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- Mon Jun 09, 2003 8:06 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Arm chair HJDF DJ battle
- Replies: 109
- Views: 73508
- Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:25 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Arm chair HJDF DJ battle
- Replies: 109
- Views: 73508
- Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:16 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Arm chair HJDF DJ battle
- Replies: 109
- Views: 73508
Arm chair HJDF DJ battle
So, what would you play if you had only 15 minutes? (5-6 songs depending on the length) Here are teh rules go nut. a. 85% of the music played must be played or composed by African-American artists. b. No cartoon music. Period. c. No West Coast music. Period. d. No Neo-Swing. Period. "...come pr...
- Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:10 pm
- Forum: Upcoming Events
- Topic: Battle of the DJs - HJDF/Swing City
- Replies: 55
- Views: 43682
- Thu Jun 05, 2003 8:36 am
- Forum: Upcoming Events
- Topic: Battle of the DJs - HJDF/Swing City
- Replies: 55
- Views: 43682
- Wed May 28, 2003 3:58 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are we missing?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 37920
- Wed May 28, 2003 2:31 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are we missing?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 37920
anyway, regarding the topic - I think a lot of stuff has been reissued at some point, somewhere - like International Sweethearts of Rhythm, it's a bitch to find their music, but you can find LP reissues, you don't hafta go all the way back to the 78. There's a couple tunes on this collection: http:...
- Wed May 28, 2003 12:42 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are we missing?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 37920
- Wed May 28, 2003 8:01 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are we missing?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 37920
It's not just the 78's. There are tons of albums that have never been trasfered to CD and probablynever will. Then of course there is Japan. The Japanese love Jazz. Every music store has a decent collection of Jazz over there, though the bigger stores are better. Their love for Jazz is also showed i...
- Tue May 27, 2003 12:52 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: BPM Counter for Mac OS10
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11466
BPM Counter for Mac OS10
For those Mac geeks out there using OS10 and iTunes 4; Blacktree.com has a nifty bpm atachment.
http://www.blacktree.com/apps/
http://www.blacktree.com/apps/
- Thu May 22, 2003 7:58 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Why are all the DJs male?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 85365
I ask this in this thread because I remember my jazz band in highschool being all guys and one young woman. We went to some competitions and other performances and the other school's jazz bands seemed much the same to me, while the concert bands and string orchestras were much more evenly divided a...
- Tue May 20, 2003 5:35 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Remastered Duke Ellington
- Replies: 59
- Views: 39110
- Tue May 20, 2003 1:13 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Theme Songs
- Replies: 60
- Views: 42438
Re: Ernestine Anderson
Yeah we drove that one into the ground out here.djstarr wrote: Ernestine lives in Seattle and goes to my church (can you say "name drop"); she also played a lot in town when I was in college, so I have some personal attachments to her.
- Tue May 20, 2003 1:08 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Remastered Duke Ellington
- Replies: 59
- Views: 39110
Duke, while being an artist through and through, still admitted he was obligated to play what the audiences wanted to hear. If that meant playing mostly old hits, he was more than willing to do that because the audience was so important to him. Or maybe he thought those particular songs were just f...
- Mon May 19, 2003 9:45 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Remastered Duke Ellington
- Replies: 59
- Views: 39110
The new reissue of teh Blanton Webster Band (Never No Lament) is pulled rom the Centenial Edition. The sond is great. A great leap forward from the previous one Blue Bird put out. On top of the improved sound they have include the the duets between Ellington and Blanton. You cold only get these on i...