SwingDJs

Ok.. If you make a playlist for it, like from winamp or something, it gets put on the iRiver as a text file and played as-is. No editing on the fly. (note: Ipod does not support playlists at all afaik) If you're playing a song, however, and you want to search through and find the next song to play, ...

I've only had it for a month, I'll admit, but I listen to it all day at work every day (40h/wk) and have had no troubles.

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Dana, a couple of questions: 1. Do you laptop dj using it? 2. Can you pick which filesystem goes on it? (Like my Maxtor) 3. I care about DRM! Yay! 4. How many hours do you have on it? 5. Have you ever had a glitch or hiccough using it? 7. I assume it will handle VBR MP3s? I think all new ones do do...

I just got a 20G iRiver ( http://www.iriveramerica.com ) which also comes in 40G. They're price-equivalent to the iPod, but better because: - Longer battery life (11-16 hr) - Firmware upgradeable - Plays tons of codecs, not just AAC/MP3 - No DRM (for those of us who care) - No iTunes, just drag-and-...

We have a little pitch control slider on the decks we DJ off; I only use it for Bei Mir Bist du Schoen, you know that part near the end where it speeds up? Well I just keep speedin' her up and speedin' her up 'til people are crashin' into each other and spinnin' around inta some kinda like black hol...

Oh man, the shipping on those are insane..

Priority mail $103
Air mail small packet $274
UPS $284

They haven't said what their reserve is..

It's scottish, not irish, but you could always play some version of Loch Lomond..

djstarr wrote:And I'd love to get a good game of Texas Hold'em with the Dj's on the board; anyone who is at DCLX and wants to play (when we aren't dancing) just let me know.

Next time I'm in Seattle, yeah? I'm just learning how to play! <-- classic bluff maneuver

The Time Life stuff is pretty good but Jesse's comments are bang-on. I have maybe 5-6 of them from the 'net. Here are some google caches of the track listings, as they're gone from the site: One , Two If you can read german, you can find more listings by googling "time life swing era" d.

Sadly, Natch.net is no longer hosting videos.. does anyone know where else we can get'em?

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I just found 7 cds of mp3s (burnt as data, so ~50 albums) of stuff I archived a long time ago. Tons of Ella, Dinah, Fletcher Henderson and so on.. I can't wait to dig in!

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You know, I had a weird experience like this as well. I had a bunch of good mp3s that I burnt as audio and used for DJing. They were great. I burnt them as data to keep them as a backup, but now when I transfer them to my new computer from the data cds, they sound like they've been ripped at 62kbit ...

I'd rather do carolina shag myself. I never understood the concept of shoe-horning a musical genre into a dance, which seems to me to be the exact opposite of how it should be. I guess I'm agenda-ridden. Hm.. as usual, I'll say that if the song makes people want to dance, and they get up and dance ...

Another great set: the 3-CD "Okeh's Rhythm and Blues Story, 1949-57." Also, a 2-CD "Jumpin Like Mad" compilation on Capitol. If I could find that Capitol set, I'd be a happy girl. The OKeh set is good too. My scene was started during the Neo era and they spend a lot of time danc...

CDDB ... does some sort of checksum on the CD or tracks to uniquely identify it. Just the CD, as far as I can tell. Of course, anyone who wants to can submit a new CD to CDDB or its generic clones - we added my boyfriend's brother's band last week. So if you were really keen, you could add the trac...