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- Mon May 28, 2007 11:01 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJ Summit in Philly: Sun, June 3rd
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6011
- Mon May 28, 2007 9:31 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Trading collections
- Replies: 73
- Views: 68202
- Mon May 28, 2007 6:13 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Swing DJ’s role (if any) in promoting live Jazz.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19876
I think that, as DJs, we often know more about good bands than anyone else in our communities. For that reason, when the Philly exchange committee (which I am not a part of) couldn't get Ray Bryant, I suggested Wycliffe Gordon -who they have contracted to play. I was also the person who suggested Ra...
- Sun May 27, 2007 10:20 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Trading collections
- Replies: 73
- Views: 68202
Trading large collections? Despicable. Stealing collections by recording someone's sets? Despicable. Trading or gifting a mix CD between serious buyers of music? Gray area for my morality -and I agree with Reuben that it's stealing so yeah, I'm stealing. Like most 'bad' things I do, I try to compens...
- Sun May 27, 2007 9:28 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJ Summit in Philly: Sun, June 3rd
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6011
DJ Summit in Philly: Sun, June 3rd
Greetings DJ Brethren (and Sistren)! Want to spend some 'music time' with other DJs who are experienced spinning at dances, exchanges, competitions and other Swing/Blues events? Come join PLLX DJs Jesse Miner, Rayned Wiles, David Jacoby, Greg Avakian, and Isaac Mognet as we co-host a session for DJs...
- Sun May 27, 2007 8:58 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Why do you need a DJ name (and how do you find a good one)?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35020
- Sun May 06, 2007 3:04 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Set starters - what works and why?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12079
I'd say 'no'; unless the teacher just didn't get very far with it (lousy teacher), then maybe it could be fun. But my basic strategy is to bust the balls of the teacher by playing better music then they did (if possible). It makes me really happy when the energy level goes up when I DJ. I'm not tryi...
- Sat May 05, 2007 12:16 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Set starters - what works and why?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12079
Whip out the stop watch that you keep in your DJ bag and get the BPM of the last song that the class danced to -or the teacher's count if they don't have music. You need a stop watch to tempo match? Newb! :D Hehehe. Seriously though; it's surprising how many DJs, teachers and musicians insist that ...
- Thu May 03, 2007 7:54 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Set starters - what works and why?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12079
I think the advice thus far is very good so I'll just add this... If you're the first DJ after a class: Whip out the stop watch that you keep in your DJ bag and get the BPM of the last song that the class danced to -or the teacher's count if they don't have music. The first song should be an upbeat ...
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:21 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Best "Exactly Like You"
- Replies: 40
- Views: 24449
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:07 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favorite recordings of.......How High the Moon?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7329
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:00 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Call & Response
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12137
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:35 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Woo hoo! It's VISTA time!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17768
I exchanged that computer for another of the same and it's fine. I still might go with XP, although I'm starting to like Vista's features. I'm mostly worried about software compatability... Swifty, are you actually DJing with vista? If so, did you have any problems at first? What program are you usi...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:28 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Woo hoo! It's VISTA time!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17768
OK, it's definitely not the speakers, so I'm happy about that. I saw that someone else had a similar problem and tweaked the performance-appearance ratio in Vista and fixed it. I've tried that and it hasn't helped. I'm going to swap this computer tomorrow and probably go with installing XP. I read t...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:30 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Woo hoo! It's VISTA time!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17768