What are you essential edits?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:56 am
Eyeball wrote:Where would we be without people to correct the mistakes of Jazzmen?
Eyeball wrote:Where would we be without people to correct the mistakes of Jazzmen?
anton wrote:Lionel Hampton - Loose Wig (1944): I've edited out the last phrase (which is quite boring) and go straight for the outro.
zzzzoom wrote:
I (obviously) think there's a lot of opportunity to be creative when DJ-ing.JesseMiner wrote:be careful when stepping into the territory of editing very familiar tunes. I remember the disappointment of dancing to LCJO's "Happy Go Lucky Local", only to find that the DJ had decided to cut it off half way through!
...similar to my facing the wrath of Shorty Dave when I edited out the long, rhythmless piano interludes in Gene Harris's "Summertime." It worked, but it interfered with Dave's "choreography" to the full version, so he yelled afoul.JesseMiner wrote:I personally love the concept of editing tracks that would otherwise not be appropriate for playing at dances (and I play several regularly), but be careful when stepping into the territory of editing very familiar tunes. I remember the disappointment of dancing to LCJO's "Happy Go Lucky Local", only to find that the DJ had decided to cut it off half way through!
Exactly my thoughts. One of the best Lindy remixes was taking Wade in the Water, speeding it up, and overdubbing it with (I think it was) "Cottontail." A bit sloppy at points, but brilliant idea! (And I'm not big a fast-Lindy fan.)OneTrueDabe wrote: I would forgive, even welcome, not hearing a song played *EXACTLY* the way I remember it, if it means witnessing something unique -- something I've never heard before, lovingly hand-crafted on the spot (and, like I said... done WELL! See "Tremendous Amount of Practice" above.)
Especially (*cough*) ''Overly Familiar'' songs...
It would certainly elevate the (perceived) role of DJ above mere "iPod Monkey", IMHO...
Marcelo did it as a joke, not as fodder for dancing or to impress DJs. If it succeeded on either count, he'd probably be extremely surprised!Lawrence wrote:Exactly my thoughts. One of the best Lindy remixes was taking Wade in the Water, speeding it up, and overdubbing it with (I think it was) "Cottontail." A bit sloppy at points, but brilliant idea! (And I'm not big a fast-Lindy fan.)
A free option:wspeid wrote:Can anyone point me towards either a quick "How To", software recommendations or more succinctly the url of where that might have been previously discussed over on the tech side?
Thanks.
Bill
I gotta back Dave on this one; the piano interludes setup the energetic section right afterwards. Lawrence I think you should try playing the unedited version again and see what happens; so many more people are doing tango and blues now that I bet you'd get a different reaction.Lawrence wrote:...similar to my facing the wrath of Shorty Dave when I edited out the long, rhythmless piano interludes in Gene Harris's "Summertime." It worked, but it interfered with Dave's "choreography" to the full version, so he yelled afoul.
In my defense, though, I had closely watched dancers dancing to that song for several months before undertaking that ever-so-daunting task. NOBODY knew what to do with those piano interludes; it just broke the flow of an otherwise fantastic slow-dance, mixed-tempo song.
I have: many times. You have no idea how many times. *I* have no idea how many times, it's been so many. The interludes are just too long. It falls under the category of trying to force an agenda on the dancers too much instead of just making them happy. Typically, four or five of the "Exchange dancers" who heard in on the Circuit loved it because they knew they were supposed to love it; everyone else just looked around wondering what to do, including some rather well-regarded, nationally-acclaimed instructors. It gets annoying, making the groove of the other parts not worth it. The edit it out or don't play it.djstarr wrote:I gotta back Dave on this one; the piano interludes setup the energetic section right afterwards. Lawrence I think you should try playing the unedited version again and see what happens; so many more people are doing tango and blues now that I bet you'd get a different reaction.Lawrence wrote:...similar to my facing the wrath of Shorty Dave when I edited out the long, rhythmless piano interludes in Gene Harris's "Summertime." It worked, but it interfered with Dave's "choreography" to the full version, so he yelled afoul.
In my defense, though, I had closely watched dancers dancing to that song for several months before undertaking that ever-so-daunting task. NOBODY knew what to do with those piano interludes; it just broke the flow of an otherwise fantastic slow-dance, mixed-tempo song.
Isn't a DJ's job at a dance to make people, you know, DANCE ?!djstarr wrote:I don't agree with editing in general. I think it panders to the dancers.