2007-03-02 10:17:50 · 16 answers · asked by shamloumnt 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"DJ" stands for disc jockey. These are the guys in clubs, parties, dances weddings, you name it. They're in charge of organizing/ selecting pre-recorded music and mixing tracks.
The term disc jockey was first used to describe radio announcers who would introduce and play popular records. These records, also called discs by those in the industry, were "jockeyed" (manipulated, controlled) by the radio announcers, hence the name disc jockey, which was soon shortened to DJs or deejays.
If you still aren't sure, just think back on the guy with the turntable in front of him, scratching a disc.
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Here's a video of a DJ in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqROQ8v49o
As you can see, DJ-ing has grown more complex. DJ are doing more special effects, and building up techniques like the ones in the video, rather than just simply playing the track anymore.
2007-03-02 10:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disk Jockey is the longer version for a DJ.
2007-03-02 18:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Disk Jockey is a person who takes music and modifies it or rather makes changes in the song to make it maybe more dance-y or cooler or whatever.. Anyways they're on radios and in dance clubs.
2007-03-02 18:22:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A disc jockey is the person who introduces the music that is about to be played.
2007-03-02 18:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day, (when records crowded stores) people went to clubs and listened to music ect... well the people that played these as well as mixed/"scratched" them to make it all good for their customers.. Were disk Jockeys aka DJ's because they spun and scratched the dics. (which you cannot do now without severly harming your CD...
2007-03-02 18:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DJ u no a music player 4 a club or on radio
2007-03-02 18:21:05 · answer #6 · answered by mr_kknight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they play the records/cds/music at parties and other functions. like a sports jockey, i suppose, only with music...
:)
2007-03-02 18:20:52 · answer #7 · answered by lady_mickey_02 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is the person who plays songs at the radio station for broadcast, or the person responsible for playing recorded music at a party, or other gatherings.
2007-03-02 18:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone who plays music on the radio or with a sound system.
2007-03-02 18:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by Clogged-Up 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the true meaning of a disc jocky was literally a person who swaps lp's or singles i:e jockying for position on the decks as old vinal records were refered to as discs therefore disc jocky
2007-03-02 18:22:44 · answer #10 · answered by mister_mechanic2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋