[Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?

[AJ Azure]

I run multiple gropes. One is a nostalgia group doing multiple 1900-1940s
styles i.e the way dance bands used to exist. The other group is an all
tango group.
Are we perfect? No. I have background in tango from childhood (not
Piazzolla). My grandmother was a singer in BsAs but, the others, yah we have
had to teach them. The most inspiring thing to get better at is to see
people dancing to it. So sure there's growing pains but, when those are
accompanied by a supportive community with an open mind, ultimately you get
good results.

Paying musicians, definitely.

Bandoneon (if you can't find it), why?

Tango isn't strictly the cliché orquesta tipica instruments. I bet you'd be
surprised that steel guitar used to be involved in tango. Look up Oscar
Aleman and Los Lupes. It was a duo that did among different styles, tango.
They were from Argentina by the way. That happens to be my instrument as
well.

Heck find a duo of guitar and violin and you can get some decent music to
dance to. This isn't an either or. You can still have Djed content and live.


_A


> From: Steve Littler <sl at stevelittler.com>
> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 17:23:42 -0400
> To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?
> 
> I didn't get from your original post that you had a Tango band. I
> assumed you had a swing band or some other type.
> 
> If you have a Tango Dance band I'm sure everyone on this list would
> welcome you to their milonga, over recorded music, if they could afford
> your band.
> 
> In small cities like where I live, we probably couldn't. But we would
> probably travel Tampa to dance with you.
> 
> We've tried to get a Tango band here, but our problem has been to find a
> bandoneon player (and of course a budget. Obviously musicians deserve
> compensation.)
> 
> El Stevito de Gainesville
> 
> On 5/5/2010 4:30 PM, AJ Azure wrote:
>> As for how they play, there plenty of bad swing bands too. It doesn't mean
>> you apply that across the board.  I for one have no interest in neo or nuevo
>> and do all old but, am not so closed that I  don't  like incorporating
>> modern ideas in to some arrangements while keeping it traditional.
>> My orchestra wouldn't stand a chance with you because, you've already made
>> up your mind. That's sad. I'm just glad your attitude is not the all
>> encompassing one. I'm doing an event at the Player's Club in NY and The PA
>> Museum of Art and that to me says (thankfully) people still want live music
>> with their tango.
>> It's sad that you seem to be unable to be touched by the live music
>> interaction.
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