They always said time flys when you’re having fun and here we handing into our favorite time of year, America’s…
Hello, folks! This is Jim Tremayne, editor of DJ Times magazine, and I’d like to introduce everyone to something brand-new…
As a producer, ilan Bluestone’s tracks have become cornerstones of sets by trance stars like Above & Beyond, Tiësto and…
The Roland DJ-202 and DJ-505 controllers followed the DJ-808 controller, Roland’s first foray into the DJ market in 2016. With…
Anaheim, Calif. – Another January, another Winter NAMM Show moved to the done pile. As usual, I attended NAMM with…
For those of us who’ve been around long enough to remember those heady, early days of the Internet – say,…
We understand paying to ridiculous cover charge just to enter an overcrowded bar on New Year’s Eve isn’t the ideal…
Syracuse, N.Y. — Cindy Ormond possesses the most unlikely DJ-origin story we’ve yet heard. She calls it a “right place…
Earlier today, Denon DJ announced a firmware update to its SC5000 Prime media player. The new firmware will give DJs…
Allentown, Pa.—Adam Skuba is that rare fellow who went to college for TV-and-radio production only to find it completely and…
Being able to DJ anytime or anywhere just got a whole lot easier thanks to the release of Numark’s new…
Binghamton, N.Y. — For Jimmie Malone, the old way of running his DJ-business model had run its course. “I had…
After plenty of speculation, Pioneer DJ has gone ahead and revealed one of the most highly anticipated releases from the…
Pioneer DJ has done it again! The innovative DJ equipment and software company has just introduced the DDJ-XP1 DJ controller…
The cruise line industry and the DJ business are cousins — if not siblings. Both have two key components: selling…
Clifton Park, N.Y. — Like most DJs, Caroline Kurkowski grew up with music; it was a huge part of her…
Denver – Two weeks after Sleepy & Boo scored a big road win in the City of Brotherly Love, the…
New York City — It was while playing keyboards in a seven-piece disco cover band out of high school —…
By Sal Hyams Running a business is less art and more science, but running a successful one does require a…
At the top of his DJ wish list, John “DJ Gallifrey” Horne in Huntington, Pa., says he’d forever banish audience…
By Moses Taylor It’s really simple: Get on a preferred-vendor list at a venue and you’ll see an increase in…
Pottsville, Pa. – Mick Uranko’s DJing experience is unlike many. When he’s not spinning—and he spins Serato DJ control vinyl…
One of the foundations of learning how to DJ a gig properly is to know how to read a crowd.…
Mick Uranko is the owner of Uranko Productions, a mobile-entertainment company in Pottsville, Pa. At the upcoming DJ Expo this…
San Diego—Jason Tokita is one those guys who wants to inhale life. That’s why he’s a touring nightclub DJ who…
Steve Moody has owned his own DJ business in the greater Baltimore area for more than a decade. With the…
The Roland DJ-808: imagine a DJ controller and software set-up that provides four decks’ worth of the usual DJ capabilities,…
Mixtapes. DJs. Copyright. Fair use. Mixtapes and DJs go together like peanut butter and jelly. The mixtape is a DJ’s…
New Bern, N.C. — Like so many DJs, for Fox Feltman, it all began in a skating rink when he…
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. – Mike Alevras started working as a mobile entertainer in the Hudson Valley of New York in…
Michigan-based DJ Corey Rusch has a familiar story. His dad, a member of a band, saw the popularity of live…
You want to learn how to DJ? Then let’s talk about mixing — as in the DJ kind of mixing.…
Waterloo, Wis.—To get to the beginning of Scott Quimby’s DJ journey, one has to go back to the summer of…
With The NAMM Show kicking off tomorrow in Anaheim, CA, Chauvet DJ is prepping for a massive 2016 showing with…
Get a hands-on preview of American DJ’s new products at its upcoming Los Angeles and Miami Open House events next…
DJ Bob Carpenter of Main Event Weddings in Greenville, R.I., recently said that he might just eat at McDonald’s from now…
American DJ is giving mobile DJs and club owners rapid laser-like effects for less with the new ADJ Ricochet. The…
The Djarkta Warehouse Project will return to Indonesia on December 11-12, and organizers have revealed a huge lineup to celebrate…
Long Island City, NY — It’s been a long summer on the road of the America’s Best DJ Summer Tour…
When it comes to generating leads for his business, Kevin Porter of Elite Entertainment in Rock Hill, S.C., says that DJs who…
EDMbiz Conference & Expo will once again return to Las Vegas’ The Cosmopolitan for three days of events addressing topics…
audio Artery has announced OneDJ Start, its new introductory DJ software offering. Described as the “affordable little brother of OneDJ,”…
Danbury, Conn. – It all started in 1991. At the time, Alan Kohn, operating as Premier Entertainment, was working for…
Photo Booths Endure as an Upsell That Keeps on Paying Dividends to DJs. Will the Fun Ever End? When Lisa…
Dana White (left) and UFC DJ AL3 Albert Lineses III a.k.a. AL3, is the official DJ for Ultimate Fighting Championship.…
The U.S. Government’s not offering incentives to fill out the federal census. But we’re offering swag for readers to fill…
Andy Ebon, a guiding light in the DJ industry and a man of unimpeachable integrity, died today. He was 69.…
Salvatore Lodato has been DJing, remixing and producing for years, but in 2016 things began to really hit for the…
Let’s start with Ricky G’s celebrated ability: He can remember names like a savant. At a DJ Expo a couple…
As we get closer to DJ Times’ annual trade-show/convention – the recently rebranded DJ Expo (DJX) – our Twitch channel will…
As we get closer to DJ Times’ annual trade-show/convention – the recently rebranded DJX – our Twitch channel will preview…
Salvatore Lodato has been DJing, remixing and producing for years, but in 2016 things began to hit for the New…
Old Brookville, N.Y. – Vincent P. Testa, the founder of multiple influential trade publications and president of Testa Communications, passed…
2020 is just about (thankfully) finished. It has been a whirlwind of a year and we’ve seen something so unprecedented…
How does a DJ turn the negative of the pandemic into a positive? Answer: Creating mid-week work. Looking for a…
As we all know, COVID-19 has completely changed the world of search – so, how do mobile DJs react? If…
Mobile vets Sean “Big Daddy” McKee (Connecticut’s James Daniel Entertainment) and Jordan Marshall (New Jersey’s Xplosive Entertainment) co-host a forum…
The Director of Business Development for DAS Audio of America, Darrin “B-SIDE” Young shows us the power of DASlink, DASlink…
Virginia-based DJ vet Tony Fernandez will touch on the basics of remixing – inspiration, preparation, creation – then he’ll explain…
Users on Social Media make billions of posts a day on networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, etc. Every day,…
For more than a decade, Disco Fries (Nick Ditri and Danny Boselovic) have been one of America’s most prolific and…
Regular DJ Times contributor Joshua Volpe of Kalifornia Entertainment in Rochester, N.Y., presents this solution-filled tutorial for those jocks looking…
SEO is a daunting task. There are nearly 300 ranking signals that Google rank calculation takes into account, all with…
For the last few years, I’ve served as a seminar speaker/keynoter at DJ Times’ DJ Expo in Atlantic City. And…
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. – Joshua Lask started DJing when he was 14-years old. About two years later, he decided to…
For nearly a decade at DJ Expo in Atlantic City, N.J., the “All-Star MC Secrets” seminar, helmed by Steve Moody…
By Adam Hirschhorn The Mitzvah has changed dramatically in the last several years, in these 3 key ways: 1. They’re…
What does one say about a DJ who’s just about done it all? With Zach Sciacca, the turntable wizard better…
At DJ Expo, Nick Spinelli from SCE Event Group and Rachel Lynch of DJ Rachel Entertainment will co-host “The Art…
Dave Stephenson has been a DJ for over 30 years. In addition to running his DJ company, A Time for…
Most people believe that being a “mobile DJ” or “entertainer” is all about creating a particular atmosphere for the couple…
By Leon Mendoza At last year’s DJ Expo at Harrah’s in Atlantic City, N.J., DJ Rob Peters presented “10 Things…
At DJ Expo, DJ Mick Uranko of Uranko Productions in Pottsville, Pa., led a seminar (“Tech Innovations for Mobiles”) that…
When Lisa Capitanelli-Kasberg auditioned for a mitzvah-MC position in Los Angeles in 1990, little did she know that she would…
New York City – For the ladies from Krewella, their young career has been the kind of rollercoaster ride that…
At the recent DJ Expo in Atlantic City, I participated in a DJ-tech panel discussion with DJ Times editor Jim…
Each August, DJs and company owners congregate in the seminar halls of the DJ Expo to learn about the latest…
There was a number of debut’s during last weeks DJ Expo in Atlantic City that had the DJ world buzzing,…
Not even a week after we announced Laidback Luke would be presenting a special “Keynote Q&A” at DJ Expo this…
Last August, Mark Haggerty had a groom from hell. “What made him a Groomzilla is that he wanted all the…
Belleville, N.J. – In the beginning of his DJ career 17 years ago, Jack Bermeo considered himself just a nightlife/club…
Stroudsburg, Pa. — The last time we spoke to John Donovan, nearly five years ago, he was navigating his way…
Mike Alevras of the DJ Solution has been producing trivia nights for years. The Hopewell Junction, N.Y.-based jock has found…
Terry Moran Jr. in Manchester, N.H., is always looking for more ideas to help build wealth for his DJ business,…
Boys and beats in the hills of West Virginia: The Honcho Summer Campout 2016 has come and gone, leaving a…
Small business owners, like mobile entertainers, are faced with a new and complex challenge in targeting and communicating with new…
K.C. Kokoruz says his entire career has been based on networking. In fact, he’s become so well-connected in his Chicago…
Brian Buonassissi, managing partner at B-Boy Productions, has been in the mobile business long enough to have an opinion on…
For all the talk of businesses increasingly generating customers online, as opposed to the old outbound methods, it’s tough to…
When a bride named Susan called DJ Shani Barnett in Northbrook, Ill., this past March to book entertainment for her…
We all want to be fun, different and unique entertainers. But what if you heard of one DJ who applied…
DJs in the wedding industry have developed an obsession with reviews. Be it from clients or vendors, we have placed…
Looking for ways to mine your midweek days for gold and fill your calendar—and your wallet? Come to the International…
DJ Jason Jani says he has found a way to reach out to web-savvy audiences (let’s call them Millennials) through…
You’ve heard the joke about the baker, the photographer, and the bagpiper? Neither have we, but DJ Mark Brenneisen of…
After keeping quite busy over the past year and a half making the most of his time at home, Crankdat…
You spend months working on each event, prepping your crates, creating new mixes, practicing your craft, all to have a…
When the Coronavirus shut us down, clubs and festivals ceased, and everyone was essentially forced inside with no definitive end…
MIXO has launched MIXO:GOLD, a premium service that brings your DJ library, complete with artwork, track data & cue points;…
Proving once again to be one of the hottest exports from the Columbian scene, MOSKA has struck again joining forces…