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Swing DJs Facebook-Group Here you can discuss with other Swing DJs about different topics. Now more than 1000 members strong.

Swing DJs Forum Not active anymore but it's still available as an archive with all the discussions from the past.

Hey Mister Jesse Podcast Host Jesse Miner & co-host Manu “Spuds” Smith are presenting every month a new show to hear music, interviews, listener feedback and news about the music swing dancers love. Since January 2006!

Kyle's Swing Song Of The Day Kyle Smith presents on his Facebook Page “Great swing music from the classic era for everyone to enjoy.” Discontinued but still there.

DJ Chrisbe's Song of the Week Every Monday, Christian Bossert features a new song that either is great for Lindy Hop, Balboa or Blues dancing, or has made Jazz history. Discontinued but you find all the songs here on this website.

Music Library Organization

TuneUp is a plug-in for iTunes and Windows Media Player to organize and repair your digital music library incl. removing duplicate content and adding album art. The plugin also offers music management and discovery tools within the iTunes interface. You can download and try TuneUp for free.

DJ Software / Media Players

Cog is a free open source audio player for Mac OS X. It supports many different formats. Quite popular among Swing DJs in combination with iTunes. iTunes as pre-listening player, and Cog as main player via external USB soundcard.

djay Pro 2 is an affordable DJ system using the iTunes library and Spotify. djay Pro 2 is available for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android.

Exaile is a free open source python-based audio player available on Windows and Linux. The latest release candidate includes plugins that support pre-listening, advanced tag-based music categorization, and a manual BPM counter.

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Other features: easily customizable user interface layout and advanced tagging capabilities.

iTunes There's is probably no one out there who doesn't know Apple's media player, available for free for Mac and Windows. If there would be a pre-listening option, no other software would be necessary. However, many DJ software use the iTunes library.

JRiver Media Center is very popular among Swing DJs on Windows systems. It's for managing and playing almost all formats of audio, video, and images. Media Center can also record television and manage documents, and it is fully configurable. Free trial version available.

MediaMonkey Another popular software among Windows users. MediaMonkey is a media organizer and manager for small to large libraries, with many different features. Free version available.

MegaSeg is a DJ and radio software for Mac and iTunes. It comes in two editions: MegaSeg PRO is more for Pro DJs, VJs, radios and businesses. MegaSeg DJ focuses on mobile and club DJs and covers many core features of the Pro edition. Free demo available.

Mixxx Free open source DJ software with iTunes integration, DJ MIDI controller support, BPM detection and sync, supports MP3, M4A/AAC, OGG and FLAC audio. Mixxx is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

PCDJ DEX 3 for Mac or Windows is a DJ software designed for pro DJs and entertainers especially for mobile use. It reads all kind of sound formats including non DRM songs. The software supports iTunes library import. Free version (DEX 3 LE) available.

Traktor Pro is a DJ software for Mac or Windows. It comes with full iTunes integration, up to four decks are available and you can visually search through tracks via Crate Flick cover art browsing. Free demos available. Traktor also provides DJ audio interfaces and controllers.

VirtualDJ is an audio and video mixing software for DJs. There are different editions available. “VirtualDJ Home” is the free version for non-commercial use.

Winamp is a popular multi-format media player for Windows, Android devices and now also for Mac. It's extensible with plug-ins and skins. Free version and Pro version available.

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