SwingDJs

Great tip, Haydn!

I recently posted this list of 14 tips to become a (better) Swing DJ on my website/blog Basically I wrote the post for future Swing DJs and those who just started and of course it contains topics we all discussed about a lot on this forum. I was wondering if I forgot something to mention in the list...

why not use unused downloads before cancelling, to be sure?

Disco XT is very tempting! Last year I downloaded the demo version but I never took the time to check it out properly. When I see now this screenshot I really should do that

But as DJ1800 is DJ software, wouldn't it make more sense (and is it even possible) to do it the other way round? As I wrote, with DJ1800 you can't build up a playlist and I prefer to have one for my set, so I can prepare the upcoming 3, 4 songs and if necessary I still can change the order last-mi...

I also use a Mac and I bought DJ1800 a while ago because some DJs recommended it to me. DJ1800 is good because you can link it with your iTunes library but you can't build up a playlist. So I decided to use it as my prelistening tool in combination with a Griffin iMic. iTunes DJ was my favourite cho...

@chrisbe_

I use iTunes and DJ1800 the same way. It happend to me that iTunes or DJ1800 (V3.2.1) hanged after the standby mode. So I began to restart my MacBook before DJing and since then I never had a problem. Another hint: deactivate AirPort.

Not a big band version: Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-tette, 1958, on the album "Ella Swings Lightly".

Yeah, no singing but a great version I didn't know. Thanks Haydn!

I know this problem very well, especially as a regular social dancer and as a dance teacher. That's why I've written it's an issue for the dance teachers, they can show dance technical stuff (e.g. how to kick) and also how to behave on a dance floor. Of course you always will have unexperienced danc...

From my point of view this is an issue for the dance teachers and not for the DJs!

The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Jimmy Rushing. I discovered this CD yesterday in a local record shop and I had to buy it. The original album was released 1960 and is amazingly swinging. http://www.amazon.com/Brubeck-Rushing-Quartet-Featuring-Jimmy/dp/B00000DFSD/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music...

I don't like scatting really with the exception of Ella's

I'm not a emusic-user yet.
I was wondering where you guys get additional informations from (especially the recording year) when you are buying music from emusic?