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by wspeid
Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:00 pm
Forum: Upcoming Events
Topic: The Blues Muse Workshop - October 3-5
Replies: 0
Views: 3516

The Blues Muse Workshop - October 3-5

Save the date and book your travel! Philly Lindy and Blues is proud to present the World's first Follow-focused blues weekend: The Blues Muse Workshop Inspiring expression, receptivity, and creative partnership Philadelphia, Pa. October 3-5 Four of the best blues instructors on the East Coast; each...
by wspeid
Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:08 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing
Replies: 152
Views: 242133

I was asking about the 54, but the contact on the phone said they'd be supporting both (apparently the only difference is the extra surface area to allow for better dissipation of heat build up, or so I've heard... a techie may know better.).
by wspeid
Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing
Replies: 152
Views: 242133

Echo sales rep just told me its Indigo DJ Express Card is entering final stage production and should hit the markets in about 3-4 weeks.

I guess we'll find out if its vaporware pretty soon.
by wspeid
Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:15 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Trading collections
Replies: 73
Views: 65505

A local dancer recently told me she couldn't afford to pay the admission fee for weekly dances so the local organizer offered to burn her a copy of his hard drive so she can start DJ'ing and get into the dances for free. It wouldn't be the first, second or third time he made a copy but for a dancer ...
by wspeid
Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Competitive bid to hire a DJ?
Replies: 15
Views: 17706

I eventually got payment (about 6 weeks to process the check through the municipal government pay cycle). However, two weeks later I also received a 3 page "Request for information" form stating anyone doing business with the city had to identify all sources of income and salaries for both...
by wspeid
Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:54 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Clearing The Floor
Replies: 24
Views: 23919

If you are playing music that has all the people out of their seats dancing and the floor is packed, it is the responsibility of dancers to know how to dance "small enough" to not hurt each other. Yes, you can maybe scrub off a tiny bit of energy to prevent full out bedlam, but it is not u...
by wspeid
Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:45 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Overplayed songs
Replies: 105
Views: 199330

Agreed about the need for DJ's to listen to what other DJ's are playing; but some actually still need to told they shouldn't play a song a second time just because they missed hearing the first dj play it but they still want to hear it. Also, overplayed in a scene doesn't necessarily mean the local ...
by wspeid
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
Replies: 107
Views: 91092

Although I would never do it, I've been sorely tempted to play a set of vintage songs that are completely offensive by contemporary moral standards. There are so many examples of misogynous, racist, anti-semitic, anti-Asian, & homophobic songs that we all either politely pretend don't exist or i...
by wspeid
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:28 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Worst Songs Ever Heard at a Lindy Hop Night?
Replies: 107
Views: 91092

From the Swing era Wingy Manone's "Stop the War" played deafeningly loud with the DJ editing in an additional 15 seconds of dive bombing planes, sub-machine gun strafings and explosions that shook the walls of the dance studio (apparently created as a Boot Camp mix). By the time the music ...
by wspeid
Wed May 28, 2008 5:15 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Songs for the end of the night?
Replies: 36
Views: 27856

I close my sets with Alex Pangman's Live version of "Mama's Gone Goodbye". Its become a nice little tradition letting my dancers know somebody else is coming up.
by wspeid
Wed May 28, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Mixed Tempo songs?
Replies: 32
Views: 32183

We'll Build a Bungalow

For fun I once subjected a house party to "We'll Build a Bungalow" by Sy Oliver and his Orchestra, which is full of tempo shifts but the dancers who broke out the polka got the last laugh. I love transitioning from slow to quick with Linnzi Zaorksi's "I Hate Myself For Loving You"...
by wspeid
Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:35 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 365988

Here's my set list for the month. Enjoy! 1. Obey Your Air Raid Warden Tony Pastor – Radio Days 3 2. Royal Flush Metronome All Star Band – Summit Meeting 3. Gotta Do Some War Work, Baby Cootie Williams & His Rugcutters - 1941-1945 4. Till Tom Special 4Beat6 – The Band That Plays Benny Goodman 5. ...
by wspeid
Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Competitive bid to hire a DJ?
Replies: 15
Views: 17706

Update: Parks and Rec emailed me a week ago asked if I was still interested in DJ'ing. They said they'd fax a contract to sign but it never arrived despite repeated phone calls. The dance was held last night and my contact quietly ducked out during setup leaving me unsigned and unpaid. Additionally,...
by wspeid
Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:03 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Most Ella Fitzgerald/Chick Webb songs "disposable"
Replies: 19
Views: 18451

The source quoted was the NYT's pop music critic Stephen Holden in an article "Ella Fitzgerald, the Voice of Jazz, Dies at 79". Read in context of his full praising obituary the comment doesn't sound as negative as it does when pulled out in isolation
by wspeid
Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:37 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Competitive bid to hire a DJ?
Replies: 15
Views: 17706

An update: Parks & Rec informed my friend who organizes the local swing events they'd selected someone who'd bid $20 less than me for the night (basically gas money). No one in the swing community knows this person or if he has any prior experience so it's a crap shoot. But we all got our start ...