Yes, sherrie, I agree, the length of the tanda should be a consideration more than the number of songs in it, although, folks get used to certain number of songs/tanda and are surprised if you deviate from the "standard." I try to stay within 10 minutes/tangotanda when I DJ, which may be two, three, or four songs. There are many, many other consideration for creating tandas and sequencing them too, but that is a subject for a different e-mail list (TangoDJ).
I do agree that being a dancer should be helpful for DJ-ing, although it may introduce a very strong bias, which in and of itself is not bad as long as the DJ is known for it and is consistent. I think dancers do not like too many surprises. A DJ should not be educating the dancers, but should play the music most people would want to dance to. ...dubravko P.S. The mail dancer in that Youtube clip I linked to before is Osvaldo Natucci who is also a very well known DJ. =================================== seek, appreciate, and create beauty this life is not a rehearsal =================================== _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
