SwingDJs

[quote="GuruReuben" 1. Pulling the curtains to taken any "popularity" advantage away. The audience will vote on light "A" or light "B," which will be lit according to the DJ who's playing. [/quote] oooh, that's nice.... they need to be able to see though too.....

I picked up a 4 LP Louis + Allstars Decca box set for 9 bucks last week, it's sort of a musical biography where he talks about songs in between the actual cuts - and has lotsa nice pictures and stuff - and best of all in spite of being old enough to be shellac instead of vinyl, they sound great, alm...

I'm not sure when it was recorded (early 30's, I think), but Mills Blue Rhythm Band's Dancing Dogs has been one of my favorite songs for years - even back when I liked the stuff on the other end of that Backbeats album. :)

djstarr wrote: I found it on amazon through one of their sellers - they supposedly had a used copy and are sending it to me - we will see what I end up with!

That's what I did too.. Gemm would prolly also work.

in the perfect world , all swing SWING DJ'S would play Django.... unfortunatly most swing djs never even heard of him much less would play him... I picked up that box set cuz I really dug hearing him in a normal combo, rather than an all-string setting.. when it's live, I can really get into string...

Lawrence wrote: In a perfect world, real SWING DJs would play great NEW music and leave Django for an interesting history lesson about what people USED to dance to. :P

damn right, fuck that music from the 60's, we need top 40 pop, and we need it now!

(heehee)

Maybe they choreographed to Woodside at it's tempo (230?) and then actually performed it at a specified tempo without the music..? (that might explain how you can hear Frankie yelling still)

I think you should bring a large quantity of neo-swing, swing, and modern pop and see what they like. The point here is that they're at a SUMMER CAMP. They're supposed to be having fun, not becoming hardcore jazz fans. kids like neoswing. a few times I've had kids request "something fast"...

Would be good to make a new top level folder for it, and actually have slightly stricter moderation (ie, if a conversation starts, just move the start of it over to the "Swinging Music" folder)

Nate Dogg wrote: I also would avoid a 4 star system or whatever, the simpler the system the better. It works for Ron, since he is one guy. But, it is way to subjective for a large, diverse group like us.

Obviously it should instead be 4 "swords"

Cool format - but how are you gonna keep the audience aware of who is playing what?

people lose track really easily, seems like you'd need to almost use a mic and announce at the end of a song who played it.

haha, or have a PA on each side of the room..

PhilShapiro wrote: Everything's great until his singing starts ... (shudder)

Oh my god - I bought that as an LP.. yech

Greg Avakian wrote:Anyone going to both? I'm spinning at the Houston LX (Oct. 10-12) and thinking of staying in the Southwest for Austin the next weekend...

I was thinking about heading to austin early anyway, so I jus might.

SirScratchAlot wrote:I recommend 2 technic's....

yeah, you can get lotsa good soul jazz on LP for cheap.

;)

It seems like the westie world has the same issues as the lindy scene - I'm not a west coaster, but I've been around it for a long time, and I remember when they didn't dance to boy bands - so it's striking to me how many younger westies hear the r&b, blues & "smooth" stuff and thi...