A friend of mine has stated that he asked the local tango group to invest in buying tango recordings, thus quadrupling the groups tango library, so as to give the various budding DJ’s more variety in music. He was refused. Money was not a problem it seems as the group had several thousand dollars in the bank. The main reason why the request was refused was because the group relied upon a couple of DJ’s who bought their own music and never charged for their DJ services. My friend was told he should do the same..
So I am wondering, do DJ’s around the world, including my home town of Melbourne, buy their music just for the love of it and expect nothing in the way of payment when called upon to DJ at a milonga? And if you are a tango fan/DJ, how much do you think you have spent on tango music? I’ll go first: I think I have spent at least US$1,8000 in the last few years on tango music and have provide my services to a milonga/practica for free. Vince In Melbourne _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
