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In 1935, American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term “Disc Jockey.” It would later…
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In last month’s issue of DJ Times, Part 1 of my annual DJ Expo Wrap-Up included…
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DJs in the wedding industry have developed an obsession with reviews. Be it from clients…
Howell, N.J. – Every DJ can remember the time in the life of their business…
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Danbury, Conn. – It all started in 1991. At the time, Alan Kohn, operating as…
Your DJ business is profitable, but maybe you feel like the entrepreneurial spark that originally…
Union, N.J.—Perhaps being born on the Island of Trinidad, where music is ranked as a…
Photo Booths Endure as an Upsell That Keeps on Paying Dividends to DJs. Will the…
In techno, eight years is really like 56 years.
Check out Marco Carola, whose new CD, Play It Loud!, his first since 2003, oozes groove and minimal subtleties, like a man wisely trying to preserve his auditory function, and ours, from the punishing techno tendencies of his past. But why, oh why, oh why, you ask? We can only cup our ear and say, “Wha?”
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