SwingDJs

while we're off-topic: by the way, i can't stand "theme" lindy exchange web sites. they're completely annoying. Yeah, Austin's lindy exchange site is confusing and scary, and DLX wouldn't even come up on my computer. :( Have you passed along this opinion to the event organizers? Sometimes...

I am not blaming Falty or Lawrence, you can find provacative statements in each of their posts. I just want to say that nothing written on this Board is worth a fist fight. If you think it is, you take things way to seriously. Hopefully, neither Falty or Lawrence are really as angry as they appear t...

I think it's cool that most people on this board work hard not to stereotype themselves; at SLE this weekend, a DJ who is known for her "blues" sets played a very nice set of vintage music and succeeded in freaking some people out (and having the hard core blues folks setup an alternate r...

I will never be asked to DJ the Austin Exchange Says who? Last I heard there was not a "Banned from Austin" list floating around. Lawrence may disagree, but I feel that the primary mandate for DJs is to keep the audience happy. In my book, any DJ who is qualified and shares this philosoph...

somehow I find this really really funny.....you should just vary the EWF song and surprise him at the end of each night.... This guy is very specific, he wants to hear the EWF version of September song, nothing else will satisfy him. He is more vague about the salsa. He always gets turned down on t...

Yes, you are referring to Ed. He bothers every Austin DJ, same exact request, every week, like clock work. Ask Colin, Scott, Matt Jones, it is like a broken record. He comes up at the end of the dance, asks me to play September, which I usually don't have on me. Then he wants to know if I have any ...

Depends on how well his set was being recieved by the dancers. If the previous DJ was sucking it up, I may totally switches styles/tempo. To let everybody know that the DJ has changed. However, the more prevelant scenario is when the DJ is doing a decent job. In that case, I try to flow with his set...

Guy: Do you have September by Earth Wind and Fire? Me: No Yes, you are referring to Ed. He bothers every Austin DJ, same exact request, every week, like clock work. Ask Colin, Scott, Matt Jones, it is like a broken record. He comes up at the end of the dance, asks me to play September, which I usua...

In general I like to blend. However, there are times when I feel the need to contrast, especially if the mood needs changing. But, I don't favor that a set that changes radically every song. I can think of one set from another DJ that was up and down for two hours straight. It got to be a little ann...

Guy: Do you have September by Earth Wind and Fire? Me: No Guy: Do you have any Cha Cha music Me: No Guy: Do you have any salsa Me: No Guy: You mean to tell me that all you have on that computer is swing music? Me: Yes Yes, you are referring to Ed. He bothers every Austin DJ, same exact request, eve...

I find this thread pretty ironic. It seems that the non-groove DJs are in the minority, yet when someone asks for help in the "groove" category, almost no one responds. You'd think that with so many people promoting groove music and dancing, there would be an avalanche of posts. Guess not...

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The local austin discussion about George viciously brutalizing the scene inspired this topic... I know you were kidding about the "viciously brutalizing" description... Those complaints were echoed even louder the next week when a new, even more ardently-vintage DJ forced everyone to list...

The local austin discussion about George viciously brutalizing the scene inspired this topic... I know you were kidding about the "viciously brutalizing" description. But, for the record, that is not what happened and that is not what was stated in the thread. A few folks complained about...

[As for your complaints about the music at the Fed, you are DJing that venue tonight. Matt Jones DJs that venue, I do, Jeramie does. You are complaining about something you are a part of, whether it annoys you at times or not. For the most part, at the Fed, the room notices bad sets and treats real...