18/11/2017
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing – A request from the audience!
As a DJ, you usually work through your playlist or tandas from the database in the evening. But what happens if a guest suddenly appears and wants a specific track played? Oh dear, that doesn’t fit into the plan at … Continue reading
13/10/2017
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on The identification of musical pieces.
A tango DJ who has thousands of tracks on hundreds of CDs doesn’t necessarily have to know or have heard them all. Sure, there are about 100-200 tracks that are commonly played and familiar, and sometimes colleagues or dancers try … Continue reading
10/07/2017
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Digital signal chain
Last year, Pioneer finally managed to release a stable driver for connecting Windows notebooks to their professional DJ mixers. Almost simultaneously, these mixers were also fully certified by Native Instruments for their Traktor Pro 2.0 (version 2.11) DJ software, so … Continue reading
08/09/2016
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango Webradio (Music for free)
As a tango DJ, I started collecting tango music back in the 90s. This was mainly CDs, bought in Germany, Argentina, and Australia. Consequently, my tango music collection is extensive, and I sometimes have trouble keeping track of it all. … Continue reading
19/07/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 4.0: Summary – What is really important?
There are very few rules! So what is important? That’s a tough question! Of course, you need to know the technology, the music, the code, and have a strategy, but what’s really important to be a good DJ? Over the … Continue reading
19/07/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 3.4: The musical strategy for a milonga
All these previously discussed details are now to be combined into a milonga. This is the fundamental question every DJ must ask themselves when planning a milonga. There’s no hard and fast rule here, except that tanda cycles are the … Continue reading
19/07/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 3.3: The Art of Tanda Construction
Let’s go to a milonga together. I’m a bit particular about this, because I often choose my dance partners (with their consent, of course) based on the character of the music (and the character of the woman in question). Accordingly, … Continue reading
18/07/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 3.2: The Great Tango Orchestras of the EDO
As previously noted, the large EDO orchestras are the most reliable in terms of danceability. According to an analysis by Steve Morell [1]. The core period of the EDO (European Orchestra of Germany) lies roughly from 1935 to 1955, during … Continue reading
25/04/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 3.1: Classification of Tango Music
You can’t DJ without tango music, and you can’t structure a milonga without a good amount of tango music. Therefore, tango DJs need to collect music. Furthermore, a tango DJ needs a solid knowledge base of tango music history, and … Continue reading
14/04/2015
by Richard Stoll
Comments Off on Tango DJing 3.0: Music for a Milonga (Introduction)
As a DJ, you play music; as a tango DJ, you play tango music. You play music of diverse origins and varying qualities, and the structure of a mix will differ depending on the event. The good news is that … Continue reading