DISK JOCKEY IS A PERSON THAT SACRIFICE HIS/HER TIME TO THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC MODE ALTHOUGH DISK MEANS MEDIA WHILE JOKER MEANS SOME THAT PLAYS OR CHANGE A TUNE OR CONCEPT TO ANOTHER STYLE
Back in 1857, a man named Leon Scott invented the phonographic, the first device to record sound. He was followed shortly by Thomas Edison's phonographic cylinder which first allowed for playback of recorded sounds. The first audio radio broadcast came in 1906, and the first ever disc-jockey took his place in history in 1909. Ray Newsy of California was only 16 at the time, and he played records from a small transmitter while he was a student in college. By 1910, radio broadcasting had become a normal, yet still exciting part of life.
The term disc jockey wasn't coined until the 1930's. The World's first DJ dance party was thrown by Jimmy Savile in 1943, who played jazz records for his guests. A few years later, Savile became the first man to use turntables to keep the music in continuous play. The first discotheque opened in Paris, Whiskey A Go-Go, in 1947.
The Disco: 1950's - 1960's
In the 1950's, radio djs would appear in person to host sock hops for kids all over the country. In Kingston, Jamaica, promoters calling themselves DJs would throw giant dance parties in the streets, and djs would blast their beats from huge PA systems. Jamaicans called these party entrepreneurs Sound Systems.Discotheques continued to spawn themselves throughout the United States and Europe. New equipment hit the market, such as the mixer, allowing djs to have more control over their tunes. In 1969, a dj by the name of Francis Grass began popularizing beat matching, seamlessly mixing his songs so the dancing never had to stop. But the popularity of djs in clubs began to slump in the late sixties, and the party was moved to the streets.
The boroughs of New York City became the breeding ground for experimentation. In 1973, DJ Kool Herc made a name for himself as the "father of hip-hop," laying down the jams for huge block-parties, mainly in the Bronx. It was Kool Herc who started mixing two identical records together, at the same time, extending the parts of the records he thought had the best booty-shaking' beats. This technique was called "break."
This was the time when turntable really grew into it's own. No longer were djs simply picking out songs and playing them. They were now artists and musicians of their own, manipulating songs to create new and exciting beats for people to enjoy for hours. Bands were formed who produced their music electronically from beginning to end, a totally new concept.
Hip-hop and electronic music blended, bringing in the disco era of the 1970's. These new dance clubs were pioneers in that they did away with live acts completely, leaving djs to do their thing all night.
In 1975, a hip-hop DJ called Grand Wizard Theodore accidentaly discovered the scratching technique, when a dj manually moves the record up and down on the needle, warping the sound.
DEEJAY NAGAAROH GALLARY
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