I wanted to write this fun article for those of you just starting to DJ, or who may be friends with a DJ and need to learn the lingo.
DJ
What exactly does DJ mean? DJ is short for Disc Jockey. It's someone who jocks discs (vinyl records). There are different types of DJs, including Club DJs, Mobile DJs (private parties/weddings etc), and Radio DJs. Different DJs may use different techniques, but it is generally someone Who selects, plays and mixes music for an audience.
Beat matching / mixing / spinning / DJ
This refers to meat DJing, the two songs at the same speed. This is so that when they play the two songs together, they are seamless. There is no stopping or mixture of beats. Speaking of confusion ...
Trainwreck
This is when the DJ is not really the right to beat-matching. When the two are into each song more pale, suggestingare not coordinated and it sounds terrible. Well, like shoes in the dryer, because the sound.
Rinse
If a DJ rinsed means he has done an incredible job. Each dance mixes were flawless, it was all around fantastic! "Man, that DJ is washed last night!" It comes from Old English, where they used to use the term "Flushing good time!" Rinse is more common in the sphere of electronic music including Techno, House, usedand drum and bass.
BPM
This refers to beats per minute, or how fast the song is. Just like a heartbeat, is calculated by counting the number of heartbeats per minute. This is very useful in determining when you mix two songs as they like the speed, they have to do this. For example, you can not at the same time a 80 BPM song ("American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz), with 150 BPM song ("Brown Eyed Girl" by VanMorrison).
Scratch
We're not talking about a back itch. This is a technique, DJ Hip Hop is a lot a. It 's the sound of a record back and forth and the sounds are different models when it is cut. It takes a very different skills as a beat-matching. Mathematical structures are made much like a beat of the music.
Double
Double refers to when a DJ has two identical records songs / and isTheir use at the same time. A DJ who will help with doubles often called "Rocking doubles." You rock doubled most of the time when ...
Beat Juggling
When a DJ has a double record, and it takes a certain part of the record to repeat or layer over another. It is used to create interesting models of the same line or phrase. This happens very fast hands and a high degree of skill.
Turntablist
These are the DJthat specialize in scratching and/or beat juggling.
Battles
When DJs battle it is like a sort of exhibition where each DJ has a certain amount of time to show the audience what their skills. Turntablist battles are very popular.
Mash-Up
This is a type of music that was popularized by DJ Z-Trip. It is a layering of one song over another. It is most often the vocals of one song over the beat of another. It is often a mish mash of genres such as a rock beat with hip hop vocals over or vice versa.
Now that you know the Lingo of the DJ, you can better understand DJs and what they are talking about! I hope you enjoyed reading this article as much as I did writing it!
