Let’s start with Ricky G’s celebrated ability: He can remember names like a savant. At a DJ Expo a couple…
In the greater Charleston, S.C., DJ/music market, Scott Sain has been a regular presence since 1994 — and that gives…
In 1982, while still in high school, John Horne began DJing. Nearly 40 years, 2,100 DJ gigs, and 1,000 trivia…
Carol Stream, Ill. — Up to now, Steve Owen’s gigs have come 100-percent from word-of-mouth. But this year he plans on…
Traverse City, Mich. — At one time or another we’ve all wanted to start a DJ business – or be…
Scott Siewert of Full Tilt DJ & Photo has been spinning in Wisconsin’s capital city since the beginning of the…
Roxbury, N.J. – Artem Lomaz, owner of NinetyThree Entertainment, is a two-time winner of DJ Expo’s “Entertainer of the Year”…
Visalia, Calif. – When the pandemic hit, Cali DJ Randy Hendrix didn’t diddle way his newly found free time watching…
Livingston, N.J. – For Jason Zaplin, it all started when he discovered dancing. In third grade, he performed a choreographed…
Seattle, Wash. — Alan Chitlik’s first job was as a newspaper reporter. One day he’d be covering a business acquisition,…
Remember the Hustle? Jeff Siber does. That’s back when he started his DJing journey, in Brooklyn, teaching the dance with…
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. – Joshua Lask started DJing when he was 14-years old. About two years later, he decided to…
In our “DJing Passport” series, we’ll offer a global perspective of the DJ scene — city by city. This first…
St. Louis, Mo. – For any veteran of the DJ game who’s serious about the industry, it’s always a relief…
Roxbury, N.J. – At the 2018 DJ Expo in Atlantic City, Artem Lomaz won the “Entertainer of the Year” prize…
Marlboro, N.J. — Adam Hirschhorn is 35 now and has been in business as AJH Entertainment for 22 years. That’s…
Manalapan, N.J. – Jordan Marshall has been entertaining for 15 years – he started as a dance motivator for bar/bat…
Brooklyn, N.Y. — Gospel DJ Dr. D (aka Duane Knight), first appeared in our pages 20 years ago. This year,…
Marietta, Ga. — In a huge market with hundreds of DJs, it’s crucial to stand out from the others, and…
Hackensack, N.J. — Remember The Hustle? Jeffrey Craig Siber does. That was back in 1974 when he started his DJing…
Ithaca, N.Y. — Mike Melice’s DJ career started at the blackjack table, when he was just out of college and…
Syracuse, N.Y. — Cindy Ormond possesses the most unlikely DJ-origin story we’ve yet heard. She calls it a “right place…
Allentown, Pa.—Adam Skuba is that rare fellow who went to college for TV-and-radio production only to find it completely and…
Binghamton, N.Y. — For Jimmie Malone, the old way of running his DJ-business model had run its course. “I had…
Flushing, N.Y. – It’s late April and, in a strange scheduling quirk, the Atlanta Braves have returned to Queens for…
New York City — It was while playing keyboards in a seven-piece disco cover band out of high school —…
Madison, Wis. – Travis Seibert was never shy about getting a party started. That’s what Mark Miller, the owner of…
Waterloo, Wis.—To get to the beginning of Scott Quimby’s DJ journey, one has to go back to the summer of…
Beyond BKN: Garry Rothstein’s Trio DJs has expanded. Brooklyn, N.Y. – Garry Rothstein started DJing at the ripe old age…
Betsy Fischer: DJ Expo’s New Champ Voorhees, N.J.— When Betsy Fischer describes her “DJ of the Year”-winning routine at the…
Union, N.J.—Perhaps being born on the Island of Trinidad, where music is ranked as a life necessity right between water…