Saturday, December 15, 2012

Learning Your Important DJ Terms

By Celia Hall


Knowing the lingo is important when you're trying to break out as a DJ in the music industry. Becoming an expert in the craft, involves understanding the DJ terms that come with it. You'll have to become familiar with a variety of terms and concepts. The following are are few concepts and aspects you should know about DJing.

Keeping the beat is one of the most important parts to being a DJ. You are in control of the pulse and rhythm of the party. Your audience listens to the beat of the song and dances along to it. Understand that bars that make up a song are measured in beats, and that each bar has 4 beats.

Terms such as beat matching and blending are just as important as any other term. Both concepts are related, and are important for the flow of your set. Sets include playing several songs in a row for a performance. It's important to be able to blend songs together. Starting and stopping songs, one after the other, doesn't sound very good.

If you're going to be a professional, you'll need to know how to beat match. Beat matching allows songs to be played back-to-back, without messing up the flow of the songs. Most DJs play several songs in a set. Some of these songs have the same tempo and speed, and some don't. DJs have to carefully synchronize each song, by adjusting their speeds, to keep a continuous beat.

Cueing is an important term to learn. When you cue a song, you are setting up the song to start a particular point in its duration. You can starts songs from their beginning or at the middle of the song. You'll be playing lots of songs during a set, and you don't always have to play an entire song. Playing your favorite parts of a song can really get your set going.

As a DJ, you want the sounds you play to be heard exactly like you want them to. If you are meticulous about you sound, focus on your sound system, or P. A. Your P. A. Is simply the equipment you use, such as speakers, to have your music heard. The quality of your speakers can have a major affect on the way your music sounds to the audience.

To be a proper DJ, you'll need to learn how to scratch. Scratching is a very old technique to learn. Its been around for decades, and many artists in the genre have become famous for it. You simply take the disc or vinyl on the turntable, and by using your hands, move piece back and forth. Scratching changes up the sound of your music, and adds more creativity.

Nowadays, there are plenty of amateur DJs out there in the music world. If you want to become a professional, and set yourself apart from the rest, you need to have a more indepth knowledge about the craft. The lingo is important in the DJ world, and knowing the DJ terms is a great place to start.




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