SwingDJs

I use dj1800 on my mac and I have it setup so that it will use iTunes as the library. When I'm djing I go through my playlist in iTunes select a song and just click and drag the song over to one of the trays on the dj1800. I keep my playlist for the night on iTunes. I have my playlist separated by c...

Nate Dogg wrote:They are all on eMusic (minus Oscar Peterson Plays The Count Basie Songbook). If you are interested, that might be an economical way of getting them.

Except that you can't dj from them.

Brian's show rocks. I'm at work and I can't keep from bopping my head back and forth.

Tonight at our big Thursday dance. We had a technical issue switching DJs (CD DJ to laptop DJ), after a minute or so of listening to the dancers clap and make a scene, etc... I grabbed the first CD I could find and threw it in, it was the Indigo Swing song for All Aboard. Nathan, you have like 200 ...

I'm surprised that there are only 13 tunes on this thing. I would think that for a lindy hop compilation it might be a two cd affair. Of course, I realize that compilations are difficult to assemble but I'm hoping for more future collaborations of this type.

mousethief wrote:I came in at Joe Carroll. Nice mix so far. I've only gotten maybe 15 mintues into it.

Kalman

Kalman, this is your bosss speaking. Get to work.

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An iMac heh? I'm jealous. Unfortunately I think that the best is LAME then followed by iTunes. So until EAC comes out for the Mac I think that is what you have.

Hey Titus, do you ever go home?

Most of the newbies fresh out of the triple-step, triple-step, rock step lesson danced to the Krupa track and had no problem keeping up. I'm happy to see the newbies trying to dance a variety of tempos and doing a good job of it :) It's incredible to me how when you are a newbie you can dance to so...

Those are great categories to start with. How about two more:

50's swing bands (not rock and roll)
Bebop (late 40's stuff perhaps)

Keep the explanations short. Announce the categories and have the djs go at it. The dancers and judges should be the final arbiters.

There is none. Unless the person request something the band has played. Then that is a no-no. I generally don't take requests during band breaks. It just simplifies things.

It depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.

mousethief wrote:Maybe she was taking notes on what she wants in a man.

Kalman

HA!

Do you mean like a iPod or something similar? I think if you're going to be a digital dj you should have some backups because computers can go down on you when you least expect it. Exactly. I'm in the process of getting an iPod for myself for that reason (and, as a general rule, I always carry arou...