[Tango-L] North American tango orchestras/bands

[AJ Azure]

>> DJs can understand many things about music but, NOT everything behind
>> the music with out actually studying music.
> 
> Try telling the film director he doesn't understand everything "behind the
> film" without having studied the chemistry of celluloid and the mechanics
> of cameras... ;)

It's pretty clear you don't understand film making either if you can make
that statement. Most film maker understand the mechanics of cameras but,
regardless of that your metaphor is very flawed. A DJ is like someone
watching a movie and let's say deciding the schedule of how the movies are
screened. That's definitely NOT a film maker.
> 
> A good DJ does not need to understand everything "behind the music". He
> needs to understand everything in front - the music as experienced by the
> dancers. By definition nothing else matters, because his goal is the
> dancers' enjoyment.

A good DJ doesn't need to but, guess what that's why they're not a musician
and can never be as intimately involved in what they play. They CAN
understand what they play but, not at the same level. An understanding of
the music at a higher level in fact DOES allow them to understand the affect
of the music beyond mere listening and dancing. Music and tonality have
psychological and emotional affects as does pitch and frequency,
Understanding this provides for a deeper performanc eprocess or playback if
DJing.
> 
>>>  great, educated, talented tango musicians ...
>> They may not play tango how you want them to but
> 
> AJ, there is no "but". The musicians either play tango how the dancers
> want it or they are soon out of a job. That's life.

I said you as I you specifically. They may play tango how other people want
them to. You are not the center of the tango universe.