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After my latest musicality class, I would say "not really." You can jackhammer a lindy pattern over it, but it doesn't scream swingout to me.CafeSavoy wrote:You can't lindy hop to those songs?djstarr wrote: It also must be more suitable for lindy hop than ECS, so "Banana Split for my Baby" and "Potato Chips" are out.
More details please.mousethief wrote:After my latest musicality class, I would say "not really." You can jackhammer a lindy pattern over it, but it doesn't scream swingout to me.CafeSavoy wrote:You can't lindy hop to those songs?djstarr wrote: It also must be more suitable for lindy hop than ECS, so "Banana Split for my Baby" and "Potato Chips" are out.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't play it at a dance.
Kalman
And finally, I'm sure I missed a ton, but this was just from skimming through my collection.I don't feel the swingout in there. I can do a swingout, do lindy patterns but it doesn't feel right to me. Not in the same way it doesn't feel right for me to do a swingout to the Spinners but close. It feel more appropriate to use blues patterns for most of the song.CafeSavoy wrote:
More details please.
Just curious. Wondered if there were specific elements mentioned in class that lead you to that decision. But you seem to be relating it to personal preference. Which is cool although I don't see how Potato Chips could be considered as a blues. For that I don't see how it can be considered ECS either.mousethief wrote:I don't feel the swingout in there. I can do a swingout, do lindy patterns but it doesn't feel right to me. Not in the same way it doesn't feel right for me to do a swingout to the Spinners but close. It feel more appropriate to use blues patterns for most of the song.CafeSavoy wrote:
More details please.
Which is not to be that I would get on here and post about so and so doing it a competition routine but it just doesn't make me want to swingout. I'd still dance to it, just use different patterns.
Detailed enough, chocolate soldier?
Paz...
Kalman
Yes and no. A lot of it is personal preference but it is encouraged by my latest musicality class with Paul and Sharon. Paul did an example of walking bass in a mini-history lesson using "Jump Session." The half time bass - I'm out of my element here - is great but doesn't swing anything like the walking parts. The song seems to plod, bust loose, plod, hold time, bust loose, etc.CafeSavoy wrote:
Just curious. Wondered if there were specific elements mentioned in class that lead you to that decision. But you seem to be relating it to personal preference.
I wasn't following you until you said that. That actually makes quite a bit of sense.mousethief wrote:walking bass in a mini-history lesson using "Jump Session." The half time bass - I'm out of my element here - is great but doesn't swing anything like the walking parts. The song seems to plod, bust loose, plod, hold time, bust loose, etc.
or some Shiner Bock beer....mousethief wrote:Or "Porkchops and Mustard Greens."CafeSavoy wrote:Hope you got some "Solid Potato Salad" with that barbeque.GuruReuben wrote:My only copy of "Potato Chips" is on a CD called "Barbeque Blues."
I get it now. 
I try not to paraphrase concepts I don't fully understand; I just end up bastardizing them. After the class, I went back and poured over parts of my collection and found, yeah, this part doesn't swing, this part does. Not that I took it for granted before but I don't think I knew what I was doing by not swinging out to them.Lawrence wrote:I wasn't following you until you said that. That actually makes quite a bit of sense.
Nice list Jesse! I like the Tangerine suggestion - that makes for a nice change of pace.GemZombie wrote: And finally, I'm sure I missed a ton, but this was just from skimming through my collection.
