Happy to be back at Lindy Focus after all these years. Here’s a quick playlist rundown for two of the heavily music-related classes that Andrea and I taught. Thanks for being there!

The Floor Is Not Lava (Texture & Feel)

In this class, we focused on the rhythmic and textural feel of the dance and how it relates to the music. The feels: Basic swing 4 beat vs swing 2 beat feel, shuffle beat, Big 4, a heavy backbeat feel, and the Bamboula rhythm. Here’s the playlist of songs we used (with some extra for good measure). Listen and identify them for yourself!

Here’s a link to the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/lindy-focus-2024-w-andrea-gordon-feels/pl.u-zMmRtoL3AM

Here is is on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JfAxBH0KKvA4RJk85uoHr?si=0eeac14a9c414014

Some Jazz Music Cheat Codes (Music Structure)

In this class, we focused on the music structures we most commonly run into on the social dance floor. Detailed notes and playlists are available here: https://andyreid.net/jazz-music-structure-for-swing-dancers/