Nando wrote:I think he's just trying to instigate conversation by implying incorrect facts... something he does on Yehoodi too often.
That is completely the opposite of my intention here. I thought that the disclaimer made that clear:
Matthew wrote:[Disclaimer: This is a bit of a rant about something that's been bothering me lately. Contained herein is personal opinion. Also, sorry to bring this topic up again, but it's really been frustrating me.]
That being the case, I don't appreciate the suggestion regarding my original post.
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Some of the things that you all have pointed out have made me reconsider our local music as a whole. The more I think about it, the more I think that the abundance of groove, especially slow groove, may be just part of the problem. The fact is, there's very little uptempo, original-era swing played in this area as a whole. Groove may be the closest thing that we usually get, and that may be part of the reason I'm so sick of it.
Roy, I've been in the Tampa Bay area for a relatively short time, so I'm not sure what they played several years ago. Some of the bands that play swing events now, especially those that play at Centro and Swing City, play more slow, groovy stuff than I'd like. I imagine that the ECS dancers feel the same way.
A couple from San Diego came to a Halloween dance here last year, and I remember him telling me that where they usually dance, they don't feel like they're doing lindy until the tempo gets above 225 BPM. We usually take it a bit slower here, so for most of the dancers, 225 would feel very fast.