Some of you might find it amusing that I DJed a Blues Contest recently. I certainly do, but I had some fun doing so.
You can hear (and see) my selections here (from Eli on socalswing.com):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5937149692
The contest was 3 heats of 2 songs each, then everyone came together for an all skate.
I also DJed a 45 minute "Blues" set before the contest, haha.
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I dug the contest music. If I were DJ'ing I'd probably have leaned more toward slower and older on one of the two selections for each heat but the music was still good. From the video, I gather a few of the dancers are not used to "blues dancing" to that kind of blues music.
... and of course, live blues would be much better.
... and of course, live blues would be much better.
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Chance had a vision for the contest, and I made my selections accordingly. While I love, and have lots of music in the BBKing/JLHooker vein, I wouldn't personally want to dance to it. However, Chance wanted one song of that type included in each heat.Toon Town Dave wrote:I'd probably have leaned more toward slower and older on one of the two selections
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