SwingDJs

wow, thats was a great post.

Thank you, Jesse

A dance i DJ has a mix crowd of lindy hoppers and tango dancers. the organizer asked me if there are any songs that would work for both styles ( she wants to do a mini showcase). any recommendations?

Has one done it? Do you have a favored program to use?

also, are there any external sound cards that are linux friendly as well?

i have this cd:



good amount of danceble tunes.

Unfortunately chick webb passed away way to early. there are only few albums that are out. here are the albums i have and these are very good: 1) 1929-1934 2) Spinnin' the Web 3) Strictly Jive 4) Go Harlem 5) Stompin' at the Savoy 6) swingsations ( chick webb and ella) 7) Jazz After Hours i would re...

and i have King Oliver Tribune cd ( 2 cd set). good songs and good quality.

I've gotten feedback from the hardcore jank lovers here that they prefer early Basie to dance to - especially for fast lindy - I put on Jumpin' at the Woodside from Live at the Sands and was told later it was a lot harder to dance to than earlier versions of this song by Basie. That version is one ...

how do you determine who you vote for? its easy to see who's bad and who is good. however, how do you decide between good DJ set and slightly "better" DJ set?

i witnessed a few. none of them were anything special.

i think the best way is to limit each DJ to specific artist, era, year etc.

here is what i dont understand. why dont the musicians wanna tap the swing dance market. we are willing to pay something to hear swing music. musicians need gigs. isnt something, which i understand could be less than what a jazz venue would pay them, better than nothing. i know there are musicians t...

Club owners manage to make loads of cash off of college students in other venues but swing dancing seems to attract a thriftier crowd. they do it with numbers. there is more demand for club with techno music ( or rock music). thus even when there is no cover, the sheer volume of people willing to s...

I live in NYC. Here we had a little problem with most of our venue's closing (for whatever reason). Now we have a few choices: there are 2 DJ dances, there is a Friday night dance to live music and there is Monday night at luci's. I choose to attend the DJ nights for the following reason. I like to ...

i think vocals are very important for new dancers.

can some one post the Ian's playlist?

( i love yakov's sig. )