SwingDJs

Recently, I was chatting to a friend of mine at a dance, and he said 'I'm convinced guest DJs are just a PR exercise'. We didn't really discuss it (it was at a dance and the music was quite loud), but I've thought about it a bit since. I think he meant that the promoter only has guest DJs in order ...

So, I am trying to set up my Mac for use with two media players - iTunes for previewing and another for playing. My setup is: iMac G5 OS X 10.4.6 iTunes 7 Turtle Beach USB card I would like to use iTunes for previewing using the built-in sound, and another player for playing via the Turtle Beach US...

Yes, this definitely is not the forum for debating the development of replacement guidelines for Austin. The topic is whether to or how to implement guidelines, in general. The Austin policies merely provided an illustration of how it went a bit haywire. Bringing the topic full-circle to the origina...

Thanks for all your help. I tried converting, but something about the liscence agreement came up and wouldn't let me convert. Is there anyway to bipass this? No, you are stuck unless you resort to "illegal" means to get around the DRm (Digital Rights Management). You might be able to conv...

For the dancers we play to (partner dancers, not talking about club music, etc...), MP3s and CDs are preferable. The sound quality is good enough, you can carry more music (1000x more music), you can organize your music much better (using mp3 tags, playlists, etc..). The reason most DJs are laptop ...

What bitrate are your WMAs? It may be worth it to rerip everything at a higher rate, or as WAVs. Exactly. What he's referring to is that WMAs are "lossy" formats, meaning that they degrade the quality of the audio in the compression process. Re-compressing them into another lossy format l...

Why does everyone make it seem so hard? If you have a neutral position, it's easy. Nothing about DJing is "hard." It just would throw a lot of people off who have never played a record, at all, no less have not played a record for over a decade. That brief process you described is so much...

CafeSavoy wrote:But you do raise a good question. Would Strayhorn have achieved without the considerable support of the Ellington organization but with more freedom?

No, not even a little bit.

IITM is certainly one of the first "swing" songs most people hear in life. It is also the thing that non-swing people think of emblematically as "swing." When I am struggling to explain 'swing dancing' to friends, I just mention 'Glenn Miller' and they understand :wink: Don't mi...

I'm not sure if you're agreeing or not. I think SSS is good enough to survive all of that. Seriously, I could watch this over and over: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k I agree with your main point (95% of your post) about "In the Mood;" I just disagree about Sing Sing Sing not havi...

But add to that the cultural baggage, both in popular culture and our subculture, and you have something that is radioactive to some people, including me. There is a subtext to ITM and people that play or DJ it. ITM is certainly one of the first "swing" songs most people hear in life. It ...

Would the Zippers be too Neo? :shock: The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a Alternative Pop Rock band with a mild Hot Jazz influences. They were a crucial bridge band that helped revive interest in Swing, and it is good that they existed for that reason, but they are NOT a Lindy or Swing band, no less a L...

Also, I would have stopped earlier had I not received lots of unsolicited compliments for those rebellious sets. ("When do you DJ next?" "Why don't you DJ more?" etc.) Yeah, but it's the rare person that comes up to your face and says, "Your set sucked." Positive feedb...

Not to rain on your parade, but many dancers couldn't care a whole lot about a live musician, even if they are free. Since it's first and foremost an event with broad general appeal (and the "jazz" lavel seems to be used a bit loosely) something with neo name recognition might be your bes...

Lars wrote:That's another announcement that we regularly make, "buy a beverage and remember to tip your bartender". We also make announcements for drink specials, other up-coming events at the venue.

Do you guys play any music?

(yes, I'm kidding....)