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by Kyle
Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:59 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

However, with live music, it is important, in these lindy times, to have the DJ's balance out the music. the binge had a classic sound this year with the bands, and in that case, (if you wanted to ) having DJ's who were known for a more groove sound would have helped to balance out the event. so in ...
by Kyle
Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:53 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

Maybe I'm misreading your point Yes you are. I have two points in this thread total. One: DJ's should get some sort of compensation. and two, It is not as difficult as people portray it to be to run an event. I did not combine those two topics into one, as you did. I am not saying that if people do...
by Kyle
Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:48 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

No offense, but if you spent any amount of time organizing and/or promoting you wouldn't say anything as blatantly naive as this. You can talk to as many "wanna be's" as you want, but until you have walked the figurative mile in any organizer's shoes, you cannot hope to understand the wor...
by Kyle
Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:00 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

From my experience, too many Exchanges end up losing money. I don't think it is fair to demonize the organizers. In most cases, unless you are in their shoes, you won't have all the facts. Nathan That is no excuse for not paying DJ's. The reason why events lose money is because the promotes made a ...
by Kyle
Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:19 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Post Groove songs, is your city de-groovifying?
Replies: 5
Views: 4876

dude, im not sure if your song selections would 'encourage' groove dancers to dance. off the top of my head, I know that "Scarecrow" is N O T a 'groove' friendly song. far from it.
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:16 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

Look at a regular event. most DJ's play basic swing music at the beginning of the night because the better dancers aren't there. they might feel that it would be wasting a good song if they played it for an unappreciative crowd. I think that is called playing to your crowd. I play more six count fr...
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:35 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

I also think that a great DJ does his or her best, whether it is a paid gig or not. If I thought that a DJ tried harder if you paid him more, I would not want him or her near the DJ booth. I was saying that DJ's who know they are getting paid, or DJ'ing a big event, or a battle, often play they &qu...
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:15 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: East Coast Music?
Replies: 14
Views: 9996

for me

ECS= NeoSwing/Blues 12 bar blues works best IMO

Big Joe Turner etc.....
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:49 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 69922

One- If an exchange asks you to DJ an event, minimum compensation would be free entry to the event. I have had only one event ask me to pay for the event even though i was djing the event. With that said, after a few emails, my compensation turned out to be satisfactory. two- This topic has been dis...
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:36 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Post Groove songs, is your city de-groovifying?
Replies: 5
Views: 4876

St Louis Blues - Benny Goodman
by Kyle
Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:54 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Legitimately Owned Music and DJing
Replies: 54
Views: 43711

I was always under the impression that song artists owned their music because they stipulated that in the contract.
by Kyle
Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:30 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Neo-swing?!?!
Replies: 24
Views: 16258

from what i heard from the peeps in vegas, he Headlined the Django festival after playing "his style" for only a year. to me, that would make him a prodigy
by Kyle
Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:46 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Neo-swing?!?!
Replies: 24
Views: 16258

That kid from Clearwater is so overrated. Unfortunately, most Django-style players are ametuers, so the standards are really not very high. If you ask around the Gypsy-jazz community, he's really not special - at all. He's more of novelty, if anything. In the jazz communtiy, it takes a lot more to ...
by Kyle
Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:04 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Neo-swing?!?!
Replies: 24
Views: 16258

There are modern "swing bands" that get plenty of respect in my book, in part, because they do their recordings right ... just look at Albert System's posts in the New Big Band Recordings ... thread or pull out a copy of Barbara Morrison at the 9:20. The warm sounds on that album never fe...
by Kyle
Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:46 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Songs that will always have meaning for you...
Replies: 8
Views: 5793

Oh Marie! Louis Prima
Rockin In Rhythm Ellington


that's about it. well for sentimemtal songs relating to my dancing.