Hiring a party planner is a great idea, but some people have a tougher time deciding whether or not to go with a DJ for their event. Here are a few of the reasons you should think about a DJ for your next party:
DJs are in on the action: DJs are sort of security systems for your party. This means that when the mood gets bored and the lights are too high, your live action disc jockey picks Read the rest of this entry »
The 1980′s were without a thought my favorite era of music. It was more diversified and entertaining and far better than today’s music. Michael Jackson was the reigning king in the 80′s pumping out hit after hit. Queen was another great group with many hits. Madonna became well known, Bon Jovi was on fire with hit after hit and Wham with George Michael also began in the 80′s with one hit after another and U2. The greatest part of Read the rest of this entry »
Weddings have a traditional role in history, so does the selection of songs. The tracks must carefully be picked in order to satisfy the guest. DJ’s should consider playing different types of tracks throught the day, such as romantic, fast-paced and slow songs. This rotation will keep the wedding guest entertained and full of energy.
Top Slow Songs
What’s a wedding without the right song? Slow tracks are romantic, and set the mood right. Older folks enjoy classical songs more than young adults. Teenagers stick to modern-day music, mostly.
Top Romantic Wedding Songs
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Scott Shannon is a popular disc jockey that was born in St. Louis. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and started his career in radio at WFBS 1450 in Spring Lake, North Carolina. He moved to WCLS 1580 AM in Columbus Georgia. He was in the army at the time. Scott Shannon left the army and worked at a radio station called WABB. He was known as “Super Shan” during that time. He then moved to Nashville and worked as an evening dj at WMAK 1300 and became the program director of WMAK.This/tag helps explain it more. He later made the station Read the rest of this entry »
Born in the little town of Jamestown, North Dakota, Shadoe Stevens has grown to be one of the legendary voices of music broadcasting. Graduating from the University of North Dakota, majoring in Commercial Art and Radio/TV Journalism, Stevens got his start as a college radio DJ, working in stations like KILO in Grand Forks and KQWB in Fargo. His big career break came at KIKX in Tuscon, Arizona, where he went by the on-air name of Jefferson K.
His eventual rise to fame came from the success of a series of television Read the rest of this entry »
I was recently at a wedding where a DJ digital controller was being used to play the music. The DJ told me that most disc jockeys have progressed to digital controllers for convenience. It’s a lot easier than carrying around hundreds of CD’s or even records. It even operates similarly to an original mixer/turntable setup, making it familiar to use. Most digital controllers play mp3 or wave files, so as long as you can download music on a computer, you can operate this machine. Prices have become much Read the rest of this entry »
So you’re looking to throw a party in the near future? Well, you’ve come to the exact place to look for the best tips on how to make your next soiree a total smash! First, you need to learn about how to find the right DJ and music mix for the next party you throw. You need to figure out what kind of party you’re throwing and plan your audience and equipment around it? For example, if you’re throwing a relatively tame party, such as a business party or any other formal Read the rest of this entry »
Wolfman Jack, born Robert Weston Smith in 1938, exemplified the meaning of “legendary” in different ways over the course of his career. In radio, Wolfman Jack was legendary for promoting a type of music banned from AM airwaves in the early 1960s: rhythm and blues. Broadcasting from a powerful station across the US-Mexico border, Wolfman Jack paired the music he adored with his on-air personality, demonstrated with impromptu howls, for the entertainment of tens of thousands.
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Back before it came to mere spinning and a personality was as vital as the sounds being produced, Casey Kasem was the man to be watched (and listened to). His radio career started in Detroit in the mid 1950s at WJBK and then moved to northern California (San Francisco and Oakland) in the 1960s where he developed his rock trivia claim-to-fame personality which led to his iconic American Top 40 radio program from 1970 to 1988 with a resurgence in 1998 to 2004 where personality Ryan Seacrest succeeded him. American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated independent radio station that serves markets as far reaching as Singapore and India. As the name implies, the show counts down the forty most popular songs in the United States (compiled weekly) and showcased in reverse order (from 40 to 1). Kasem had outside interests beyond his DJ persona, as well; including doing many voiceovers for Sesame Street, Super Friends, Battle of the Planets, and Shaggy from Scooby Doo, as well as many others. Interestingly Read the rest of this entry »
There’s no doubt that DJing is a lifestyle that is all consuming and has a rich and storied past. Whether you are a DJ yourself, aspire to be one, or just have an interest in the culture, the following reading suggestions should be interesting to you as you journey on your quest to know and become “all things” DJ. Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco (Peter Shapiro) traces the history of disco music and culture. From the outset, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. The author discusses the converging influences as well as disco’s cultural antecedents in Europe and looks at the history of DJing while exploring the mainstream disco craze at its height.Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Bill Brewster) is a comprehensive history of the mysterious and charismatic figure behind the turntables — part obsessive record collector, part mad scientist, part intuitive psychologist of the party groove. From England’s rabid Northern Soul scene to the birth of disco in New York, from the sound systems of Jamaica to the scratch wars of early hip-hop in the Bronx, from Chicago house to Detroit techno to London rave, DJs are responsible for most of the significant changes in music over the past forty years.The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night (Anthony Haden-Guest) is the story not just of Studio 54 but of the whole night world past the velvet rope, down onto the pounding dance floor, up into the perverse (yet highly addictive) balcony, and into owner Steve Rubell’s office, where millions of dollars were surreptitiously skimmed from the golden goose. Vibrant, shocking, nonstop, and revealing the book is as packed with sparkle, scandal, and celebrity as Studio 54 was itself.There are more titles that we’ll cover in upcoming posts, but any one of these (or all three!) are great jumping off points to help you get your groove on.