hey, darkest_eve & <user site="livejournal.com" user="deadparro

[needlegrrl]

and whoever else - :)

what is a dj to you? what's the one, identifiable thing about all of them? we have one, who works in a bar, and I'm thinking of going out and doing a photo project of downtown athens, but i also thought i would ask those of you who actually are djs. :)

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[anmorata.livejournal.com]

Weeeeeelll..

I'm not exactly a professional DJ.. but.. here's my thoughts on it..

To me, it goes above and beyond the ability to push buttons on a CD player, though that does help.

It's knowing the music. Keeping up to date with what's new but not forgetting the old. Catering to your crowd.

Some might say that it's a requirement to keep your dance floor filled, but I've also heard that a good DJ plays what is good, not necessarily what the crowd wants. And that a good DJ is an asshole, but right in the end.

But above all that, it's the love of the music. And I do mean *love*. Not just pushnplay as I've seen a few do. Absolute love.

You can, however, ID a DJ by the headphones. For some, it's an outgoing personality, but not always. :)

May I also point you at weepingstone and wiwiff. Both are/have been DJs.. Bobby does club DJing, and I do believe Lilith was a radio DJ for quite some time.

[deadparrot.livejournal.com]

I haven't DJed anywhere since April. :(

There's a few different types of DJs, and Callie touched on some of them above; the pushplay DJ [which I'm in danger of becoming if I don't do something soon], the play-to-the-crowd DJ [plays all the standard club hits, but rarely anything else], and the play-to-the-music DJ [plays more cutting edge material, but doesn't always pack the floor].