Sunday, December 18, 2011

How the Web and MP3 Downloading Has Affected the DJ And That the DJ Can Nonetheless Survive

By Visjack Nick


The pre-internet DJ use being the "go to" individual for persons seeking "that" song or songs by that elusive mystery artist or well recognized artist using a difficult to find 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. Once somebody needed a brand new "mix" tape or CD to listen to even though jogging or driving etc, using a DJ like a friend or acquaintance was a foot in the door to owning excellent music or just finding out what artist was making what. The DJ was often the a single who seemed to purchase or occur by one of the most music titles even if they were not all to their own liking, it was type in the DJ's responsibility of types to get the music required to entertain crowds of all kinds. Should you go back towards early NYC hip hop block parties the DJ would serve up bits & pieces of songs from all genres and as long as the beat was funky the crowds would dance, there was no require for the songs being in mainstream radio rotation in order to entertain the crowd. The people use to trust the DJ to serve them up with cool fresh sounds & eat them on a journey where they may well discover music that they may perhaps in no way had heard before or had entry to.

The world-wide-web as well as free mp3 downloading & music piracy has produced practically any song out there to anybody with an world-wide-web connection and a difficult drive to store it on. The average person is in a position to build up a massive mp3 music library just as big, or bigger than the deejays themselves. The internet has replaced the DJ as the go to location to find the music & instead of the persons needing the DJ to supply the mix tapes or CD's they're instead in a position to just download & burn as many different 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 state on the music business offers DJ's the challenge of further proving their significance to the crowds and even world-wide-web users. Possibly one of the greatest methods deejays can show their worth & skills is to build Remixes of songs which will supply the persons an additional outlook over a DJ's skills leaning additional toward getting an artist their self than getting just a music provider. DJ's can also come to be music producers, utilizing their love of excellent songs to aid artists produce new excellent songs. Mash-up mixes have also turn out to be popular which are an extra spin on DJ blends/ song mixes in the past. The DJ should no longer rely on being needed as a mobile Jukebox and/or sound system provider and try to provide deeper musical services that will be specific to them. They need to focus on personality & having qualities that cannot be replaced with technology alone. This will retain the Deejay relevant into the future as a lot more & a lot more changes come of the music organization as being a whole.

The internet does supply several rewards towards deejays as well doing it easier for them to collect the large music libraries just as easily as the non deejays. The popularity of web radio also gives mix show & club kind deejays to expand their reach out of their local area sharing their very own mixes worldwide. That is extra helpful to deejays in specialty/underground genres as they may well grab a far away booking right after getting heard on an net radio mix show or over a social networking internet site with musician options.

The Deejay have to just try to study how to use all the new outlets as new promotional opportunity although striving to be that better with their mixes and services offered.

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




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