The DJ

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The DJ About fifteen years ago a culture was born. In Europe a new type of music was being created. Something new, something fresh. A music fueled by throbbing beats over rattling bass. This is electronic music. The mastermind behind this whole up and coming culture was and is the DJ. In the past five years have become more and more popular everyday. Some people who are not aware of this music or this culture might argue that being a DJ is not a serious profession for various reasons. Throughout this paper I will prove these notions false. As support I will provide the history of the DJ, what exactly it is, insight from various DJ's and much more. It all began about fifteen years ago. In towns in Europe people started throwing secret parties, small parties more of a social event to party and have fun. At these parties there would DJ's spinning early electronic sounds and dancing. Not too long after that word started to spread and more and more people wanted to "party". So the people throwing these parties sought out bigger places to have these parties that could accommodate more people. It grew so fast that secret information phone lines were created to prevent problems with the authorities. Over the next few years more and more people grew to love these parties for the music and the overall atmosphere. Also more and more electronic artists started to surface. As popular as these events were the truth is without the DJ none of it would have been possible. In the early nineties this growing underground movement started to form slowly in the United States and other countries. These parties soon took on the name of "raves". In Europe these raves grew constantly. Soon there were raves being thrown with five to ten t... ... middle of paper ... ...to work and their job is their passion. Not that many! If you asked me or any other DJ they could say yes. Bibliography: Works Cited Brewster, Bill. Last night a DJ saved my life: New York: Headline Book Publishing, 1999. Fikentscher, Kai. "You Better Work!" Underground Dance Music In New York City: Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 2000 House, Tim. DJ, Midwest Area. Personal Interview. 15 Mar 2001. Prendergast, Mark. The Ambient Century: New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000 Reiss, Jon, dir. Better Living Through Circuitry. DVD A Cleopatra Picture 2000. http://www.clubdance.nl/english/index_frame.html http://www.loveparade.de/ http://www.wmcon.com/mn_abtus.htm http://www.dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/artists/by_genre/electronical/disc_jockeys/ http://www.gatecrasher.com/gc3flash/welcome.htm

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