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- Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:39 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Armstrong biography
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4191
Armstrong biography
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Louis Armstrong?
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:47 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Help! Muddy Sound...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10180
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Jumpin' at the Woodside, Benny Goodman
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9355
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:14 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Jumpin' at the Woodside, Benny Goodman
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9355
[Answered] Jumpin' at the Woodside, Benny Goodman
Anyone recognize the recording of JATW used in this contest?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcfiY69-YA
It starts at about the 4:00 mark.
Thanks,
James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcfiY69-YA
It starts at about the 4:00 mark.
Thanks,
James
- Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:41 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
- Replies: 551
- Views: 377084
Here's the set list from this month's show. And here is a list of all the current bands that I included , along with links to their web pages or Myspace pages. If you've got comments, tips on bands that I missed, praise or snide remarks about the ones I included, I'd love to here it--leave a comment...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:12 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: 1930's slow tempo songs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7120
- Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:36 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: What are your favorite songs right now?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 173025
Is this the tune you're talking about?Matthew wrote:"Shake That Jelly Roll" - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn, from a CD called Chicago Black Small Bands
The solo in the break at 0:40 is mind-boggling and awesome!
- Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:23 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Post-set analytics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6469
I love playing with numbers, however I rarely have full night sets any more, which are the type of sets that can produce meaningful data. That's probably true. But even if you regularly DJ for an hour or two every week or two weeks, you could look at trends over your last couple outings. Are your s...
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:43 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Post-set analytics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6469
Post-set analytics
Here's a super-nerdy question for y'all. Imagine that you were going to do post-game performance analysis on a DJ, either yourself or someone else. What statistics would you look at and how would you set up the analysis? Here's two examples of simple bpm charts: Frequency distribution of tempo range...
- Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:23 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Meet Chicago DJ James Pustejovsky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5618
Chicago has a pretty diverse crowd of dj's, some of whom have been spinning for many years--5+, 8+ or more. And we're all pretty opinionated. On the whole, I would say that I play more pre-WWII big band, more 30's small group jazz, and more New Orleans/Dixieland-inspired jazz than most of the other ...
- Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:46 am
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Meet Chicago DJ James Pustejovsky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5618
That's me. Actually, if you're looking for my setlists--here's a bunch more . I've posted every one of my sets from Fizz, the Monday night dance in Chicago, for the past two years. If you are looking to get a sense of the sorts of music played in the Chicago scene, this may be as good a sample as yo...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Easier and Safer DJing with iTunes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8115
...The biggest danger with Cog was that it switches audio outputs if you take your headphones out of the headphone jack mid-song! So if you put Cog to the speakers, and your laptop/itunes to headphones, and then accidentally pull your headphones out, the audio will switch from the dance floor to yo...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:49 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Easier and Safer DJing with iTunes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8115
My go-to is Disco LT, but I've been experimenting with other options for times when I want to spin from iTunes. Right now I'm playing with a little open source program called Cog, which is a simple media player. I use Cog as my live playlist, and use iTunes for previewing. When I find something I wa...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:52 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: DJing Software.
- Replies: 113
- Views: 99492
I've been using Disco LT, a slightly less feature-rich version of XT, for about a year. I like the software, but there's a few things that really bug me: - I can't design my own fades--only use the preset ones, none of which are ideal for swing dances. - Every once in a while the automatic end-point...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:39 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 93948
Ditto for Manamana.