Re: [Tango-L] Melina´s DJing Primer

[Andreas Wichter]

Chris,

 >> Andreas, you'd probably want to give Berlin a miss when I'm DJing at 
the
major Friday and Saturday night milongas. <<

What a cute little plug!
I really like Berlin as a city - I once lived there - but to go there 
to dance tango? You must be joking. Tango-wise, Berlin is the sticks. 
Things must be really bad where you live...
If you really want to know places to go and dance in Germany, maybe 
check out Thorsten´s (Zoerner, that is...) new website about 
traditional milongas and DJs:

www.tango-tradicional.de

Check out the names of the DJs he put on there... both who is on it and 
who is not.


 >> If you really believe in stuff ...,
you'd hate it. I break at least three of your rules every night.<<

First, they are not MY rules. I didn´t write the article.
Second, rules can help beginning DJs. If you CAN break these "rules" 
properly, and know what you´re doing, then fine, ignore the article, 
you don´t need it. It´s aimed at beginners or people who didn´t know 
where to start or those who didn´t care.
Oh yes, and third, it clearly says "guidelines..." not rules.
Fourth, I break many of these "rules" myself when I DJ, and I believe 
so does Melina. Jeeez. And to think we Germans have a reputation for 
being anal...

I believe the article had a positive effect in Germany.
If some of the DJs in Berlin would have read it, maybe they´d start 
using cortinas...or proper tandas, for that matter.


 >>...please do not let this article put you off.<<


This from someone who thinks Berlin and Paris are the places to go 
to... oh dear.


 >> I promise we have
very few DJs who need a tango instructor's treatise to tell them ...<<

"We"? How patronising can you get? You *German* DJs, huh?
And Melina is not only a tango instructor, but also a dancer and a DJ 
well-respected by, among others, some of the DJs you list below, and by 
Argentinean visitors. Who are *you* to talk like this, Chris? The way I 
heard it, you have to work for free to be allowed to DJ in Berlin.


 >> Excellent DJs to look out for include (in no particular order) ...
<<

Interesting list, but a bit puzzling whom you put on one list with 
Thorsten, who, by the way, is not only an excellent DJ but also likes 
my DJing as well as Melina´s...

This is all I have to say on the subject.

Andreas