SwingDJs

Yeah, but fun with Country music?? Com'on now...

-FF

The one essential thing that slower "groove" swing music and Neo Swing share in common is accessibility to currently popular tastes in music (Blues, Rap, Hip Hop, Pop Rock...) I don't follow, can you explain this? Because what I'm imagining your saying is that "Grooving" Basie has elements of Justi...

Is it actually possible to "create" or encourage new talent, or is DJ'ing something that someone gets into only because they naturally develop a love and sense of the music they want to share? I think it takes both: 1) People need to already have a love of the music. 2) They need to be have the sit...

We (the two dj's involved) have already decided it will be a mixed ECS/WCS/Lindy dance, but we're a little nervous about the requests for other stuff. We don't intend to play it, because it's a swing dance, and we hope we aren't forced to (because the number of people who dance is very small and th...

God, I love this woman . Her early work especially (20's-30's) is impressive on many, many levels and plenty of clean recordings are available. Her ' European Classics ' Label re-issues (4 Disks in all) covers most of her best sessions, and is available on B&Noble. -FF Random addition: Original 78 ....

Cool, venting happens.

Have you talked to the owner about it? You mentioned you've been on a somewhat friendly basis with her, give her a questioning nudge yet?

-FF

Yakov wrote:but some of the tracks are midtempo with a boogie woogie type beat... how do you like this stuff for lindy?

I do like his work like that for Blues.

-FF

It sounds like you have the right ideas: you have some passionate people trying to make a change in a certain direction, and you already know the music is key. It also sounds like you have some patience, which is good, because things like what you want can take some time. Keep playing the music you ...

I don't see too much disagreement between us, just a matter of wording and how we interpret the words. I don't disagree with what you wrote. My point was that people hear a style of music/tempo in class. They tend to feel ok dancing to it outside of class. Cool. I agree in a sense, when phrased lik...

An inspirational dancer who teaches and DJs can be a force, if he or she can get develop a following. I agree with this part of your post. The instructors are perhaps one of the largest influences, although alone they can't 'change' a general scene. A respected teacher who also DJs, or has like-min...

Not really, just set up a phpBB Photo Gallery:

Members can submit photos of the CD cover, and comments are postable from everyone.

-FF

Depending on the situation, every once in a while I'll do this. I might explain the connection between the songs I'm playing, or I've spent the final hour of a night giving a progression of swinging music from early to late or the influence of time and traveling in Blues music, or whatever I make up...

I can't find a reference to it after a (short) look, but one other not-so-rare thing to do is to simply reissue both artists' select songs on the record, hence getting both names on the jacket and giving a "variety" record. Again, it's hard to say without seeing it myself, just something to consider...

I'm a large fan of the Yazoo label, if not for DJing, for their excellent historical relevance and quality personal listening/dancing.

-FF

"In April 1941 Gene Krupa played a battle of the bands with Jimmie Lunceford in Baltimore. "It was no fight at all - we lost terribly, it was rout", recalls trumpeter Graham Young. "They pulled one thing in the first set; They started the last number and I remember the first guy to quit was the drum...