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DJ homework:
Given the following scenario and list of song options, create the next tanda, and be ready to explain your reasoning!

Scenario:
You're roughly midway through a 5-hour milonga, the room is full, and you have been playing richer, more melodic music from the mid to late 40s. You played a milonga set recently. Your last set tapered from 1943 to 1941 Troilo/Fiorentino (ie from rich and more melodic to sharper and more rhythmic) in preparation for a rhythmic, older-feeling D'Arienzo/Echague set for a different sound, and to transition to a new phase of the milonga. You're due for a vals set after the D'Arienzo tango set. The crowd is responding very enthusiastically to the more rhythmic Troilo song at the end of the current set and you're certain the D'Arienzo set will be a big hit. 

Choose a 4-song tanda from these songs (all 1938 or 1939):

Indiferencia
Nada Mas
Pensalo Bien
La Bruja
No Mientas
Mandria
Que Importa

Explain your choices, including your goal for the feeling at the end of the tanda, and what flavor/texture/feeling the vals set might have.

The above songs are all classics and if you're purchasing music, you must have them in your collection, so if you're into it, now would be a good time to purchase them from Tango Tunes, Tango Time Travel, or another site. If you're not yet purchasing music, they can be found on Spotify, Youtube, and other online sources with varying quality - DJ Toro on Youtube is a pretty reliable source.

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