[Tango-L] proportions

[Dubravko Kakarigi]

Yes, sherrie, I agree, the length of the tanda should be a consideration more 
than the number of songs in it, although, folks get used to certain number of 
songs/tanda and are surprised if you deviate from the "standard." I try to stay 
within 10 minutes/tangotanda when I DJ, which may be two, three, or four songs. 
There are many, many other consideration for creating tandas and sequencing them 
too, but that is a subject for a different e-mail list (TangoDJ).

I do agree that being a dancer should be helpful for DJ-ing, although it may 
introduce a very strong bias, which in and of itself is not bad as long as the 
DJ is known for it and is consistent. I think dancers do not like too many 
surprises. A DJ should not be educating the dancers, but should play the music 
most people would want to dance to.

...dubravko

P.S. The mail dancer in that Youtube clip I linked to before is Osvaldo Natucci 
who is also a very well known DJ.
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