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by 12bars
Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:27 pm
Forum: Other Music
Topic: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock
Replies: 19
Views: 18677

i envy you...
by 12bars
Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:51 am
Forum: Other Music
Topic: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock
Replies: 19
Views: 18677

janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock

she has a variety of stuff that ranges from blues to rock. (im talking here about her blues stuff: "one good man", "summer time", "ball and chain".) are these songs blues, or blues-rock? what is the diffrence? for me, the diffrence is whether the rythym section is in th...
by 12bars
Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:37 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Finding your voice as a DJ
Replies: 63
Views: 58111

ill keep an eye on it...thanks for the input. (yay for earl bostic)
by 12bars
Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:37 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Which info do you carry with you?
Replies: 10
Views: 10302

I leave the subjective qualities (feeling, energy level, style, perceived speed, etc...) in my head. this is why you rock. title/artist, vocalist if diffrent/album length, bpm genre and category notes on the group-size instrunemts ect mood period-general date, and sound what type of dancing it work...
by 12bars
Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:30 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Finding your voice as a DJ
Replies: 63
Views: 58111

i am a new dj. i have only recently even thought of djing. i have a lot of music. alot of the music i have is not the stuff i hear all the time (lately i have been buying that stuff). i have music for lindy as well as for carolina shag. i have actually discovered some of the artists that work well f...
by 12bars
Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:34 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: djing the blues...our job
Replies: 107
Views: 74747

as a blues dancer i want to dance to blues music. im not alone, but we are in the minority. i think that is unfortunate. i also see blues dancing as a dance that is being developed as we speak. i personaly think it should develop around blues music. i want it to be about the music that i love. i rea...
by 12bars
Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:25 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: djing the blues...our job
Replies: 107
Views: 74747

Mainly it is your interpretation of 'blues': is it that which is in 12 bars? is it that which is exclusively slow? is it that which is exclusively melancholic in subject matter? I think 'blues' in terms of music can be any combination of the three. However, most of the blues dancing I've seen is at...
by 12bars
Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:16 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: djing the blues...our job
Replies: 107
Views: 74747

djing the blues...our job

while reading the "what is our job" thread, i was wondering this... what is the job of blues djs? how much can we "educate"? it seems to me that often blues dancing is not danced to blues music, nor do rooms billed as blues rooms often play blues music. as both a blues dancer, an...
by 12bars
Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:47 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Laptop DJing
Replies: 647
Views: 536617

great info. im just starting to get set up. this will help a lot.

question: i have some things taged in media player. when i change over to dj software of somekind will there be an easy way to move that info, or are my worst fears confirmed?