Music catalog
Over the past few months, I have been slowly digitising my Tango music collection. By the way, this is about my fourth – and hopefully the final – attempt at converting my Tango music collection into a digital format. Those of you who had experience in conscientiously converting and organizing any sizable music collection can surely appreciate that this can be quite a major undertaking, eg. the need to verify the tags, etc.
Secret(?) to community growth
It seems to me that three essential ingredients are needed for sustained growth in a Tango community. By the way, what I list below are only what I consider as the direct means of introducing the mystery of Tango and maintaining these people’s interest – there is still a need for various ways to generate community awareness in the first place. Not in any particular order:
- Quality instructions from both visiting maestros and local teachers;
- Regularly held and guided practice sessions for polishing of techniques;
- Regular and well-run Milongas (with good music and appreciation of social etiquettes on the dance floor).
Days to Taipei Tango Festival
Just for the hell of it, decided to use a WordPress countdown plugin to show the number of days to departure for Taipei Tango Festival.
Time remaining (plugin no longer working 22/10/2008):
*The remaining time is updated each time you refresh the page.
How much learning?
Recently there has been a debate on the Tango-L Discussion List on the appropriate amount of “class learning” necessary for followers. The expressed opinions range from zero, i.e. followers should learn everything on the dance floor, or to needing just as much class time as men, and every shade in-between, e.g. learn a lot in a short amount of time in a group class and then take strictly private classes after that.