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If you are interested in becoming a DJ, please provide Ricky Elrod with a 30-minute proposed set-list. Feedback will be sent back and if all parties wish to go forward, a 30-minute trial slot will be scheduled for an upcoming dance.
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Play music that you have danced to before. Seriously: If you're not sure about a tune, play it on your computer and dance to it in your house before you DJ it at a social dance.
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We want to promote all different forms of swing dancing, and as such we encourage our DJs to, in addition to reading the crowd and keeping the energy level appropriate, mix in music that accommodates all different kinds of swing dances including (but not limited to) Lindy Hop, East Coast, Balboa, Charleston, and Shag.
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We encourage DJs to play music that has a swung rhythm. This excludes most Latin songs as well as most electro-swing songs. We are primarily a swing dance club and there are other clubs which provide other forms of dancing.
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Consider the length of your songs. Most dancers in a social dance setting would rather dance 4, 3-minute dances with different people than 2, 6-minute dances in the same twelve minutes. There is no hard and fast rule here, but generally if a song is much longer than around 3.5 minutes, you should probably think hard before playing it.
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With each song, ask yourself what you expect people to dance to it, and see if they are following your expectations. This gives some indication about how well you are reading your crowd.
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