Let the embrace do the talking
By yy on May 29, 2008 in Music, Social dancing | 2 Comments
As a follow-up to my own brief remarks about a DJ’s thinking process in selecting the right music during a milonga, I will add further if a DJ isn’t playing songs that he/she can personally relate to, it will be difficult to maintain the energy on the dance floor.
On the other hand, I am [...]
By yy on Feb 1, 2008 in Music | 1 Comment
Recently had a nice chat with a Tango DJ - Carlos - from Buenos Aires, during the post-milonga supper after another energy-packed milonga. After hearing that he still DJs in the “traditional” mode by using original CDs and 2 CD decks in tandem, instead of pre-burnt tanda CDs or DJing using laptop as I do, [...]
By yy on Jan 24, 2008 in Fun, Music | 0 Comments
A few days ago, in my attempt to describe my subjective feeling towards the driving beat of some typical orchestras (for the identification of these orchestras), I came up with the following (in my opinion) simple descriptions. No doubt, the purists may baulk at these over-generalisations, but I like them anyway.
Biagi, Roldolfo: head-on [...]
