There are loads of useful information on the web about how to DJ (check out my links), there's no need for me to write about it. Who am I to tell people how to DJ anyway. I'm still a learner myself.

 

Yes, a DJ should be knowledgeable about tango music and its history. I've still got a long way to go. Real time counts, you just can't get away with not enough listening time. Of course there are factors such as personal style and technicalities - how to put together a tanda, vocals or instrumentals, should you use a cortina, when to slip in an electronic/salsa/whatever tanda, what's danceable and what's not... and the list goes on.  

 

But the most important thing for me is that a DJ should play for the crowd and play with heart. I've gone thru periods when I thought a particular piece of muisc was interesting and wanted people to hear it. In other words, the song was played for myself. The result was probably not disastrous, most people might not even have noticed, but I felt something was wrong and did not like the way it turned out.

 

As time passes and expereince accummulates, I realize that if I pay attention to the floor and listen to my intuition, the music will come natutally. I'll know what to put on next. All this time the ego must be told go fishing or I'll get into this self indulgence...