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 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
