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So you love music but you really don't consider a career as a singer or an instrument played in a band. Somehow, in the middle of your musical battle, you decided to become a disc jockey or a DJ as how everyone calls it. You listen to how DJs create and enjoy the rhythm or even have their own remake and versions of MTV's top hits. In the end of it all you may ask, so what's the first step?

Training as a singer, in terms of the instrument used, is the simplest. You only need a microphone or you can even sing without any paraphernalia at all. But in becoming a DJ, you need to understand that your job does not only involve creativity. To some extend, being a DJ involves technical skills and most importantly, tons of DJ equipment that ordinary folks are not familiar with. Acquainting yourself with a DJ equipment, it would turn out in the initial phase of your training, would be the hardest part. Of course, Read the rest of this entry »

Although, most people hold the opinion that more recent broadcasting media like the television and the World Wide Web have effectively put the radio out of business, the prospects of radio broadcasting as a career remain bright even in the twenty-first century. With the coming of Internet radio and podcasting services, radio jockeying has acquired totally new dimensions. Even universities encourage their students to take up internships in radio broadcasting.

Radio Broadcasting Schools

For those seriously interested in taking up radio broadcasting as a career, radio broadcasting schools are a good stepping stone. However, you should also remember that this is a kind of job that requires a bit of personal flair to outshine others in the competitive market of today.

Community Radio Stations

Community radio stations, especially college radio stations, are often on the lookout Read the rest of this entry »

Once you decide to purchase your own DJ equipment rather than renting you need to start doing your research on what kind of equipment you will need to purchase. Finding the right DJ equipment can be hard and buying it could be expensive.

If you are planning to become a be a DJ, a disk jockey, one the most difficult decisions you will need to make is whether you should buy your own equipment or rent. The decision is tough not because of anything else, but because DJ equipment is expensive.

In order to buy all the equipment you need to be able to set up and play music lets say at a wedding you will have to spend thousands of dollars. To have what you need to be a DJ you wont have to buy only on piece of equipment but several.

A DJ can mix and match components of different qualities and price ranges to make the entire outfit suit a budget. One of the most expensive pieces Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know what is the key to becoming a successful DJ? Well it is the ability to produce great music mixes that bring the dance floor alive. And in order to create the right kind of music you have to invest in a range of advanced DJ equipments.

If you are just a beginner to the world of mixing and turntables, you are most likely awestruck by the well-established disc jockeys that have the ability to set the floor ablaze with their highly energetic music mixes. OK so you may not have the same range of talents as these DJs, but you can make up for your lack of experience or talent with the right kind of DJ equipments. Next time you visit a night club or disco, just make a trip backstage to check out the DJ equipments, and you will be amazed at the wide range of DJ equipments that are used to churn out those masterful mixes. Although, a novice in the field requires some time and practice on the turntable to Read the rest of this entry »

The beginnings of recorded music lie in the late 1880s when the first device for recording and playing back sound was invented by Thomas Edison. The phonograph was a cylindrical machine that could play back recordings that had been embedded in tin foil. The technology was swiftly overtaken by a cut disc recording that was to be the first embodiment of the gramophone record that we are all familiar with. Within ten years of recording and playback technology being discovered, wax disks were being played and within another 15 years, the record as we know it was in mass production, taking pride of place in the world of sound recording. This is how the situation remained until a hundred years after the first phonograph recording, the compact disk pulled the rug from under the record's feet.

Those many years of domination led to playback technology being constantly developed and refined to give the Read the rest of this entry »