SwingDJs

Eyeball wrote:Does the local Lindy Hop scene in your area use real Swing music from the 30s and 40s and maybe some Jazz from the 20s?

Every scene uses it... but you forgot to ask how much.

There are many events where "real Swing and Jazz bands" sell.
Los Angeles has "Camp Hollywood." Seattle has "Camp Jitterbug." Minn/St. Paul had "ULHS," now New Orleans has it. Asheville has "Lindy Focus." I could go on, but why?

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Eyeball wrote:http://www.spicegirlsforever.com

Is that another glen miller site?

Well, the Spice Girls were the Glenn Miller Orchestra of the 90's, so kinda. haha

I just got an Airport Express to try out DJing from the bar at one of my local venues using iTunes and Remote. I'm psyched. While that would extend your range, an Airport Express isn't even needed (unless your computer doesn't have wifi built in.) I was able to be anywhere in the Cinema Ballroom (p...

Use GarageBand.

Haydn wrote:I'm obviously a person of inferior intelligence Reuben, when compared with yourself

There was already a 96% chance of that being the case anyway, so there's no surprise there.

Haydn wrote:But I didn't know all these were pianists too:

You're just now figuring that out??

...and you don't even mention Tatum.

Wow.

And it is the difference between DJs who play Swing music and "Swing DJs". I'd say a "Swing DJ" is one who plays Swing music. Otherwise they are not a "Swing DJ." Not to say that at another time you are something other then a Swing DJ... much like I can go out Lindy Ho...

Surreal wrote:I was just thinking today that any of the typical music that we play during our Manitoba socials will probably get people dancing.

I think he explained things right in his post.

He's running Socials... not Swing dances.

penguin wrote:If shuffle could do as good or better job than we could then well...

There would be no swing djs.

Isn't that all we're doing... shuffling our music? haha

Do you have that crossover option turned on or something? I use iTunes as well and have never had an issue with the next song playing to soon.

Last contest I DJed (Cowtown) I setup my contest music on my laptop then managed the music from the floor via my iPhone. It was fun. Which application were you using? I assume that there was a lcoal WiFi network you were using? Is there any remote control application that lets you use the phone 3G ...

ps I now use iPhone as my emergency backup when DJing. I was DJing a competition last weekend and downloaded the songs onto my iPhone as the backup. Fortunately there were no problems and all the technology worked without any issues. Last contest I DJed (Cowtown) I setup my contest music on my lapt...

hahaha, I gotta find that routine somewhere -- it sounds amazingly awful. no, the clip he has is a couple dancing to a pop-jazzy version of the spiderman song that sounds like what you'd get if Michael Buble did sing, sing, sing with a zoot suit on. Haha, that sounds almost as bad as the ALHC routi...