Ever feel like you’ve heard the same thousand songs over and over again at every city you dance in? I have these deja-vu moments, no matter which city I’m dancing in, that I *just* listened to this set the previous dance. Maybe I’m getting a little bit jaded because I listen to too much jass,…
Quick video – Toronto latin DJ, DJ Duck and I geek out about how he got into DJ’ing, what he is known for, and what he spins. :) Interested in geeking out about one of my favorite topics? Give me a shout!
After conducting a survey around our dance scene, it seems that our awesome DJs are not actually being paid to provide music for “for-profit” events with the exception of the Toronto Swing Dance Society. That’s crazy.
Check out Jasper’s UT-Swing blog post about DJ’ing and training up newbies. This is something that is recently on my mind a lot so I’m glad to be throwing this re-blog up. This weekend UT-Swing hosted a DJ seminar to give some aspiring DJs a little head start and share some tips of the trade….
Last night, at the end of Yonge and Bloor Blues, after our last blues song we turned back on all the lights and I played a couple soul/motown songs to wrap up the night. The people who were still around and still wanted to dance got a chance to bust out the moves one more…
