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- Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:59 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: CDnow/Amazon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15634
I'm pretty bummed! CDNow was my best source for CDs. Amazon killed a really great resource by replacing the CDNow site with their own. I'm going to remove the link on my web site to CDNow. What other sites have others here had good experiences with? Aside from the wev, all that I have to work with l...
- Mon Dec 02, 2002 8:47 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: In A Mellow Tone
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18661
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 8:51 pm
- Forum: Technical Questions
- Topic: What do you think?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 120294
At first I didn't want to move away from the mail list, but now I like this much better. It is more welcoming to see tacit invitations to discuss things other than swing music. We can talk about non-swing music here freely without getting beaten up by purists. We can talk about tech issues and gig s...
Nope. But I use a Behringer Feedback Destroyer Pro DSP1124p . It took me a few times to figure out how to set it up, but once I figured it out it made an amazing difference in the sound quality. I have had several venue managers tell me that my system is the best sounding system they have ever heard...
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 7:09 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: DJ'ing in "Tendas"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11145
Not me. I look for transitional songs that bridge the gaps between different musical styles. I do everything I can to make the musical flow seamless. I don't want dancers to notice the changes as they are occuring. I want them only to notice in retrospect. Tango dance communities have very different...
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 6:58 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Space between songs...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21832
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 3:47 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Space between songs...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21832
Depends on the scene and the dancers. For Lindy crowds I put 1 or 2 seconds between songs. For Westies - no space. I even clip the blank space off the ends of songs when I build complation discs so songs will play back to back with no space when I use the auto-start feature to move from CD to CD on ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 3:40 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Speed control
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7634
Your poll needs another choice. I use it all the time when teaching classes. It is much easier than trying to organize different songs with different tempos. And I think it is easier on new students to practice to the same song at different tempos. In beginner classes I use it to slow the tempo. In ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 1:14 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Favorite waltz tunes?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 27788
Re: Favorite Waltz Tunes
What a terrible thought!! Ugh!! Please Abbie, not while I am in Waltz heaven with a lovely lady.Downeastdancer wrote:...many require fading because they are really long.
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 12:45 pm
- Forum: Other Music
- Topic: Favorite waltz tunes?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 27788
Some of my standards for waltz, listed from easiest to dance to to most difficult to dance to... Wall Around Your Heart - Maura O'Connell The Simple Waltz - Junior Mance Trio Angel - Sarah McLachlan Kiss from a Rose - Seal Song of Redemption - Andy Statman Quartet Jitterbug Waltz - Junior Mance Trio...
- Fri Nov 22, 2002 7:12 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: In A Mellow Tone
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18661
Of all of the versions I have heard the one that has stuck with me through the years as my favorite is the first one I ever heard. Our swing scene was brand new - only about three months old. Due to a mishap in scheduling, Indigo Swing was left without a Saturday night booking so I managed to pick t...
- Wed Nov 20, 2002 3:42 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Theme Songs
- Replies: 60
- Views: 42252
I had a signature song when I was a radio DJ. But I can't remember now what it was. That was too many years ago. I think it's been 15 years since I was on the radio. These days, as a swing dance DJ, I don't have a theme song. But I've been told by some that I have a few signature songs. One would be...