SwingDJs

a couple questions: do you think the dancers are listening to the lyrics of the stuff you play, or dancing to the emotional tone, and in general how important is that? do you dj with lyrical themes/emotional tone in mind? there is a discussion of how important lyrics are to how you dance going on on...

any one else find they hear some great music on npr? ive got a list of stuff to buy, and i only listen to talk radio.

this is the best thread on here. i havent wanted to post in months

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nose oil, like off you nose at the end of the day. its an old photographers trick for negitives. works on cds too and its free.

yes

the good stuff, in my opinion, is old rythym and blues, jump blues, early rock and roll, motown, ect. for more info: http://oldies.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=oldies&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fbettybbungalow.tripod.com%2Fmusic.html http://www.judyshouseofoldies.com/ http://www.beachsha...

for carolina shag, it depends on where you go. most of the younger gen of shaggers like the older stuff. but yes, lots of shag music is crap.

You could also say that the existance of many dancers remaining "stuck in 96" even after three or four exchanges only proves that exchanges don't really help build your scene. i think these people are new since the last one Wait, you are saying these people are new since 2003 and yet are ...

sounds like albanylx last night. (albany btw is a small scene but they have thrown several sucessful lxs) the sat eve dance coinscided with the monthly dance, a dance attended by many dancers "stuck in 96", as well as the dj between band breaks (ouch). i would be curious to check in on th...

sounds like albanylx last night. (albany btw is a small scene but they have thrown several sucessful lxs) the sat eve dance coinscided with the monthly dance, a dance attended by many dancers "stuck in 96", as well as the dj between band breaks (ouch). i would be curious to check in on tho...

careful...dont want to disturb the thread police...

Same comment as above. I thought of this and didn't think I needed to address it because it was so obvious: Fast dancers can probably dance slow, many more slow dancers can't dance fast. A smart DJ should be aware of this -whether or not they think it's a dancers "fault". i dont find that...

All of this makes me wonder how much impact does getting a nationally recognized DJ have on an exchange's attendance? Personally, I really don't pay that much attention to what DJs are going to be at an event. What matters more to me is that the event is in a town where I have good ties to the loca...

its been done in the shag world a bunch. butch metcalf should be able to give you some insight on getting licences... shagtowndj@northstate.net