On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:14:02 +0300, "Krasimir Stoyanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > ok, numbers aside, I don't want to do any counting. > > Here is one example, I love the music, but when I tried dancing to it, it > was almost impossible: > > http://www.sinrumbo-tango.com/media/mp3/CiudadAusente.mp3
Yeah, there's a stream of very similar music that modern tango bands are producing. I wish the experiment would play itself out ... it's nice for listening but it's not for dancing. > Another example: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtuh2dfTbBE Yet another Piazzola clone band. Nice stuff, but you might as well dance to Bach's Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor. > And for me, it doesn't matter if it is Orquesta Tipica, or trio, quarteto > or > quinteto or . . . . > > I want danceable tango music. And it looks like it is specific enough > that the composers don't get it right. Actually, it's not just the composers. There is stuff going on in Golden Age recordings that can never be captured in any musical notation, it does need passing down culturally. Christopher _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
