Current I-Ds about seeking quickly in Ogg files and creating Matroska based stem files for DJs not niche enough for you? I threw up another one about tagging recordings of traditional called folk dances. If you're tagging your music library and have a lot of contra or what not that you need to search on or field recordings of fiddle tunes you need to archive or what not, feedback would be appreciated:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-swhited-contra-tags/

#Contra #ContraDance #SquareDance #ECD #EnglishCountryDance #InternetDraft #IETF

I got the recordings I made live at the Trolley Barn with Seth Tepfer a few days ago up on the Internet Archive! I'm learning a ton just from re-listening to these and hearing my mistakes while DJing, and (on the calling side) hearing Seth's excellent calling and teaching. If you're a contra dance fan, give them a listen!

https://archive.org/details/2026-02-24_trolley_barn_contra

Metadata and details for each track are also available on MusicBrainz if you're curious about any of the dances or tunes:

https://musicbrainz.org/event/1a9bf626-3dae-47c0-b034-fb9ca6a224e0

#Contra #ContraDance #dance #music

Heating things up with music by Oliver and Alex, and calling by Rachel!

#contradance #contradancing #folkDance #folkDancing

I have written the most niche thing for my own personal use, but maybe someone else out there on the internet will find it useful. A list of tags to use in music metadata for recordings that contain contra or square dances (or other called dances). ie. what dance is it, who's the caller, etc. Hopefully having this written down will make me be more consistent about the tags when I upload recordings of dances to the Internet Archive.

https://blog.samwhited.com/contra-vorbis-tags/

#Contra #ContraDance #Metadata

Looks like I forgot to post here, but I wrote up another retrospective post for my DJ gig at a local #ContraDance a week ago:

https://blog.samwhited.com/2026/01/2026-01-13-trolley-barn-contra-post-mortem/

Probably not of much interest to anyone who's not a #DJ (and probably not even then), but it helps me to learn and do better to write about it afterwards, so here it is just in case!

#Contra #ContraDance #DJing

Best contradance bassoonist I've ever heard!

#contradance #contradancing #folkDance #folkDancing #Syracuse #SyracuseNY