Thursday, December 22, 2011

That the Internet and MP3 Downloading Has Affected the DJ And That the DJ Can Still Survive

By Visjack Nick


The pre-internet DJ use to be the "go to" individual for persons searching for "that" song or songs by that elusive mystery artist or well recognized artist using a tough to discover new or old recording. The DJ was the authority when it came to sharing new music on the masses regardless of whether at a party, at a club, or even on the radio. After a person needed a new "mix" tape or CD to listen to although jogging or driving etc, using a DJ being a friend or acquaintance was a foot inside the door to having great music or just finding out what artist was doing what. The DJ was usually the a single who seemed to buy or occur by probably the most music titles even if they had been not all to their own liking, it was sort with the DJ's responsibility of sorts for getting the music required to entertain crowds of all kinds. If you go back on the early NYC hip hop block parties the DJ would serve up bits & pieces of songs from all genres and as extended as the beat was funky the crowds would dance, there was no need for the songs to become in mainstream radio rotation to be able to entertain the crowd. The persons use to trust the DJ to serve them up with cool fresh sounds & consume them on the journey exactly where they may possibly discover music that they may by no means had heard prior to or had access to.

The web as well as free mp3 downloading & music piracy has produced practically any song obtainable to any person with an world wide web connection and also a tough drive to store it on. The average person is able to build up a massive mp3 music library just as big, or bigger than the deejays themselves. The web has replaced the DJ as the go to location to discover the music & instead of the men and women needing the DJ to provide the mix tapes or CD's they are instead able to just download & burn as quite a few numerous play lists as they want. In some cases, events that would previously had a live DJ, have opted to instead use an iPod hooked to a sound system.

The modern day region on the music corporation offers DJ's the challenge of additional proving their value towards crowds and even world wide web users. Most likely one on the greatest methods deejays can show their worth & skills is to build Remixes of songs that will supply the men and women another outlook on a DJ's skills leaning far more toward getting an artist their self than becoming just a music provider. DJ's can also come to be music producers, utilizing their love of great songs to help artists produce new excellent songs. Mash-up mixes have also become popular that are an extra spin on DJ blends/ song mixes of the past. The DJ need to no longer rely on getting required like a mobile Jukebox and/or sound program provider and try to provide deeper musical services which will be distinct to them. They should focus on personality & acquiring qualities that can not be replaced with technology alone. This will preserve the Deejay relevant into the future as additional & far more changes come in the music company like a whole.

The net does supply numerous rewards for the deejays as well doing it simpler for them to collect the big music libraries just as very easily as the non deejays. The popularity of net radio also gives mix show & club type deejays to expand their achieve out of their local area sharing their very own mixes worldwide. This really is additional helpful to deejays in specialty/underground genres as they may well grab a far away booking after becoming heard on an world-wide-web radio mix show or over a social networking website with musician options.

The Deejay need to just try to understand how to use all the new outlets as new promotional opportunity whilst striving to become that far better with their mixes and services offered.

Brian G a.k.a. BG a.k.a. The Prime Spinister began being a rollerskating rink DJ in 1994 who started doing DJ jobs then eventually nightclub deejaying. Brian G came from a time when the DJ was "the man with all the music" & once the public would turn for the DJ to get mixtapes/cd's rather then the now net music downloading craze.




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