SwingDJs

thanks tina, you rock !!! i've been dj'ing swing nights for almost 7 years in the tampa area so i must be doing something right. i've always made a point of playing non-swing genre tunes just to change up the night a bit. it's just my personal choice. i like every kind of music and it just seems nat...

i've had good luck with ebay, but i'd never buy anything used off there as far as equipment goes. buy it new if you choose ebay. make sure you read the bottom and it's not refurbished. a lot of people on ebay sell refurbs.

thanks doug!!! i enjoyed reading your post and i do agree with pretty much everything you said. i love music and i love dancing and most of what i'm trying to say is that it seems like too many people make dancing a chore instead of just moving to the music, feeling the beat, etc.... i sort of have ...

hey mathew, * try ebay. it's usually a good place to check. make sure you check the shipping though. * also, get decent brand name electronics. don't buy something because it's cheap. * denon is probably one of the best. * numark are good too. * gemini is decent, but a little lower on the scale in m...

okay. so i understand all of your points regarding what swing music is. you're refering to it as the technical time signature writing of the song and not just if you can dance to it or not. i'm just talking about being able to swing dance to any music that works and i personally think that's fun. th...

no hollywood vs. savoy anymore??

good!!!

i'm glad you guys finally sorted that out.

what's the definition of a song swinging then? i can dance the same to a swing as i can to a non swing song so there's no difference there. if you're talking categorizing, then i agree, pop songs are not swing songs (if you care about labeling genres) but you can swing to them. so why in essence can...

If anyone asks for such pop music I can refer them to countless clubs that feature it. How many clubs can you refer someone to that feature Swing music? I can't, and wouldn't want to, request Basie at the Viper Room or the Lava Lounge here in my area. People shouldn't expect their request for Timbe...

so you're all fine when you're apart, but when you're together in a group.....look out !!!!

i'm not sure i understand totally.

i dj a show every other monday on wmnf 88.5FM in tampa, fl. it's a college radio alternative show though so i'm not sure if any of you care about this.

...but yeah, i do radio.

it seems a little snobby to me that a person has to swing dance to swing music. if it swings, it swings. what does it matter if it's outkast, adam ant, basie, or nsync. i'm not a fan of boyband songs but if someone requests a pop song like that, who am i to tell them they can't swing to that. i prev...

lee press on and the nails. whatever the live one was. it sucked.

man, i thought lindy hoppers didn't like the rockabilly crowd or the music. now i see that you don't even like each other. keep talking though. get it all out and eventually you'll come to some sort of agreement. i hope. i can tell you something though. there's none of this bullsh!t in the rockabill...

tell the person to watch footloose and "study" the part where kevin bacon teaches chris penn to "feel the beat." i'm so split on this whole discussion. i really feel that dancing is about feeling and not counting. i think numbers just confuse people when it comes to music. i can'...

i think the best thing about forums like this is that people CAN give their opinions. i think holding things in just makes it worse (envision a pressure cooker that never blows off steam" so i have to disagree with the statement regarding the world being a better place if we kept our opinions t...