SwingDJs

By the way, you didn't answer Mary Ann's question about where you're from. nope, don't know any of you, perhaps in time when I feel more comfortable. BTW - Which clips did you show him? I don't have them on this computer... I'm pretty sure I at least showed him a certain ULHS clip of various couple...

your comment about young people wanting more high energy music is funny to me. How much live jazz do you see/dance to? (I'm not asking to insinuate anything.) I think dancing to live swing music makes you appreciate the old recordings a lot more and makes dancing to them much more enjoyable. When I...

Granted tempo and energy aren't really the same thing. Agreed... I can think of many examples of mid tempo songs that have more energy than higher tempo songs, and it's reflected in the crowd's dancing. And perhaps our DJ's do need to start digging and exploring, it would be a welcome change. That'...

That same dancer may want to do other dances to other music, but would not want/expect said other music at a Lindy Hop dance/event. Rather, if they want to be a Salsa dancer for the evening, they go to a Salsa dance/event. Well articulated. Interesting you should mention salsa, our dancers like to ...

Try reading all the articles in the other section of the forum, devoted specifically to non-swing music: From "Qlarification of Other Music" This would include topics on waltz, salsa and hustle music among others. We've been flexible with this of course since people have been interested i...

John, I'm afraid that most regular dancers out there aren't going to sympathize with your stance. I don't think the occasional non-swing song is diluting my (our) dancing, I'm doing just fine. I'd have to agree. I took an informal survey of the Lindy Hoppers at my local scene... not a soul chose th...

Hey first time poster! I've been trying to find different "non-swing genre" music to play at our club's venue. I know there are those who find a straight beat to be sacrilegious to Lindy Hop, but we've had a lot of success with some of them, especially with recruiting new swing dancers. So...