A disc jockey, commonly known as DJ is someone who plays and mixes music for an audience. A disc jockey’s ability to set the mood through sound gives them the power to control the crowd. Being a DJ is popular hobby that can easily evolve into a lifestyle. Famous DJ and rapper Grandmaster Flash professed his devoting to being a disc jockey saying, “As a individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer.” The disc jockey industry has advanced since Grandmaster Flash’s days of vinyl records and mixers. Today DJ’s are seen as artists, who have opportunities to tour the world displaying their talent.
Caleb Philogene is a 20-year-old determined college student. He has possessed a love for music from the start of his childhood. When he was 14 years old he began recording Christian rap music. He would burn several blank cd and pass them out around his small high school. In order to efficiently create better music, Caleb taught himself how to produce beats. Eventually he used these skills to further his musical talents by becoming a disc jockey. In high school, the “weak party scene” encouraged him to better his disc jockey skills. Caleb threw several parties in the south suburbs of Chicago, in order to exhibit his Dj skills to the public. Caleb promoted "peaceful partying" among a population where parties are viewed as boxing matches. Caleb quickly learned had to form a strong connection with the crowd. He pays attention to what type of crowd he has and what type of music they respond best to. Besides country and heavy rock metal, Caleb plays a variety of music. His crowds tend to enjoy hip-hop, pop, house music, juke music, and EDM. He is a diverse DJ who tries to diversify his crowd by introducing them to new genres. The more free...
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...zons”, he expresses his feeling through his choice of music. When he is in a good mood he plays songs that triggers happy memories in the mind of each listener. When he has stress to release he plays heart touching music with meaningful lyrics and soothing beats. Caleb always makes time to interact with the crowd and take some of their personal suggestions and feedback. He ends his DJ set by telling the crowd to have a blessed and safe night. Caleb leaves his turntable full of energy and inspired to become a better disc jockey day by day. For him being a disc jockey is an outlet and a way to express his emotion through music. He says that Dj’ing is a special experience because you get to feel the energy of strangers and connect with their vibes. Caleb plans to continue using his disc jockey to skills to warm the hearts of people waiting to have a good time.
Torrence Hatch (Lil Boosie) was born November 14, 1982 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was born and raised in W. Garfield St, on the south side of Baton Rouge, a neighborhood well known for drugs and violence. Boosie faced many troubles inside and outside for school as he was growing up. When Boosie was 14, he moved in with his grandmother after his father was murdered in a drug-related activity. He then started to get very serious about basketball, he played in order to stay off of the streets, he was expected to go to college level, but then got expelled for possession of illegal drugs. Boosie had been rapping since he was 14 or 15, but never let anyone know because he didn’t think he was good enough, but after he was expelled, he began to get very serious about his music career. Unfortunately, Baton Rouge lacked a music scene, so it was difficult for him to create a contract, which resulted in a lack of exposure. But lucky for Lil Boosie, a mutual friend of Boosie and a local rapper, C-Loc, introduced the two and before Boosie knew it, he was recording his homemade raps in a p...
Ringing in the New Year, we’ve chosen an individual who has created his own music and created interesting remixes of other songs over the course of (now) 16 years. We enjoy the twists he plays on his music and admire his efforts to take his music to live performance stage. Local to Brick Township, NJ, Brian Stewart (DJversion666) started out, born and raised, in Evansville Indiana, playing in a multitude of bands, playing bass and/or singing various genres of music. Upon moving to Nashville, he has done studio work, laying down bass tracks for commercials and advertisements. Continuing down the path of music Stewart attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He combines various genres and ties them all together with an industrial sound.
Howard Stern is a radio personality, producer, actor, author, and is the self proclaimed “King of All Media”. Stern is widely known for “The Howard Stern Show”, which was aired on FM radio from 1986 to 2005, until it moved to Sirius XM Radio in 2006. Stern specific style of “shock jock” radio is what makes him so popular, taking him only four years to get his show nationally syndicated in 1986.
he would never be a good DJ and that he had a lousy voice, promoted him to program director
What’s good in the music industry is its openness into hearing out budding artists, may it be worthy or not to listen to. The always changing demands of mainstream music require artists, acts and groups to comply, or other aspiring performers would be taking up center stage and steal the spotlight. Despite the risks involved, many ambitions and the people who carry it surge through the business accompanied by their strong liking to entertain and the undying passion to reach what they truly dream of. And we, as the majority who don’t like the squeamish effect of attention, gauge each passing act, as if deciding for them if they will be lasting in the industry or not. One name reverberating through the halls of mainstream music is that of Bryson Tiller, and with how things are rolling for this very talented future superstar, he is meant to stay longer than the rest.
From its conception in the 1970's and throughout the 1980's, hip hop was a self-contained entity within the community that created it. This means that all the parameters set for the expression came from within the community and that it was meant for consumption by the community. Today, the audience is from outside of the community and doesn’t share the same experiences that drive the music. An artists’ success hinges on pleasing consumers, not the community. In today's world, it isn’t about music that rings true for those who share the artists' experiences, but instead, music that provides a dramatic illusion for those who will never share the experiences conveyed. This has radically changed the creative process of artists and the diversity of available music. Most notably, it has called in to question the future of hip hop.
These articles depict the controversies of the hip hop industry and how that makes it difficult for one to succeed. Many of these complications and disputes may be invisible to the population, but these articles take the time to reveal them.
Djs were the central focuses in the early phases of Hip jump filled in as the establishment and binding together components of hip bounce culture. In rap music Djs were essential for recognizing rapping from verse recitation. Djs utilized different procedures to consolidate vitality and feel of a live execution.
Hey Jammers! Today, you’re going to be learning about the completely baller life of DJ B-Money.
Dan Berkowitz is a firm believer in the transformative power of music and is dedicated to creating experiences that are equally immersive, unforgettable and seamless for his fellow diehard music lovers. Dan started in the music business like many before him, handing out flyers for his favorite bands and venues. He worked his way up, becoming the tour manager for The Disco Biscuits in 2004, overseeing their day-to-day operations. After leaving the road in 2006, Dan worked for Electric Factory Concerts, while laying the groundwork for what would later become CID Entertainment, creating unique travel packages and VIP experiences for marquee events in Philadelphia.
All these responsibilities require ability in music, some experience , combined with a thorough knowledge of music and music theory. It also requires music and sound production in a recording studio along with a key sense of listening. Some music producers work for record labels producing for recording artists under a contract which has very exact wantings for that artist. And while many are full-time employees, others are self-employed. Which means they must also have experience in running a business.
People are surrounded by music every day of their lives. They hear it in their homes, on the radio on their way to work; some people have even caught themselves humming the tune of their favorite song to themselves. But how many people actually listen and not just hear the music they are listening to? Teens in particular don’t realize the message behind the music they are quoting the lyrics to, or the effect it has on them. In today’s culture where rap music has become increasingly popular, many teens aren’t realizing what they are listening to. A lot of teens would argue that the music they listen to has no effect on them, but they are wrong. Rap music, especially, has had a major impact on teenagers in today’s society.
Music producers have an influence on the music that today’s youth listen to that many are affected by, even though the producers are unaware of it. Today there’s a lot of drug abuse, violence, and sexuality all on the rise, even though hip hop itself is not to blame. Imagine our youth all over the country being exposed to this explicit language. There is no need to imagine, because it is already happening. Ever since the rise of Rap and Hip Hop music, teens have been turning to them to help solve their problems.
Driving up Route 9 towards Poughkeepsie in a snow storm was not something I wanted to do. The time itself—an hour’s drive—was elongated by the pretty, but dangerous, falling snow. As my Beetle and I plowed up through Fishkill and made our way to the town of Poughkeepsie, I started getting nervous. I would be interviewing a real live DJ! Since I was a child I had always loved music and the radio. I remember leaping up onto my kitchen counter and perching there, anxiously listening to who would be crowned Number One that week on the Top 40. Or I would be in my cool, newly-furnished bedroom listening to the most-requested five-song countdown on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 8pm.
People around the world participate in different music cultures for various reasons like religious or entertainment purposes. The punk rock music culture is no exception. Within the past few months, I have gone to concerts and participated in the punk rock community at Sidewinder, a bar in Austin, Texas to understand why musicians continue to participate. I took notes on the musical features of the songs played, the minor movements of the performers, and how the audience was reacting. To understand the community from within, I made an effort to interact with the community during the concert by dancing with them. After the concert, I interviewed the bands Queue Queue and The Sweethearts to understand how this music is significant to them. The