Other software including algorithmic beatmatching is Ableton Live, which allows for realtime music manipulation and deconstruction, or Mixmeister, a DJ Mixset creation tool.

This allows the DJ to make use of the beatmatching capabilities of the CDJ unit whilst playing digital music files from the mp3-player or other storage device.

Since 2002, Charles has been a DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music, presenting The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, where he plays a diverse range of funk and soul music, from classic tracks to the latest releases, and provides publicity for new bands.

Coldcut's live and DJ sets now relied on video as much as music.

The idiom made a brief appearance in the UK-based DJ reggae music of the 1980s in the hit " Cockney Translation " by Smiley Culture of South London ; this was followed a couple of years later by Domenick and Peter Metro's " Cockney and Yardie ".

record collection ) where they danced to American swing music, which a DJ played on a single turntable when a jukebox was not available.

* 1967 – DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer ( N. W. A )

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.

In the days before station-controlled playlists, the DJ often followed their personal tastes in music selection.

In 1955, Bob Casey, a well-known " sock hop " DJ, brought the two-turntable system to the U. S. Throughout the 1950s, payola continued to be a problem and one result of the payola scandal was tighter control of the music by station management.

In the early 1980s, NYC disco DJ Larry Levan, known for his eclectic mixes, gained a cult following, and the Paradise Garage, the nightclub at which he spun, became the prototype for the modern dance club where the music and the DJ were showcased.

Starting in the mid-1980s, the wedding and banquet business changed dramatically with the introduction of DJ music, replacing the bands that had been the norm.

Using their knowledge of audience participation, MC charisma, and " crowd-pleasing " repertory selection, the wedding music industry became almost all DJ while combining the class and elegance of the traditional band presentation.

Greg Broussard ( born August 31, 1963 in Los Angeles, California ), better known by his stage name Egyptian Lover, is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was an important part of the L. A. dance music and rap scene in the early 1980s.

* History of House History of House music and legal MP3 DJ mixes.

From September 2000 to January 2011, Digweed hosted a weekly two-hour radio show on Kiss 100 in the UK, in which Digweed played the first hour of music and a guest DJ played the second hour.

* Kam ( music equipment brand ), A British brand of DJ equipment, music equipment & lighting.

According to B. Boy Omega, a writer for The Source, the first Latino in hip hop music was DJ Disco Wiz, a product of a Puerto Rican father and a Cuban mother who was born in The Bronx.

Marl's music has had influences on RZA, DJ Premier, as well as Pete Rock, who is also a longtime friend.

Dance music radio focuses on live DJ sets and hit singles from genres of techno, house, electro, drum and bass, UK garage and big beat.

Often the only breaks in a satellite music station's programming are for station identification and DJ introductions.

* Phalanx, a trance music group formed by Dennis Gertner, DJ Manian, and Manuel Schleis

Henry Rollins ( born 13 February 1961 ) is an American spoken word artist, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, radio DJ, activist and former singer-songwriter.

According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, the term was first used in 1989, though the use is not attributed to anyone. The term ' trip hop ' was first used in print by Andy Pemberton, a music journalist writing for Mixmag, in June 1994 to describe Mo Wax Records Artist ( U. K ) R. P. M and ( American ) DJ Shadow's " In / Flux " single.

In the June 1994 issue of UK magazine Mixmag, music journalist Andy Pemberton used it to describe the hip hop instrumental " In / Flux ", a 1993 single by San Francisco's DJ Shadow, and other similar tracks released on the Mo ' Wax label and being played in London clubs at the time.

*( Louis ) Studs Terkel ( May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008 ) — Chicago writer, journalist, DJ, and oral historian

The term microhouse is usually credited to music journalist and DJ Philip Sherburne, writing for the magazine The Wire in 2001, to describe, according to Stelfox, " the spectral, hypnotic interpretation of classic Chicago grooves emerging on labels such as Perlon, Kompakt, Playhouse, Ongaku, Klang Elektronik and the Mille Plateaux family of imprints-most notably Force Tracks and Force Inc-at the turn of the millennium.

Danny Baker ( born 22 June 1957, Deptford, South London ) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter.

Brigstocke plays an arts journalist named Marcus in the Neil Gaiman film A Short Film About John Bolton, and a radio DJ in the Richard Curtis film Love Actually.

This can also be used if a DJ is on vacation, is ill, has jury service, a bereavement or has to cover an event as a journalist.

DJ and music journalist " Bigger " criticises the awards for " veering away from its concept of rewarding music of black origin ", suggesting this process started to occur during the second year of the awards though only became a major problem from the 2000 awards onwards.

* 25 December-Tonie Walsh, gay rights activist, journalist and DJ.

Jackie Brambles ( born 1 March 1967 ), formerly known as Jakki Brambles, is an English journalist, radio DJ and television presenter.

Among the others featured in the episode were actress Farrah Fawcett, journalist Walter Cronkite, disc jockey Adam Goldstein ( DJ AM ), politician Ted Kennedy, actress Beatrice Arthur, television personality Ed McMahon, actor Patrick Swayze, actress Natasha Richardson, hot dog magnate Oscar G. Mayer, Jr. and actor / chef Dom DeLuise.

Peter White MBE ( born 1947, Winchester ) is a British broadcast journalist and DJ.

Stuart Maconie ( born 13 August 1960 ) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture.

Jane Gazzo ( born 1977 ) is an Australian television presenter, radio presenter, performance and club DJ, television personality, voice artist, and music journalist.

* Neil Crud, Welsh rock musician, journalist and DJ

Additionally, Sandoval has ongoing careers as author, DJ, journalist, songwriter and professional musician.

Mary Anne Hobbs ( born 16 May 1964 in Preston, Lancashire, England ) is an English DJ and music journalist from Garstang, Lancashire.

* DJ Crazy Lips ( born Kenneth Robert Webster on June 23, 1982, in Palatine, Illinois ) is a music journalist and audio recording engineer from Chicago, Illinois.