How To Find The Best DJ Name
Unless you’re one of the lucky ones who’s happy to use their own name when DJing, one of the first things you’ll do as a new DJ will be choose your name. It’s a massively…
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Why DJs Shouldn’t Play For Free
Why DJs Shouldn’t Play For Free (And What To Do Instead) his is a guest article written by Matthew Owen Reininger, an educational technologist and DJ/turntablist. It’s hard work becoming a professional DJ. By professional…
DJ Controllers: The Ultimate Buyers Guide
The Numark NS7II for Serato DJ was just one of dozens of exciting new controllers that dropped in the 12 months since we published the 2013 guide; they’re all here. This is the web’s biggest…
Scratching 101
Scratching, sometimes referred to as scrubbing, is a DJ and turntablist technique used to produce distinctive percussive or rhythmic sounds and sound effects by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while…
Beatmatching 101
Beatmatching or pitch cue is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or timestretching an upcoming track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track, and to adjust them such that the…
The Compact Cassette 101
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. It was released by Philips…
Gramophone Record Or Vinyl 101
“Phonograph record” redirects here. For the magazine, see Phonograph Record (magazine). A common 12 inch LP vinyl record. A gramophone record (phonograph record in the US), commonly known as a vinyl record or simply vinyl…
What Is A Disc Jockey or Dee Jay
A disc jockey (DJ) is a person who mixes different sources of pre-existing recorded music as it is playing, usually for a live audience in a nightclub or dance club or via broadcasting. A DJ…
How to become a DJ
What does a DJ do? Disc jockeys (DJs) present, mix and link recorded music for a live or radio audience. They use a wide variety of equipment varying in sophistication including turntables and mixers; tape…