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by Drew
Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:38 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Too much groove for me, lately
Replies: 149
Views: 101392

There is no hollywood v. savoy anymore, for one thing. Tell that to the people in my scene... *sigh* they still try to make up style issues where they don't exist. I even hear "that's a hollywood song" from time to time. UGH!@#$ "uh, no... it's Swing". ehh...the white bread 40s ...
by Drew
Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:23 am
Forum: Other Music
Topic: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock
Replies: 19
Views: 18645

I forgot to add how kick-ass this concert sounds.
by Drew
Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:32 am
Forum: Other Music
Topic: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock
Replies: 19
Views: 18645

Re: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock

Blues-rock is what I would consider most of Eric Clapton's late 60s-70s recordings with Cream and other assorted groups and solo work as most clearly definable as blues-rock. Stuff like "Layla" as well as most of the rest of The Cream of Clapton . Clapton bemoaned the Yardbirds as strayin...
by Drew
Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:03 pm
Forum: Other Music
Topic: janis joplin and blues vs blues/rock
Replies: 19
Views: 18645

Re: 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 t...
by Drew
Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:40 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: djing the blues...our job
Replies: 107
Views: 74671

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 att...
by Drew
Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:05 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: CD reviews. Gospel or useless
Replies: 11
Views: 10752

Consider the source. It ultimately depends on who wrote the review, but even so I am much more likely to buy unknowns on personal recommendations from trustworthy friends than I am from a written review. Same goes for movies, plays, restaurants, etc. My problem with a lot of reviews is that from my ...
by Drew
Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:13 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: DJ Battles
Replies: 27
Views: 23576

yedancer wrote:It sounds very similar to the format at Lindy Summit, which seemed to work well.
How was it received by the dancers?

Who were the DJs that competed?
by Drew
Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:20 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: What's the makeup of your collection?
Replies: 15
Views: 11638

90% Jazz
5% various pop mixes
5% White Stripes albums and bootlegs
by Drew
Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:27 pm
Forum: Other Music
Topic: West Coast music
Replies: 43
Views: 42476

As far as I know, the only thing that Westies play from the EC album is the song that goes "before you accuse me, take a look at yourself"... I don't remember what the actual name is. Anything else you like on it? Of course you didn't actually say you liked it... ;) It was over-played in ...
by Drew
Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:25 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Digital DJ
Replies: 9
Views: 9439

I've heard of more broken Windows than rotten Apples.
by Drew
Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:31 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: IPOD LAW SUIT
Replies: 8
Views: 7505

I remember this being brought up here , where this movie was posted. It doesn't influence my decision on an iPod, which I plan on procuring a 40GB model within the next couple of months. If people sue and win free replacement of iPod batteries, way to go. But I don't ever recall reading or hearing a...
by Drew
Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:15 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Albums You Wish You Never Bought
Replies: 78
Views: 51205

Buck Clayton: The Classic Swing of Buck Clayton . Bad sound quality. Lester Young: The Complete Small Combo Sessions on Verve, 1939-51 . Horrid sound quality, and some...interesting...instrumentation. Grover Mitchell and the Count Basie Orchestra: Count Plays Duke . nothing with energy on it. Count ...
by Drew
Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:37 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Live at the Lindy Binge - The CD!
Replies: 22
Views: 14635

received a copy as a gift from some friends. What memories of an amazing night of live music.
by Drew
Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:46 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Headphones
Replies: 23
Views: 122388

I have two pairs that I absolutely LOVE...one is Aiwa Noise Cancelling Headphones, HP-CN5, and these are Supra Aural, meaning that they sit over your ear...the other pair I like is Philips SBC HP170, these are Circumaural and hug your ear, blocking out the sound. I got the Philips one at Target, th...
by Drew
Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:31 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Where to find clips of all songs, not just first five
Replies: 20
Views: 13678

barnes and noble in LA does that too your cds, take them to one of many bar code readers/digital stations in the store, and scan the bar code Borders uses a similar system. Borders has samples on most, if not all, of their music. Newer and/or bigger Borders, from my experience, will have bigger and...