SwingDJs

mousethief wrote:

djstarr wrote:
You just like to watch folks stumble - admit it. Even if you know the song that tempo change just doesn't make any sense - what -it's like 2 bars or something?

Maybe they're not listening to the song. I have no problems playing it in Dallas. It makes sense to me, I caught it pretty easily the first time. Besides, I can think a half-dozen drum and base solos that wreck a song faster than Jimmy Rushing stretching the vocal.

But you're right - I love to lord my position as unpaid DJ over people who don't really care. As they stumble, I hit unlucky couples with a laser pointer and holler at them on the mic.

Kalman

lol - looking forward to meeting you in person sometime. I would normally drop this, but since you've overtaken me in total posts, I feel the need to respond. The rest of the cd is pretty normal, no funky tempo changes at all, so I think the blip in Exactly Like You is odd. And I'd rather hear Lionel Hampton sing [the Benny Goodman version is much nicer to me]. But if you are trying to compete with drum and base solos, then you've got me

Kalman is an experience not to be missed. More like a force of nature.

Tina

Hmmm... I see... and how would you describe this "force of nature"? Is he like a 'raging torrent'?

Or tempest in a teapot? Either one works.

Remember K, it's all done in love.

Tina

Kalman is racing towards the total post count crown. Lawrence probably can't wait to loose it.

Nathan

What the Hell are you talking about? I can't even find my post count nor do I care. I don't even have an avatar. What I do have is a bunch of cats and a Bubble Gun.

Kalman

HA HA LAWrence has 70 more posts than me, you big geek.

Kalman, Geek-in-Waiting

mousethief wrote:HA HA LAWrence has 70 more posts than me, you big geek.

Kalman, Geek-in-Waiting

Much to my embarrassment, the gap was something like 200 a few months ago. What a joy it is to have gotten a life in the past six months.

Two songs that I can think of off the top of my head...

"I Ain’t Got Nobody" by Basie, off The Golden Years, Vol. 2. The piece (it's an instrumental) is 3:50 long, and is 100 BPM until 2:26, when it shifts to 190 BPM. It sounds pretty natural, though, with Basie sort of oozing into the faster part.

"I've Found a New Baby" by Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, off Good Enough to Keep. A while back, I posted a clip of the change. The clip starts from the beginning of the piece. I think it's a lot of fun to listen to, though I'm not sure how I would feel as a dancer. I tend to like pretty crazy, playful stuff like that.

Lawrence wrote:

mousethief wrote:HA HA LAWrence has 70 more posts than me, you big geek.

Kalman, Geek-in-Waiting

Much to my embarrassment, the gap was something like 200 a few months ago. What a joy it is to have gotten a life in the past six months.

Yeah, I hate to talk about things I like, get advice, etc.

Kalman

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Minnie the Moocher!!!

Nima
***Ducks and runs away from flying sharp objects thrown his direction***

"After You've Gone" - Bechet, from Past Perfect's Portrait (CD #6). About 90 for the first 2:00 or so, then the drum solo kicks it up to 285 for the rest, which is about 3:00. That'd spice up a set.

Nima wrote:I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Minnie the Moocher!!!

Nima
***Ducks and runs away from flying sharp objects thrown his direction***

Buy Me A Beer, Mr. Shane

Kalman

Matthew wrote:"After You've Gone" - Bechet, from Past Perfect's Portrait (CD #6). About 90 for the first 2:00 or so, then the drum solo kicks it up to 285 for the rest, which is about 3:00. That'd spice up a set.

The more I listen to what I call the traditionalists [Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden, Bechet, Fats Waller] etc. - I think that this must be a familiar arrangement - double time a chorus or two or double time the last 30 seconds. After You've Gone by Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti with Jack Teagarden has the same arrangement - good song to play for the last song of the night.