> From: "Vince Bagusauskas" <[email protected]> > I think that Australians prefer instrumental more so > too.................... > > A sweeping statement. At Milonga Para Los Ni?os on 31 July > (Brisbane), excluding 3 brackets from Cuarteto amenabar, I played 31 > instrumental and 25 with vocal, across Tango, vals and milonga. > Still getting compliments after 3 weeks.
> Personally, I find milongas without a balance of inst / > vocal boring. I can't imagine a milonga without Podesta, Vargas, > Ledesma, Campos, Castillo, Rufino, Duran.......... > John Like John, I'm also an Australian DJ. I tend to play a larger proportion of vocals (of the danceable variety, rather than tango cancion) at regular milongas in my hometown of Adelaide, as well as at interstate events attended by lots of seasoned dancers, such as tango festivals in Sydney. My experience certainly reflects what John described. One possible theory to explain why some prefer to dance to instrumentals is that it may take a little longer to appreciate and respond well to tangos with the vocal element. However, that develops with regular exposure. Why limit oneself just to instrumentals, when there's soooo much more? Let me take this opportunity to add a few to the list of greats mentioned by John: Maure, Echague, Beron, Fiorentino, Dante, Ruiz, Fama, etc. Pat www.tangosalonadelaide.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
