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- Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:07 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Songs for the end of the night?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28634
I know this is resurrecting a dying thread, but I have a couple: Goodbye Baby- Great Googa Mooga (it actually swings decently) Happy Trails- Van Halen (this is a bad a cappella version that will make everyone want to leave) Closing Time- Semisonic Not a dancing song Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye-St...
- Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:48 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: advice for buying sound equipment
- Replies: 38
- Views: 41294
- Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:14 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: So now we are ALL illegal!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21716
Us too. Our venue is a dance hall with nightly lessons, and the ASCAP/BMI fees are paid by the place. However, there is also a mechanical usage fee of sorts for making copies of a song, which is minimal, but can add up on a large volume of music. This is seperate from the broadcast/public usage of t...
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:14 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What's the worst swing song ever?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 64928
- Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:59 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJing weddings
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27101
Jesse- It's very possible that they did try to hire me- but I was too expensive! 8) Especially with the travel- I quoted them $1000 for me and my wife to teach, and me to DJ. They couldn't hack it. I wasn't going to drive 5 hours and stay overnight for any less. If the person you referred to is the ...
- Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:57 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJing weddings
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27101
I want to let you guys know that I'm not trying to convince anyone to do weddings, simply offer the flip side of the consistently negative experiences people have had with weddings. And I certainly appreciate everyone's genial and fair responses to my opinions. Shana's comment (as well as Jesse's) a...
- Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:16 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJing weddings
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27101
I can't help but join in, because weddings is how I make my living. There is something to be said for versatility- the skills and methods that I use for DJ'ing a wedding are so very different than those that you use with dancers. There may be some crossover (ie the concept of flow within a set), but...
- Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:21 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Counting BPM
- Replies: 59
- Views: 149164
Thanks to whom ever suggested the Itunes-BPMInspector (I can't go look right now while I'm writing this). I really like it- good application. When you use the Itunes-BPM Inspector and set the bpm, it enters the info directly without having to go to the info window. Once you do this, the exporting to...
- Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:12 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Counting BPM
- Replies: 59
- Views: 149164
Thanks to whom ever suggested the Itunes-BPMInspector (I can't go look right now while I'm writing this). I really like it- good application. When you use the Itunes-BPM Inspector and set the bpm, it enters the info directly without having to go to the info window. Once you do this, the exporting to...
- Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:08 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Wireless Microphones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8541
We use Sennheisers- excellent quality, good battery life- all 9 volt, and modular. Usually a package comes with a base unit (receiver) and either a handheld wireless or belt-clip sender and either lapel or headset mic. I've used my handheld mic at ranges of 250-300 feet with no problems- and the Sen...
- Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:02 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition - any opinions?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8641
One of the reasons we haven't started using Traktor in earnest is that each time you start it up, you have to load all the songs into it's own library from Itunes (which can take alot of time). In other words, no drag and drop ability and it doesn't use the itunes library that already exists. From w...
- Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:04 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: djing the blues...our job
- Replies: 107
- Views: 75279
Thanks for the clarification- I've always held that once you stop either stop having fun (or finding some other sort of fulfillment) with an activity, it's time to either quit or re-evaluate. On the socio end- I can't prove it, but I think that blues dancing has been responsible for creep-ifying som...
- Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:20 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: djing the blues...our job
- Replies: 107
- Views: 75279
- Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:18 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: What do Swing DJs do in the day/to earn a living?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 55871
Yes and no.
1. Yes (but certainly not swing DJing). My wife and I own a business with another couple. We are a production company that focuses primarliy on those weddings that everyone else dislikes so much. We have the advantage of living "smack dab in the middle" of the Northern California Wine Coun...