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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois 
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Posted on Jul 30 2014 03:27 PM
I am a Middle Eastern dancer and have performed occasionally with a surf band in northern Illinois. I'm looking for another band that might want to hire a belly dancer for special events on a per-gig basis. I would like to work with another surf band, as I truly love surf music. If you're interested, I would love to hear from you. Last edited: Jul 31, 2014 08:39:00 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5097 San Francisco
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Posted on Jul 30 2014 03:50 PM
DD- it's great that you dig dancing to surf music. I wish more people did! —Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25588 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 30 2014 10:40 PM
To bad you don't live in Southern California. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Jun 16, 2008 Posts: 592 The Alamo City, TX
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Posted on Jul 31 2014 12:15 AM
I think it's cool that you are a Middle Eastern dancer located in the Midwest. I wish you were located in South Texas...but hope you find some great gigs in the Rockford area. — |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2839 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Jul 31 2014 11:43 AM
A Middle Western Middle Eastern dancer! The Surfside IV had belly dancers perform and it was a great addition to the music and atmosphere. I'd love to have a dancer performing, and one that specifically loves surf music is a HUGE bonus! Wish you were out here, Desert Dancer! Best of luck finding a band to work with. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Aug 15, 2010 Posts: 54 Largo, Florida
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Posted on Jul 31 2014 04:03 PM
How about some pictures, hmmm? |
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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois
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Posted on Jul 31 2014 05:48 PM
Thanks for your replies. I wish I were closer, too. As far as photos, are you not able to see them on my profile page? If you can't, what do I need to do to make them visible to you? |
Joined: Nov 16, 2013 Posts: 4536 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jul 31 2014 08:24 PM
Desertdancer wrote:
Welcome to SG101 - and your photos are working nicely in the uploaded portion of your profile. As mentioned, the dance with surf can be very cool. Best of luck to you. Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. |
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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois
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Posted on Aug 02 2014 07:09 AM
PolloGuitar, I listened to your "Ewa on the Beach" tune, and it IS Ewa Beach! Very lovely. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5097 San Francisco
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Posted on Aug 02 2014 10:22 AM
Desertdancer wrote:
Thanks!!! —Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on Aug 02 2014 11:34 PM
WHo is Ran? That's my bag, man! Please connect us up. bigtikidude wrote: — |
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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 12:49 AM
Oum Kalthoum is amazing. Have you heard the Turkish band, Oojami? They are wild! It's great to find out several bands out here have used belly dancers in their gigs. My first dance teacher used the Ventures and other surf music for choreographies, so I adored surf music from the time I started ballet, tap, and jazz at 4 years old. I still love it as much today. That surf sound and rhythm makes me want to shimmy! Last edited: Aug 03, 2014 07:19:36 |
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Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 03:59 AM
No, I haven't heard of Oojami. The guy from Einsturzende Neubaden made a film about the Istanbul music scene some years back that may have featured them. Lots of Baris Manco & Sezen Aksu – less danceable, more 'esrarlik'. The Sun City Girls used to have dancers at their shows in the late 80s, when Don Cherry used to gig with them. Their first record has tons of Moroccan stuff on it – the Bishop bros. are like half Lebanese and have always played exotic stuff. Early Secret Chiefs 3 (Book M, 2000) featured a lot of groove-oriented middle eastern/techno stuff, much lifted from Afghan and Turkmen music. They also play as surf band, emphasizing more the rock feel when they do. I have a flamenco guitarist/luthier buddy (Steve Faulk, now in Japan) who told me if he wasn't playing that music he'd join a surf band. — |
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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 07:11 AM
Matt22, thanks for the words of encouragement! I worked with a surf band a little last year and loved the challenge of converting desert dance over to American surf music. I would love to find another band to work with. |
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Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 06:29 PM
Gorgeous female belly dancers at surf shows would make them some several magnitudes more awesome. Is it only a SoCal thing, the mostly older male audience, or is it more general? |
Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 245 Los Angeles, CA
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Posted on Aug 04 2014 01:13 AM
JObeast wrote:
well-stated and sadly seems to be true . . . — |
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Joined: Feb 06, 2014 Posts: 20 Illinois
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Posted on Aug 04 2014 07:50 AM
Jason wrote:
It's very possible that your burlesque dancers were under a contract that prevented them from getting up any time to dance with a band. I know some belly dancers in that same situation; they can't even dance to a rock band in the middle of a crowded dance floor. Truth to tell, they probably were dying to get up and shimmy with your band. I would have been. A little surf guitar and those wild drums, and I'm in the middle of a dance floor shimmying my little heart out! |
Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 916 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Aug 04 2014 08:09 AM
Don't people dance at ska and reggae concerts in the US? Two things from my experience (which is limited to Europe): Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Aug 04 2014 09:33 AM
I saw video of that Arabic dude (forget his name, wears shades, full thobe and sings to mostly keyboard & percussion) who became popular among hipsters in Brooklyn a couple years ago. His own vids show young Arabs dancing real dances (dabka, hora, etc.)TOGETHER to his tunes, and then the live vid shot in Brooklyn shows a bunch of sad hipsters 'doin' their own thing' without ability to dance together at all, just wiggling the white people do. Would have been much better for them if they had gotten a short lesson in mediterranean dance before the show. |
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Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 916 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Aug 04 2014 09:56 AM
JObeast wrote:
I see. So people should not just come to shows, have fun and move to the music, they should make sure to do it "the right way"... BTW: I didn't mean to discourage professional or trained dancing at concerts or elsewhere. But as said: You may have to decide whether you want to have the crowd dancing OR the pros. —Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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