Tango DJ toolkit
So, I want to start a number of people at the Tango Center as DJs. They must, of course, be dancers, love the music etc. There are a lot of people like this, and I've been trying to think of how to get them going.
So I'm going to make maybe 10 CD's, with a format like ...
Tango-Cortina-Tango-Cortina-Vals-Cortina
Tango-Cortina-Tango-Cortina-Milonga-Cortina
... and characterize them, with a little high-level guide to adjusting the mood of an evening.
Starting the evening, "Slow, steady, lovely, interesting, easy". For me, the first two sets are often:
Orchesta Tipica Victor
Mid-to-late Di Sarli
Calo
Early De Angelis
40's D'Arienzo
Then there's "rock-solid beat, romantic":
Biagi
Rodriguez
The first waltz set and the first milonga set should also start slow.
Then, mid-evening, energy & romance ...
There's "Jazzy, fascinating, good beat":
early Pugliese
early-mid Canaro
Lomuto
Donato
Vardaro
Early Calo
Early Troilo
There's "super-romantic":
Troilo
Calo
Vargas/D'agostino
There's "super-improvisational":
Mid Pugliese
Fresedo
Then there's "fast beat":
Early Di Sarli
Early D'Arienzo
Fast Canaro
There's more. I'll put them together, and post the results here. Then I'll update the toolkit as it gets polished.
So I'm going to make maybe 10 CD's, with a format like ...
Tango-Cortina-Tango-Cortina-Vals-Cortina
Tango-Cortina-Tango-Cortina-Milonga-Cortina
... and characterize them, with a little high-level guide to adjusting the mood of an evening.
Starting the evening, "Slow, steady, lovely, interesting, easy". For me, the first two sets are often:
Orchesta Tipica Victor
Mid-to-late Di Sarli
Calo
Early De Angelis
40's D'Arienzo
Then there's "rock-solid beat, romantic":
Biagi
Rodriguez
The first waltz set and the first milonga set should also start slow.
Then, mid-evening, energy & romance ...
There's "Jazzy, fascinating, good beat":
early Pugliese
early-mid Canaro
Lomuto
Donato
Vardaro
Early Calo
Early Troilo
There's "super-romantic":
Troilo
Calo
Vargas/D'agostino
There's "super-improvisational":
Mid Pugliese
Fresedo
Then there's "fast beat":
Early Di Sarli
Early D'Arienzo
Fast Canaro
There's more. I'll put them together, and post the results here. Then I'll update the toolkit as it gets polished.
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