SwingDJs

The "play what you like" thing works, except when you ignore the dancers in the room. Too often I have seen a DJ plow along with his set even though no one is dancing. Case in point, this weekend at the Balboa Rendesvou, Kyle Smith DJd late night on Friday and consistently played what I wo...

You're right, Ron, I just randomly made up that opinion with no facts to back it up. Oh wait. I didn't. The reason I said that is that I've talked to quite a few regular dancers who seem to be pretty familiar with the basic strata of BPM. Obviously not everyone is like that, but among the group of d...

Greg Avakian wrote:Most people have no idea what 225BPM is.

Most dancers in our town are fairly familiar with BPM ranges. At least, I think they are.

One thing to realize is that there was a major difference in the tastes of average white folks and black lindy hoppers during the swing era. Generally, modern lindy hoppers and swing DJs who prefer the older swing music aren't into the same stuff their white grandparents like(d). I mean, my grandmot...

I forgot to mention that I used to do this a lot, but now I never do it.

I've noticed that changing the song with such a feature immediately catches the attention of most musicians.

So grab a newbie and enter a jam. Or challenge some other good dancer with a newbie. Or whatever. Share the joy. I can't see how embarassing some new person by pulling them into a jam would make them want to come back. Unless by newbie you mean someone who can lindy hop but isn't part of the "...

I played some James last night. A version of Sweet Georgia Brown that if I remember correctly Reuben once called "a doped up version." Or something like that. Yeah, it's pretty cheesy. But hey, most dancers love cheesy stuff.

All of a sudden you find two "camps" of dancers... those who like to compete and jam and those you don't. And they don't tend to dance with each other or socialize with each other. I disagree with this. At least, I disagree with people who do this. It's dumb. If that has happened in your ...

I don't know who that was from San Diego, but they definitely aren't representative of dancers here.

Actually, the most trendy thing now is to be sick of people who are sick of any sort of music.

Post something on your local board as a general reminder to everyone that when DJs are working they need space.

I once played the Flogging Molly song "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" as a DJ challenge, and it went over ok.

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mity wrote:how do you determine who you vote for? its easy to see who's bad and who is good. however, how do you decide between good DJ set and slightly "better" DJ set?

By deciding which one you liked better.