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by Shanabanana
Mon Jun 23, 2003 10:17 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Essential Collections
Replies: 52
Views: 38667

See, Rayned, I told you so! Rayne: should we make the essential albums a swingdj thread? Shana: it would be interesting Shana: but I'm not touching it with a 10 ft pole Rayned: no? Shana: not until I see that it's not going to be a ripfest Shana: oh! I know! We should ask the board to come to a cons...
by Shanabanana
Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:12 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Danceable Swing Basoon?
Replies: 7
Views: 11184

I WIN!
by Shanabanana
Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:07 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Danceable Swing Basoon?
Replies: 7
Views: 11184

Danceable Swing Basoon?

Illinois Jacquet does a bassoon number on the Black and Blue album. It's nominally danceable, but I'm interested in finding some more danceable bassoon stuff for a basoon playing dancer friend of mine. Anything interesting out there?
by Shanabanana
Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:24 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Essential Collections
Replies: 52
Views: 38667

This thread came up because a fledgling DJ was asking about essential CDs to have in her collection for DJing purposes. We thought it would be interesting to poll the Swing DJs to see what they thought. Do what you will with it, but that's what I would find most interesting.
by Shanabanana
Fri Jun 20, 2003 8:47 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Foreign-language swing
Replies: 36
Views: 26546

Joe Carroll has a French-ish song on his album with Ray Bryant. It makes my French dancing friend laugh, though the french is (intentionally) pretty bad.
by Shanabanana
Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:35 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Memorabilia
Replies: 19
Views: 16955

This is the image on my favorite piece. I was in a bidding war against another lindyhopper, but hey, all's fair in love and lindy.

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by Shanabanana
Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:21 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Memorabilia
Replies: 19
Views: 16955

I have a bunch of vintage sheet music and memorabilia that decorates my living room. My favorites are the 'Lucky Lindy' sheet music, 'Ballin the Jack' sheet music, the gorgeous 'Darktown Strutter's Ball' sheet music with 5 black couples dancing on the cover, the Saturday Evening Post cover with a bl...
by Shanabanana
Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:29 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: How is your swing scene compared to a year ago?
Replies: 13
Views: 11963

Our scene has been growing steadily. Dancers have been moving here in droves, and we've reached the critical mass of teachers that allows beginner dancers to get good quickly. We've also got enough good DJs that the music always stays interesting. I think a lot of scenes have trouble because some DJ...
by Shanabanana
Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:39 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Why are all the DJs male?
Replies: 111
Views: 84018

Since most people get into DJing because they liked the music and happened to amass an enormous collection of music, that leaves out most of the women I know. For whatever reason, I know fewer women that are into jazz than men. So it's not all that surprising that there are fewer female DJs. It also...
by Shanabanana
Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:05 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: How much do you get paid?
Replies: 20
Views: 18780

What I don't understand is that there's little stigma attached to getting paid to teach, assuming it's more than a 30 minute East Coast Swing intro class. Teachers are providing a service that a limited number of people can do, and get paid to do so. Most DJs have worked for years compiling a music ...
by Shanabanana
Mon Jun 16, 2003 12:07 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: How much do you get paid?
Replies: 20
Views: 18780

I run a swing venue, so I almost always get paid to DJ. If I'm a guest DJ at an event that is not for profit, I won't take money for it. But if it's a venue that is for profit, I appreciate something for my trouble, and I always pay guest DJs and instructors for their time at my venue. It puzzles me...