SwingDJs

Regarding lack of liner notes on downloadable music, maybe labels will just add all of the info to some tag(s) in the digital format. Your player could pull up all of the tags automatically or keep them hidden unless you wanted to know all of the details. For a particular song, being able to see who...

Stripped down winamp. So fast and so easy to use.

I looked at the Hymn site. Very impressive. However I'd like to have software to strip the DRM off my Napster2.0 downloads. Does that software exist? I would LOVE to not have to burn to CD before reripping to MP3.

Another alternative is inkjet or thermal transfer printers for CDs. You can get some decent looking small ones for one-offs and some cool auto-loaders for volume jobs. http://www.proactionmedia.com/cd_dvd_printers.asp The problem with the thermal transfer printers is that the ribbons are so expensi...

Label your CDs by using the same laser in your CD writer, turning the disk over and burning the thin film on the top of the CD. I've had numerous problems with CD drives spinning paper labelled CDs. Especially in my laptop, the tolerances are just so small that spinning a labelled disk just makes th...

Music to speed by:

Ministry
Operation Ivy
Bim Skala Bim
Infectious Grooves

There, I'm sure I've just dated myself

I like to speed to Yello too as someone else earlier suggested.

I LOVE it. I'd spin from it. I think the bass and rhythm guitar are anough of a rhythm section (not to mention the tuba on track 7). That said, I miss Hal Smith's percussion like in the Elkhart album :( I generally try not to spin songs more than 5 minutes, but there are always exceptions song-wise,...

david wrote:You could try playing "I'm a mormon", available for download from http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/index.html (see the entry for January 5).

LOL!!! Makes me want to march around the house (good thing I'm working from home today).

What about:
Slim and Slam (Groove Juice Special)
Slim Gaillard (Laughing In Rhythm)
Slim Gaillard (Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere)
Slam Stewart (Definitive Black And Blue Sessions)

All of my Slim and Slam stuff is small combo. IMHO most of it "swings"

Swifty wrote: I just bought an Orphan News Boys disc from Peter last time he was in Rochester, I will have to check on the title. It's not listed on Amazon but it's good.

Good to listen to or good to spin from or both? With your DJ hat on, would your recommend this album? If so, where can I find it?!

CafeSavoy wrote:

JohnDyer wrote:Yacht Club Swing, Peter Eklund, Eklund at Elkhart (thanks Swifty!)

Yeah, that's a nice version. Peter Ecklund is some interesting cds. Ever heard any of the Orphan News Boys stuff?

No I haven't. Any recommendations?

Yacht Club Swing, Peter Eklund, Eklund at Elkhart (thanks Swifty!)

On another note, do you get flack from other djs in your scene about djing off of a laptop? I have taken some because they say I am not "putting on a show." Years ago when I first noticed some people spinning from laptops, there were some minor glitches with bad mp3s, or dj software getti...

I'm trying to rate all of my songs. I keep track of tempo, style, cue points and my own rating. However I'm finding it harder and harder to have such an objective one time rating for any given song. I have heard other DJs play songs poorly rated by me (at one point in time) at exactly the right time...

I've been using Napster2.0 (pay version) quite a bit lately. You can buy individual tunes for $0.99 a piece. For an additional $10/month, you can download practically every song they have on file to your computer to listen to. I will sometimes be interested in a particular artist and download everyt...