A disc jockey or disc jockey (DJ or dee jay) is a professional artist who selects and runs the most different compositions previously recorded for a particular audience, working their content and diversifying its work in broadcasting frequency modulated (FM) dance floors of balls, clubs, nightclubs and discos.
Disc Jockey has been and is used to describe the figure of the first radio announcer who introduced and played gramophone records later Olonga play later laser compact disc (CD) and currently employ the use of the mp3. The name was soon shortened to DJ. In Brazil, the abbreviation is pronounced incorrectly in relation to its original derivation (English), being mentioned in a "portuguses" by journalists, broadcasters and non-professionals, such as "djidjêi." Contamination caused mainly by the popularity of the group in 95 Snuff where vocalist Dinho, in imitation of the Northeast, pronounces the abbreviation DJ thereby. Today, given the numerous factors involved, including the composition chosen, the type of target, the list of songs, the middle and the development of sound manipulation, there are different types of DJs, and not all drives actually use, some may playing with CDs, some with laptop (with software emulating), among other means. There are also those who mixam sound and video (VJ), blending their content to work at the time of the musical. There are, however, a wide range of denominations to classify the term DJ.No radio DJs have contributed to the consolidation of the Rock and Roll movement from the second half of the year 50, as the largest cultural event of the youth of the twentieth century; names of artists as diverse as Elvis Presley and The Beatles would not have achieved stardom if not for the commitment of the original DJs. At the same time began to emerge Jamaican DJs, known as selectors, who initially played mainly drives U.S. R & B sound systems, and became a success especially among the less advantaged population that could not have radio or record player.
Techniques and styles
With the advent of disco in the mid-70s, DJs also gained fame outside of the radio and went to the dance floor. The clues, the DJs who worked until the mid-1990 using only vinyl records in their presentations. Despite the fact there are already CDs before that, there was no equipment that allowed the timing of the incoming song with the music running (for further adjustment of the pitch mixing). The way this action of mixing is carried out, moreover, is the main difference between the professionals in this area.
A DJ has to know the perception of musical compositions which have speeds (measured in beats per minute) or close to equal, so that a change in one or two percent of the speed with which the measure allows the same to be synchronized and mixed, and the public can not notice that a track is ending and another is beginning, because both bands are in the same rhythm, meter and speed.
DJs of the 1980s and 1990s the composition mixed synchronized (incoming) controlling the speed of the turntable platter, taking care to make the needle not escape groove vinyl (which in practice makes the song "jump ") and also with the timbre of her voice would not be music, too, changed with the speed too high or too low dish. This change in speed was possible in turntables that have the button called pitch. The most famous turntable at this time was the Technics SL-1200 MK-2, which is still sold and sought after by professionals and lovers of vinyl for strength and power that your engine has direct traction.
After the popularity of CD manufacturers like Pioneer, Numark and Technics have developed devices like CD player for DJs with their own resources. Known as CDJs, have special buttons to change the pitch, the return track, clocking (cue effect) and looping. The tone of the music was controlled (optionally) by a specific trigger, usually known as Master Tempo. With this feature, even if the membership is greatly accelerated (or decelerated), the tone of voice, keyboards, guitars, etc.. is maintained, somehow evading the capacity of public perception, to note that a sound is playing at different speed than normal. In addition, there is no risk that the record skip, even though the care to clean the CD media to be the same, for a spot on optical media can harm and even stop the song running. Another feature of this equipment is to mark the starting point of the song (designated cue point). Thus, a DJ with a touch of the button can return to the starting point for a few seconds before the song on the mix being performed.
Attention is drawn here to the fact that, besides the obligatory musical talent to a DJ in knowing about the time of the compositions that he intends to mix during his presentation, it must also know where, when and if a particular version of this composition or has a region (generally without vocals, raps and with little or no appearance of guitars and keyboards) popularly known as broken, where you can enter the next composition without the result to be confused (with vocals from two different songs "talking" to same time, for example). This quirk is mandatory for professionals who live mixes, both with vinyl and CDs with
The DJ is, after all, an exciting event. This song should know enough to know how and when to mix them, you should feel the vibration of the public who are listening, and know how to change a style at the right time so that the track is not empty. It must be as eclectic as possible, or make very clear to your audience and your contractor what your style or trend.There are a DJ specializing in raves. Others, who are dedicated to songs that have had success at eight, ten or twenty years ago.
Compact
The versions of songs that a DJ uses are not generally the same versions that normally heard in video clips or radio stations. For each new song that is launched on the market since Adeco 1970, the label released an album (or CD) specific compact called for that song. In the case of vinyl, can also be a compact seven inches, ten inches or twelve inches. In CD, this is known as 5 (five) inches. A compact is a vinyl or CD that has one song in several versions, produced especially for lovers of mixes or alternate versions. While a regular version of the song usually has three to four minutes, a compact version can last up to fifteen minutes, with big issues, broken, issues, etc. .. reruns of vocal These modified versions are also known as remixes, versions 12, versions, club, extended and dub versions. A compact may also contain cappella and instrumental versions. As a compilation album of a particular artist can have any name, a compact always has the name of the song that it is recorded, even if the disc has only one version of the song names.
Digital compositing
By the end of the twentieth century with the popularization of the MPEG-1 Layer 3 (popularly known as MP3) for digital songs from file sharing programs like Napster and the rise of music publishing programs, a new breed of editors musical self-styled DJs Though they possess, sometimes, to a certain talent for music, because they need to change a track in the mix before, has greatly facilitated their work and therefore are not viewed by professionals who do their work to live in clubs, homes, clubs and events.
The computer is mixing home-cooked, and there is no public trial of the work being done live. What the audience will hear is a mix made in the studio and have recorded. If a song is altered and mixed with the former, but the result is not expected by the editor (sounds, beats and beats out of sync, for example), the mixing action can be undone and redone many times as necessary. So the end result is a mix as perfect as artificial.
However, great DJs also make use of these programs to create multiple sequences called megamix songs, short duration of holdings in radio programs and even new versions of these songs, do not exist in their respective singles.
Today there are software that can simulate in a computer screen or CDJs two turntables and a mixer, with numerous resources equal or superior to the best equipment, and some can be downloaded free on the Internet, these software are becoming popular because they arewho want an alternative to DJing and can not invest much.
Among these programs are the Virtual DJ, Traktor, Deckadance, MixVibes, BPM Studio, PCDJ and more ...
Disc Jockey has been and is used to describe the figure of the first radio announcer who introduced and played gramophone records later Olonga play later laser compact disc (CD) and currently employ the use of the mp3. The name was soon shortened to DJ. In Brazil, the abbreviation is pronounced incorrectly in relation to its original derivation (English), being mentioned in a "portuguses" by journalists, broadcasters and non-professionals, such as "djidjêi." Contamination caused mainly by the popularity of the group in 95 Snuff where vocalist Dinho, in imitation of the Northeast, pronounces the abbreviation DJ thereby. Today, given the numerous factors involved, including the composition chosen, the type of target, the list of songs, the middle and the development of sound manipulation, there are different types of DJs, and not all drives actually use, some may playing with CDs, some with laptop (with software emulating), among other means. There are also those who mixam sound and video (VJ), blending their content to work at the time of the musical. There are, however, a wide range of denominations to classify the term DJ.No radio DJs have contributed to the consolidation of the Rock and Roll movement from the second half of the year 50, as the largest cultural event of the youth of the twentieth century; names of artists as diverse as Elvis Presley and The Beatles would not have achieved stardom if not for the commitment of the original DJs. At the same time began to emerge Jamaican DJs, known as selectors, who initially played mainly drives U.S. R & B sound systems, and became a success especially among the less advantaged population that could not have radio or record player.
Techniques and styles
With the advent of disco in the mid-70s, DJs also gained fame outside of the radio and went to the dance floor. The clues, the DJs who worked until the mid-1990 using only vinyl records in their presentations. Despite the fact there are already CDs before that, there was no equipment that allowed the timing of the incoming song with the music running (for further adjustment of the pitch mixing). The way this action of mixing is carried out, moreover, is the main difference between the professionals in this area.
A DJ has to know the perception of musical compositions which have speeds (measured in beats per minute) or close to equal, so that a change in one or two percent of the speed with which the measure allows the same to be synchronized and mixed, and the public can not notice that a track is ending and another is beginning, because both bands are in the same rhythm, meter and speed.
DJs of the 1980s and 1990s the composition mixed synchronized (incoming) controlling the speed of the turntable platter, taking care to make the needle not escape groove vinyl (which in practice makes the song "jump ") and also with the timbre of her voice would not be music, too, changed with the speed too high or too low dish. This change in speed was possible in turntables that have the button called pitch. The most famous turntable at this time was the Technics SL-1200 MK-2, which is still sold and sought after by professionals and lovers of vinyl for strength and power that your engine has direct traction.
After the popularity of CD manufacturers like Pioneer, Numark and Technics have developed devices like CD player for DJs with their own resources. Known as CDJs, have special buttons to change the pitch, the return track, clocking (cue effect) and looping. The tone of the music was controlled (optionally) by a specific trigger, usually known as Master Tempo. With this feature, even if the membership is greatly accelerated (or decelerated), the tone of voice, keyboards, guitars, etc.. is maintained, somehow evading the capacity of public perception, to note that a sound is playing at different speed than normal. In addition, there is no risk that the record skip, even though the care to clean the CD media to be the same, for a spot on optical media can harm and even stop the song running. Another feature of this equipment is to mark the starting point of the song (designated cue point). Thus, a DJ with a touch of the button can return to the starting point for a few seconds before the song on the mix being performed.
Attention is drawn here to the fact that, besides the obligatory musical talent to a DJ in knowing about the time of the compositions that he intends to mix during his presentation, it must also know where, when and if a particular version of this composition or has a region (generally without vocals, raps and with little or no appearance of guitars and keyboards) popularly known as broken, where you can enter the next composition without the result to be confused (with vocals from two different songs "talking" to same time, for example). This quirk is mandatory for professionals who live mixes, both with vinyl and CDs with
The DJ is, after all, an exciting event. This song should know enough to know how and when to mix them, you should feel the vibration of the public who are listening, and know how to change a style at the right time so that the track is not empty. It must be as eclectic as possible, or make very clear to your audience and your contractor what your style or trend.There are a DJ specializing in raves. Others, who are dedicated to songs that have had success at eight, ten or twenty years ago.
Compact
The versions of songs that a DJ uses are not generally the same versions that normally heard in video clips or radio stations. For each new song that is launched on the market since Adeco 1970, the label released an album (or CD) specific compact called for that song. In the case of vinyl, can also be a compact seven inches, ten inches or twelve inches. In CD, this is known as 5 (five) inches. A compact is a vinyl or CD that has one song in several versions, produced especially for lovers of mixes or alternate versions. While a regular version of the song usually has three to four minutes, a compact version can last up to fifteen minutes, with big issues, broken, issues, etc. .. reruns of vocal These modified versions are also known as remixes, versions 12, versions, club, extended and dub versions. A compact may also contain cappella and instrumental versions. As a compilation album of a particular artist can have any name, a compact always has the name of the song that it is recorded, even if the disc has only one version of the song names.
Digital compositing
By the end of the twentieth century with the popularization of the MPEG-1 Layer 3 (popularly known as MP3) for digital songs from file sharing programs like Napster and the rise of music publishing programs, a new breed of editors musical self-styled DJs Though they possess, sometimes, to a certain talent for music, because they need to change a track in the mix before, has greatly facilitated their work and therefore are not viewed by professionals who do their work to live in clubs, homes, clubs and events.
The computer is mixing home-cooked, and there is no public trial of the work being done live. What the audience will hear is a mix made in the studio and have recorded. If a song is altered and mixed with the former, but the result is not expected by the editor (sounds, beats and beats out of sync, for example), the mixing action can be undone and redone many times as necessary. So the end result is a mix as perfect as artificial.
However, great DJs also make use of these programs to create multiple sequences called megamix songs, short duration of holdings in radio programs and even new versions of these songs, do not exist in their respective singles.
Today there are software that can simulate in a computer screen or CDJs two turntables and a mixer, with numerous resources equal or superior to the best equipment, and some can be downloaded free on the Internet, these software are becoming popular because they arewho want an alternative to DJing and can not invest much.
Among these programs are the Virtual DJ, Traktor, Deckadance, MixVibes, BPM Studio, PCDJ and more ...
