SwingDJs

I use winamp for playout. I use itunes for management and can drag and drop songs into winamp.

Do those of you who've been using spotify for awhile have any tips to share? I just got on today.

I got the same thing from the US emusic today. (With the exception that it was vague on actual prices... just that it would be money not credits anymore)

We're sorry. There are no albums available for download in your country (United States) at this time.

if you copy the library file along, you'll get the ratings, too. i just over-write the one on the laptop every time i copy new music to the external drive. you do lose all the playlist info that you created on the laptop this way, so if you care about that... I haven't done this because I'm only co...

How are you currently synching between desktop and laptop? Lipi's suggestion of using an external drive is probably the most commonly used method. But you could tag your files so that you can extract only the files you want to use for djing. And you could export the relevant playlists and import th...

I just got a new laptop so my Echo PCMCIA card isn't an option anymore. Does anyone have a suggestion for a USB sound card they like these days?

Thanks... I had totally forgotten that the competition music thread started out with exactly the same sorts of questions :) The contest in question is actually a blues contest not a lindy one, but I figured the same guidelines would apply. I did get an answer to my email, but interestingly the one q...

When you're asked to DJ a contest, what information do you expect from the contest organizers? I was asked to DJ a contest, but don't have any info yet about the contest. I responded asking a bunch of questions, but was wondering what questions I forgot to ask. What all do you want to know in advanc...

Sounds fun. I'll be there.

Is it the Delta Rhythm Boys version?

Which one did you get? My non-USB turntable died and I'd never gotten around to converting my LPs so need to replace it with something.

I love Pink Martini live, but they typically play about one swing song a night (with the rest being ballads and salsa generally).

JesseMiner wrote: That has been my solution so far. Works (fine) as long as you aren't already using the comments field for something else.

I am, but not in a way that adding another word is going to be a problem

ITunes keeps track of the ratings through its own database, which in my book is a pitfall. But you can try transferring the database to the laptop. Unless I'm missing something this only works if you transfer your entire music database, which in my case wouldn't fit on my laptop. I'm trying to just...