[Tango-L] Cortinas (not the old car from the '70s)

[Alexis Cousein]

Lucia wrote:
>> You went to some length in your mailings to convey the type of music  
 >> and the atmosphere at you milongas:
>     
>> torn jeans, trainers, scruffy t-shirts
>> trying to dance to anything that's playing regardless of whether or not it's 
>  > tango.

Again, you're presuming too much. *I* do dress up, and so do most people
I know, but I do insist that it's their own affair. *I* don't play undanceable
music, but if someone else dances to anything including a cortina, it's
his affair.

Accepting someone else has another viewpoint is not embracing it.

>> very often I do things just to wrongfoot people's expectations
>> [if] people think there isn't, then they are free to walk.
> 
> Quite clear, and enough, wouldn't you agree??

No. As I said, wrongfooting people's expectations doesn't mean you have to
torture them. Surprising them is quite enough.

> I'd rather think that you are the hard-wired. You just told us  that  
> people should dance your music or hit the road, isn't it ?

No, I didn't. First of all, it's not "my music" - the music is that of the
interpreters and the composers. Secondly, I do want to play music they'll
dance to (that's the function of a DJ, after all), but I'll resist any
attempts at being forced into the mould of conformity (as far as DJ
*style* is concerned) by a vocal minority just by arguments of
second-hand authority. If people are obviously dancing and enjoying
themselves, frankly, I don't care if I'm a heretic.

But yes, *individual* people should either dance to the music I select or
hit the road - I'm not going to chain them to a chair if they're not enjoying
themselves.

Which doesn't mean there's no interaction at all; if a significant minority
disagrees with what I'm playing and it isn't offset by others having more fun
than a barrel of monkeys, it's time to change (which is easy, given I
usually have no set list).