I’m always on the lookout for terms that describe the style of using non-traditional and often non-live music. So far I’ve seen or used: iPod dance Alternative music dance Fusion contra Techno contra DJ’d contra Q: What other terms have people seen? Q: What do the terms mean to you? For instance here is what I understand: iPod dance - pre-mixed music, genre unspecified Alternative music dance - ditto iPod dance, but livelier Fusion contra - ? Techno contra - live performance electronic, beat-heavy music DJ’d contra - caller and DJ are not the same person? I’d like to focus this thread on terminology, not what’s bad (or good) about the non-traditional styles. It would be great to have other threads discuss values and preferences, if someone wants to tackle framing that conversation. I like to mix and call contras to recorded music, so this is really a marketing-related topic for me. Currently I’m using “alternative music contra dance”. \Bob Peterson home dance: https://lcfd.org/jp