne there were far more women DJs than I've seen anywhere else in Australia. But then there were far more DJs than anywhere else. Nationally, there are more male DJs than female who regularly play big even...

Haydn wrote:Are you writing a paper on this Sam?

Nah, not this time - I'm just curious... guess my inner acka became a little more outer than inner, huh?

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/funny-pictures-mad-skillz-dj.jpg I think this might have come up a loooong time ago, but it's not something I've seen discussed in a while... Lately I've been talking to DJs in both my local scene and in other Australian cities about new DJs. Ba...

Oh - and aircraft mode is a must. It can interfere with speakers from a much longer distance than my old phone ever could... haha... plus you wouldn't want to get a call mid song. While not entirely DJing off the iPhone, I'm curious to try using the "Remote" application to control song se...

I have to say that I don't have a massive problem finding high energy old school stuff in the 140-160 bpm range. Granted, I'd like more of this action as I tend to play more in this tempo range as I transition up and down (or rest at this 'trough') on my 'wave'... but there seems to be a fair stack ...

:) to everyone. Re 'Evenin'' - it's just new to me, but just after I decided I had to play it every single set I noticed it was in the Jam Cellar Yehoodi show and I think I remember you playing it at MSF, Russ. :D I guess I'm one of those kids who keeps songs overplayed - I come in wanting to hear i...

I've been holding off posting this for a while, but I can't resist... The last set I played in Melbourne before moving up to Sydney was an after party for a large competition event (17th July). This thread had been rolling along, and I was thinking a lot about overplayed stuff. I know I tend to lean...

I'm not sure anyone's already posted this (I only had a quick squiz at the 9 pages in this thread) but Gunther Schuller had something to say about In the Mood . He writes that Hot and Anxious was arranged by Horace Henderson for Don Redman (and his orchestra) in 1932. He also writes that In the Mood...

Well - on the last night of Herrang this year, I ended up dancing to a version I'd not come across before - pretty fast, lots of fun, but with more false endings that all the others put together - in that respect, it was about as evil as a track can get. The DJ (Ron Leslie) told me it was by Gene K...

As a someone who buys music quite regularly, I often find it difficult not to play too much new music. I have played sets where I've jammed in all my new favourites (at one point I'd just bought 2 or 3 Mosaic sets in a sale - zillions and zillions of fabulous new songs) and suddenly realised that th...

How about some more examples? Working down a list of songs I have, I think the following might be included on a list of 'overplayed' songs in 2008 - ******************************************************* All That Meat And No Potatoes / Fats Waller .... Do you feel these are overplayed in London sp...

I always think of 'CJam Blues' (LCJO version) when the issue of 'overplayed' songs comes up. I hear that song about every second time I go dancing, if not every time. First few bars, you can see the crowd groaning - "not this again!" By the second phrase the floor is full, the dancers are ...

The AP grammar discussed above is specific to a journalistic discourse and not necessarily applicable in every context. Common convention usually applies in colloquial contexts (ie in 'ordinary' talk and writing), which is why 'deejay' often feels pretty hokey. 'DJ' is such a common abbreviation it'...