Hi Joe, You can contact Emily Rush, who shares her Google drive link with folks to use for calling techno contras. I’ve called a techno contra recently using a couple of her tunes as well as slowing down the BPM on some EDM music I found online (Spotify, Apple Music, etc) There are amazing DJs who have made some fun dance mixes and many of them are square tunes. I counted them out to be sure for mine. I also got some tunes from Caller DJ Noah Grunzweig in Portland OR. And a recording from a zoom techno contra that M’Gilvry Allen did for our Zoom NYE 2020. Good luck! Claire Takemori > On Dec 3, 2022, at 10:54 AM, contracallers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net wrote: > > Send Contra Callers mailing list submissions to > contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > contracallers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > contracallers-owner(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Contra Callers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Seeking new Techno Contra recorded music (Joe Harrington) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 10:46:08 -0500 > From: Joe Harrington &lt;contradancerjoe(a)gmail.com&gt; > Subject: [Callers] Re: Seeking new Techno Contra recorded music > To: Lisa Sieverts &lt;lisa(a)lisasieverts.com&gt; > Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > Message-ID: > &lt;CAHyB5qFG_wBakAtYSVD60D=JWyRT6gkAh+W7YivOo-WOtzT4cQ(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; > Content-Type: multipart/related; > boundary="000000000000161a7205eeee5b6a" > > Folks, please be careful talking about buying and trading contra DJ mixes > in a public forum. Unless the music is original (e.g., Dr. Shadow), it > isn't legal to buy and sell mixes unless the creator/seller bought > mechanical licenses for every input track and kept the licenses current > when they sold the copy to you. Those licenses are $15/track plus a few > pennies per copy, making a 10 mix collection with three tracks per mix a > whopping $450/year to create and retain the right to sell or give away > free. They are separate from the performance licenses available from > Callerlab. We haven't attracted the attention of the music industry like > the square-dance callers did a while back (leading to threatened lawsuits > and the creation of Callerlab). Callerlab's license lets you PLAY music > you've legally acquired at non-private events, whether paid or not. To > make mixes or give it to someone else without destroying your copy, you > need a mechanical license. > > That said, I'm putting together some resources for contra DJs. One item in > development (don't hold your breath) is a solution to the music mixing > problem that does not require a mechanical license because it does not > create a "fixed form" copy of the created work. If you're interested in > DJ-related conversations and resources, sign up here: > > https://forms.gle/uZcHhH7P8eDUy2Pz5 > > We've had one zoom call so far, and traded good advice and experiences > about building fun, diverse pop-music contrra dances! > > Thanks, > > --jh-- > Joe Harrington > Organizer, Greater Orlando Contra Dance > Faculty Advisor, Contra Knights, the UCF contra dancing club > contraknights.org > FB, Ig: Contra Knights > contradancerjoe(a)gmail.com > 321-696-9914 > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 10:12 AM Lisa Sieverts via Contra Callers < > contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: > >> I love the D.R. Shadow album, here’s the Apple Music link. It’s not new >> (2015) but it’s very cool. >> >> [image: preview.png] >> >> Electro Contra >> <https://music.apple.com/us/album/electro-contra/1040606364> >> D.R. Shadow <https://music.apple.com/us/album/electro-contra/1040606364> >> <https://music.apple.com/us/album/electro-contra/1040606364> >> >> >> Lisa Sieverts >> >> On Dec 2, 2022, at 10:50 PM, Lissa Bengtson via Contra Callers < >> contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: >> >> I have some great Techno Contra music I purchased in 2018 from a super >> Washington DC DJ. But I’m wondering if there are some newer mixes, using >> recent artists, that I could purchase in time to get used to them before >> our January 14 TechnoContra? (I’ll be one of the callers.) >> >> Please contact me if you know of a source! Many thanks! >> >> Lissa Bengtson >> lissabengtson(a)gmail.com >> 210-627-5940 >> San Antonio, TX >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net >> >