Swing on POP
I’m all into 20′s, 30′s and 40′s pre-swing/swing era music. Just because I dance. Just because I jiterbug. Just because I lindyhop. Since lindyhop revival wave back in 80′s till present day there’s always been to camps of “music used to lindyhop”. One (to which I believe I do belong) – people who love old original swing music – be it a big band, be it a small band, be it even nowadays New Orleans street jazz band. It swings, it smells lindyhop and it smells authentic spirit of times we adore.
The second group -”new age kids” – shaking to “any music”. It’s okay. I love the freedom of choice. Although I don’t call it lindyhop. It doesn’t swing and (what’s even more important for me) – it doesn’t feel like lindyhop. Although You try to use and change original steps and moves to the sound You’re hearing… Yep, everyone “kind of” love and hate “worst lindyhop song contest/evening” hosted by Mark in Herrang Dance Camp. I myself (not always in sober state of my mind) end up freaking all over the dance flour 
. Crazy experience, I must say. Tryin’ to lindyhop to Madonna, RedHotChillyPeps or some even more exotic stuff.
Anyway. I guess, some crazy tech geeks were missing that swing feeling in pop music so desperately, that they dedicated a fear amount of time and ended up with some Code which alters “Your favorite song” by adding some kind of swing feeling . Judge by yourselves:
Enter Sandman- the Swing Version by plamere
Every Breath You Take (swing version) by TeeJay
Money for Nothing (swing version) by TeeJay
Sweet Child O’ Mine (Swing Version) by plamere
Go for it. I guess, even “The worst song contest” in HDC this ear will make more sense and swing . See You all there!
Oh, yes – this is where I bumped into it:
The Swinger
One of my favorite hacks at last weekend’s Music Hack Day is Tristan’s Swinger. The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half. It has quite a magical effect. Some examples:
