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by funkyfreak
Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:01 pm
Forum: Other Music
Topic: Songs that get your adrenaline pumping...
Replies: 20
Views: 29950

julius wrote:Satriani was one of those 80s/90s guitar gods who only guitar players knew about, it seemed.
Mmm, Satriani...

-FF
by funkyfreak
Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:59 pm
Forum: Other Music
Topic: Short Skirt, Looong Pants
Replies: 3
Views: 6883

I should still have that song in my archives, shoot me a PM if you haven't found a copy.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:26 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: DJ Bios
Replies: 14
Views: 14466

Coming in late, but how did your new bio turn out, Shana?

I've always left my bio longer, so that promoters can take what pieces they want for their particular event, if it all. Anyway, I've always thought the hardest part was writing in the third person...

http://www.mezzjelly.com/dj/

-FF
by funkyfreak
Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:49 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Requests during band breaks
Replies: 3
Views: 5362

Re: Requests during band breaks

Is there protocol as far as making requests during band breaks? Make them all you want, if they are good they might get played... ;) I don't mind mind taking requests at any point or time, it's just a verbal cue to what I can also see visually in the crowd. Whether I take that one verbal cue heavil...
by funkyfreak
Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:46 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Upping the tempo.
Replies: 69
Views: 51290

It's incredible to me how when you are a newbie you can dance to something say at 180 BPM but as you get better you resist the notion of going over 150. Bingo. I've wondered how the music that is selected to be intentionally slow so you can practice to it became a standard dancing speed that some p...
by funkyfreak
Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:24 am
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: Tha value of a DJ's time
Replies: 89
Views: 70556

Let them know what would make a weekend more welcoming for DJs. If you phrase it like that -- how to help future DJs, and make the event go smoother for the organizers themselves -- it will appear be less 'personal' and less 'complaining'. Focusing the way you phrase things less on 'I do feel' and ...
by funkyfreak
Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:31 pm
Forum: Song IDs
Topic: [Answered] Multiple Songs from The Spirit Moves
Replies: 6
Views: 6906

One of my favorite tunes is After Hours, Erskine Harwkins. Playing over the Solo Blues.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:27 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: An interesting commentary from an expert
Replies: 30
Views: 20203

Zot wrote:BBVD cover band
No matter how long I lived, I never imagined I would hear those words uttered.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:15 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Test drive the new look AMG
Replies: 31
Views: 18859

KevinSchaper wrote:I think lazy people who code to one browser suck.
Good god, what are they thinking? It's not like there's anything they used there that COULDN'T be cross compatable... Lazy indeed.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:11 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: What happens when you take a request
Replies: 12
Views: 7848

"I'll see if I can fit it in."

-FF
by funkyfreak
Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:40 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 369556

Holy crap this is great stuff.
Rinse.
Repeat.

I don't normally listen to the show, but with a set like this I'd tune in every day.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Wed May 26, 2004 3:18 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Rhythm
Replies: 38
Views: 22951

Ugh.

We used to have a pair of instructors who would use that song for a "promotional demo" at local dances....

...The. Same. Song. Every. Single. Time.

Image

-FF
by funkyfreak
Wed May 26, 2004 2:48 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: New Big Bands Recordings vs. Original Recordings
Replies: 18
Views: 12919

Doug wrote:I have been reviewing to my Book (for the 500th time) listening for the energy that can drive a Balboa crowd wild! (Kyle - Think Lawrence Welk).
Hahahahaha, I can't believe you just dragged that over to this forum ;)

-FF
by funkyfreak
Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:14 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: What's the worst swing song ever?
Replies: 99
Views: 62603

The Shim Sham Song.

Just thinking about it makes me want to shoot myself.

-FF
by funkyfreak
Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:47 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Replies: 10
Views: 6539

There's a discussion of them here you may be able to gleam some points from http://www.swingdjs.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=348

-FF