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- Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:19 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Big Mabel / Ann Margret
- Replies: 3
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Big Mabel / Ann Margret
I was in a bookstore the other day and heard some really good music from someone called "Big Mabel". Can anyone here recommend some specific titles ? Also, on the Biography channel, I saw a special on Ann Margret. I heard some of the songs she did earlier in her carreer and she could swing...
- Tue Jan 14, 2003 9:35 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: When selecting that "token" fast song...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 32910
One fast number I really like is Benny Carter's rendition of Perdido. It's over 7 minutes long though. On the faster tempo stuff: I like to play music that has a bit of a Dixieland feel to it. It gets the folks to finally use the Charleston stuff they've been learning in class. I also like to play a...
- Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:36 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Good Jam Songs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19085
- Tue Nov 26, 2002 7:48 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Space between songs...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22014
I think it's important to have some silence between songs. I remember one time when I was not enjoying my dance with someone (her nails were digging in my hand, and she had bad breath) the DJ had strung together 3 songs with no pause making it about 12 minutes long. When the forth song came on, I th...
- Sat Nov 23, 2002 1:14 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Speed control
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7729
- Sat Nov 23, 2002 1:08 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Favorite waltz tunes?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28095
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 4:45 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJ'ing in "Tendas"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11257
DJ'ing in "Tendas"
I spoke to a DJ for the Montreal Argentina Tango scene last week. He was explaining to me that the way the DJ's DJ for a dance in both Montreal and (apparently) in Argentina is something like this. 1 Set of Tango taking music only from 1 orchestra in 1 period. If you don't have enough music of one o...