SwingDJs

You tell them Zot.
I know there was a survey on Yehoodi on a thread that some one started.
Not sure how much detail it went into.

Brian

I'm waiting for it. Fess Williams was the first band ever to play at the Savoy Ballroom, and were the house band there in 1926 for a while. If you want to know what they sound like, check out www.redhotjazz.com. Because it is very early, it doesn’t have that Lindyhop big band sound to it that we wou...

One element on DJing that I’m not aware that we have discussed much on the board is how we use the Microphone. Whether it is just making general announcements at your local venue right up radio DJing at some stage most of us will us a mic. How you use the microphone can really be a determining fact ...

Well here are some links to the copyright laws here in Australia. From my understanding the format is the same internationally. link 1 link 2 I yet have to come across any swing venue where that does it. I know at my wedding last April the church insisted that I had paid copyright for the music that...

I've got over 30 Basie CD's.
Maybe Ella is next with 10 or so.

Brian

Not sure

But I do try to play the following artist in most of my sets:
Basie, Goodman, Web, T or J Dorsey & Ellington, as well as some of the other Swing Era greats.

Brian

This is a funny little thread.
All I know is that, I get a lot of answers to my questions on this board.
There are not many other public places I can to to find some of the kind of information I've been looking for.

Brian

I'll buy CD's any where I can. Being able to preview tracks (in a store or on the internet) really does encourage me to buy.
I put down that I buy a few a month, but it is closer to once a week.

Brian

If some one is making money over dancers being at a venue, I'll not DJ there unless I get paid. I spend a lot of money and time on my equipment and material in order to be able to DJ. Here in Melbourne takefully $20 per hour and free admin, is starting to becoming the standard. Any money I earn in D...

http://www.redhotjazz.com Amazing! The equivalent in the print world would be like a two-volume book with illustrations and dozens of CDs included. I've only begun to delve into the resources here... Any others? Could not agree any more. Fantastic site. Only thing is that most of the recordings are...

For me, every time is different. I try to look out at the dance floor before I press play. If people are still full of energy I will only leave about 1-2 seconds between tracks. If the venue is very hot and the dancers look tired, I may leave up to 8-10 seconds between the songs. If I've been lucky ...

From reading this board and from looking at many other DJ’s I’ve noticed that a lot of Swing DJ’s don’t preview before spinning a track. To me I find previewing one of the most important parts of my DJing. I think the only occasion I haven’t previewed, is when I have to chose a track ASAP and I’ve o...

This is an item that came to me from another current tread. What is the maximum amount of DJ’s can a scene sustain? Is if possible to have too many DJ’s? If you are a roaming DJ and due to lack of demand only get a gig every 2 months why would you bother? We all are aware of the problems of having t...

Who do you refer it: Song, chart, tune, track ect From Dictionary.com Song: = A brief composition written or adapted for singing. /The act or art of singing: broke into song. Chart: = A listing of best-selling recorded music or other items. Often used in the plural: A hit single that reached number ...

People are always dancing to music that doesn't really do it for them.
You can see it in their dancing. I know the dancers mood as a part in it, but if I don't see good dancers really getting into the song, its just not their thing that night.