DJs...

Sorry to hear that youngsta... my sympathies! :cry:

Having clueless DJ's is soooooooooo annoying! :x
 
Interesting this topic would jump back up to the top. I was just asked to DJ an event in Feb. I accepted to, I'm sick of these non-dancer DJ's that don't have a clue how to work salseros.
 
We also have a lady DJ, and she is a good dancer too.

I'm curious -- of the regular salsa DJs in your scene (the ones you know of), how many are also salsa dancers? Do you generally find dancer DJs to be better or worse than non-dancing DJs?

In my scene, I think the majority of the salsa DJs are dancers, some also teachers, but the (in my opinion) best DJ in my area doesn't dance at all. Some of the dancer DJs are sometimes criticised of playing the music they like rather than what the dancers want, the main complaint being too much fast salsa.
 
:) we have 3 DJs, all men:
2 Romanians - one knows how to dance more or less, the other one is better (but not among the best)
1 Cuban - he dances Cuban, very simple... :)
 
MacMoto said:
I'm curious -- of the regular salsa DJs in your scene (the ones you know of), how many are also salsa dancers? Do you generally find dancer DJs to be better or worse than non-dancing DJs?
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In my local scene, DJs & musicians are generally in the same boat where they don't really dance (too cool to dance :? ).........

Some DJs are more intune with the dancers than others, but most are afraid to play anything other than the songs on their regular playlist (which gets old REAL quickly :roll: )............
 
Orlando is pretty lucky when it comes to Salsa DJs. Very in tune with the crowd however the crowd has yet to catch up with them. There are about 10 tired songs that must be played in order to get the crowd jumping but they manage to slip the really good stuff in as well. :D
 
I have an observation about one of the local DJ's. He was playing nothing but really fast salsa for the past 6 weeks, and this last Monday, he played a bunch of different speed songs.

It's a good thing. (I wonder if anyone had complained to him?)

I first noticed because there are a couple of salseras that I've only danced fast songs with, and we were talking about that.
 
TJ, someone probably did. :) We dancers can be pretty convincing.. :lol: An important part of an establishment being successful is having a good DJ. You certainly need to draw a crowd with at least good music. Then there's other problems but that's another thread....
 
Sometimes the choice of music is dictated by the management of the club to a certain degree. There have been cases in my area where some clubs switched from salsa to latin/world music after the owners decided playing non-salsa music attracted more drinking crowds = increased bar takings. :(
 
Here the Salsa crowd is a drinking crowd... but we mostly enjoy beer! :)

Even though, the DJ is playing a mix of Latin and Salsa... I think it has to to with attracting non-salseros... they come if they hear music that sounds familiar... then get interested in dancing, then in Salsa... :)

But our DJ is bad because he just plays tha same CDs... I mean, after a couple of weeks, you know what is next! :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
I don't think I would mind it that much if the same songs were played in the same order every week, as long as those songs were all good, danceable salsa tracks... :roll: beats the "death by 30 merengues/bachatas/reggaetons" torture some DJs seem to love :lol:
 
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